Module overview
Linked modules
Pre-requisites: PHYS1011 and PHYS1015 and PHYS1022
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The fundamental laws of electrodynamics (Faraday’s and Ampere-Maxwell’s laws, Maxwell’s equations)
- The interaction of electric and magnetic fields with matter
- The propagation of electromagnetic waves in vacuum and in media
- Potentials, gauge invariances, generation of electromagnetic waves
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Characterise the interaction between electric and magnetic fields and matter
- Describe and quantitatively evaluate the emission and propagation of electromagnetic waves in vacuum and in media
- Calculate electric and magnetic fields generated by charges and currents
- Compute intensities and powers associated to electromagnetic fields
- Express electromagnetic laws in integral, differential and potential form
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Develop mathematical tools for the description of physical phenomena (potential formulations, gauge invariances, wave properties)
- Derive theorems from first principles in integral and differential form
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Type | Hours |
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Tutorial | 12 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 18 |
Follow-up work | 18 |
Completion of assessment task | 10 |
Wider reading or practice | 46 |
Revision | 10 |
Lecture | 36 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
D Halliday, R Resnick and J Walker (1997). Fundamentals of Physics. Wiley.
R B Leighton & M Sands (1964). The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Addison - Wesley.
I S Grant and W R Phillips. Electromagnetism. Wiley.
D J Griffiths (1989). Introduction to electrodynamics. Prentice Hall.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Course work worth 20% of the module mark will be set and assessed in the normal way. In the event that a course work is missed, students will be required to go through the Special Considerations procedures in order to request mitigation for that piece of course work. Please note that documentary evidence will normally be required before these can be considered. The final exam is worth 80% of the module mark. Referral Method: By examination, the final mark will be calculated both with and without the coursework assessment mark carried forward, and the higher result taken.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Examination | 80% |
Problem Sheets | 20% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Examination | 80% |
Coursework marks carried forward | 20% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Problem Sheets | 20% |
Examination | 80% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External