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PHYS-3406: Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism

Description: Electrostatics, multipoles, Laplaces equation, and dielectric media. Magnetostatics, magnetic media, and electromagnetic induction. Maxwells equations, electromagnetic energy, waves, and radiation. Must meet pre-requisites and have a grade of C or better in each of 2305-2306 sequence.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: PHYS-3405

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.02 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.04%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.42%

James A Gray202228.8%44.4%23.2%2.2%0.0%1.4%3.003
Leo E Piilonen202441.9%33.1%14.8%4.5%4.3%1.5%3.053

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W