## Welcome to PHY 482 ### Electrodynamics Prof. Danny Caballero

### Contacting Danny Office: 1310-A BPS Email: <caballero@pa.msu.edu> Cell phone: 517-420-5330 (texting is fine)

### Important Sites * Course Webpage: [dannycab.github.io/phy482msu/](http://dannycab.github.io/phy482msu/) * Discussion Forum: [ piazza.com/msu/spring2017/phy482](https:// piazza.com/msu/spring2017/phy482) (*Check your email*)

### Course Activities * Projects: * 2 of them; Mar 3 & May 1 - 20% each * In-Class Quizzes: * 7 of them; Every other Friday; 1 dropped - 20% * Homework: * 14 of them; Due on Mondays; 1 dropped - 40% * Clickers: * Pure Extra Credit - up to 5% bonus [Much more detail on website](http://dannycab.github.io/phy482msu/)

Learning is a social and collaborative act! ### Homework Help Session **Evening session once per week (Location TBD)** Question to you: When should we do this? 1. Wednesdays 4-5pm 2. Wednesdays 5pm-6pm 3. Thursdays 4pm-5pm 4. Thursdays 5-6pm *Times restricted by classroom availability* Reminder: Homework is due on Mondays (expect this first one).

## This Week!!! * Homework 1 is already up (Due Fri. Jan. 13 at 5pm) * Read (seriously do this!) * Griffiths Ch 7.1.1-7.1.2 (Review? Chs 1-6) * [Download Anaconda distribution of Python](https://www.continuum.io/downloads) **Stay up-to-date by checking website, calendar, and discussion forum regularly.**

### Computational Homework problems * We will be using Python on homework problems this semester. * Installation instructions appear on the piazza site. * Homework solutions should take the form of a Jupyter notebook, which you can print to PDF and turn in. * If you get stuck somewhere, post on piazza, so your classmates benefit from your question.

### Projects #### Individual Project (Mar. 3) * Literature review of some interesting topic in E&M (3-4 pages) * Homework questions will support you on this * See syllabus for sample questions * Paper should be typed, inline references, bibliography, etc. * Evaluation rubric will be ready in a couple of weeks

### Projects #### Pair Project (May 1) * Poster presentation of an original contribution (theory and computation) * Homework questions will support you on this * See syllabus for sample questions * Can be something that has been done before that you just extend * Evaluation rubric will be ready in a few weeks * There will be a significant self-evaluation component to this also

# Questions?

## What do you think PHY 482 is about?

### Electromagnetism is the foundational field theory of physics Think about everything you already know about electromagnetism (it's a lot already!). Work with a partner to map out the electromagnetism concepts that you know and how they are related to each other.