Phys 406	Electricity and Magnetism II      Fall 2008
	A pdf document describes the objectives and policies of the course. You should read this document carefully at the beginning of the course and consult it whenever you have questions about how the course is administered. The course syllabus provides a complete schedule and is also your gateway to all the web-based material for the course: lecture notes, special handouts, homework assignments, challenge problems, and solution sets, all which are available as pdf files linked to the syllabus.
	Basic information
Instructor	Professor Carlton M. Caves Office: P&A 28 Phone: 277-8674 E-mail: caves@info.phys.unm.edu
Lectures	MWF 10:00-10:50 am P&A 184 CRN 16599
Problem session	Wednesday, 7:00-9:00 pm, P&A 184 Phys 451.057 (CRN 16620) Undergraduates must register for 1 credit hour in 451.057 (do not register in 451.013). Graduate students should register for 1 credit hour in Phys 551.013 (CRN 16842).
Office hours	MW 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Textbook	Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd Ed., by D. J. Griffiths
Quizzes	Six take-home, open-book quizzes scattered through the semester
Grading	Homework 40% Quizzes 60% (each 10%)
Teaching assistant	Julian Antolin Camarena E-mail: jantolin@unm.edu Office: P&A 1144 Office hours: Th, 11:30 am-1:30 pm, P&A Lobby
Several resource textbooks are on reserve in the P&A main office, for use in the building or for overnight checkout: Electricity and Magnetism, Berkeley Physics Course, Vol. 2, by E. M. Purcell Waves, Berkeley Physics Course, Vol. 3, by F. S. Crawford, Jr. Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Phenomena, by P. Lorrain, D. R. Corson, and F. Lorrain Spacetime Physics, by E. F. Taylor and J. A. Wheeler