What Brock calendar entry says:

Electric Field, divergence and curl of electrostatic field; relation between electric work and energy; conductors; applications of Laplace's and Poisson's equation in electrostatics; electrostatic fields in matter; field in polarized object and linear dielectrics.

Pre-requisites

• This course will make extensive use of vector calculus and partial differential equations. You should have completed MATH 2P03,2P08 and 2P96 (or 3P06)

Times and Locations

• Lectures WF 16-17.30 TH254
Course Goals
• to gain experience with Vector Calculus
• to gain experience solving Maxwell's Equations for electrostatics using various analytical and computational techniques.
• to become familiar with the dielectric properties of materials

Textbook

David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 5th Ed., Pearson, 2024

Important Dates Sept.-Dec. 2025 (FW25D2)

• First day of classes: Sept. 3
• Truth and Reconciliation Day: Sept. 30 (no classes)
• Reading Week: Oct. 13-17
• Deadline for withdrawal without academic penalty: Nov. 4
• Last day of lectures: Dec. 2
• Reading Day: Dec. 5
• Exams: Dec. 6-18

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Component	PHYS 3P35	Comments
Class Participation	10%	Attending Lecture, submitting thoughtful questions before lectures, participating in class discussions and problem solving
Mobius Quizzes	10%	Quizzes based on lectures/readings. Links to quizzes are in Brightspace. For credit, answers must be submitted BEFORE class.
Homework Assignments	20%	Approximately 1 per week submitted on Brightspace. Late assignments not accepted.
Test 1	15%	During scheduled time slot TBA.
Test 2	15%	During scheduled time slot TBA.
final exam	30%	You must obtain a grade of 50% or greater on the final exam in order to pass the course.

This is an approximate list . As the course progresses, some of topics may be removed and some others may get added.

• Vector Calculus Review - chapter 1
• Electrostatics - chapter 2
• Laplace's Equation: Special Techniques- chapter 3
• Electric Fields in Matter - chapter 4