{"id":727,"date":"2022-05-16T12:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-optics-wp.pantheonsite.io\/opti501\/?page_id=727"},"modified":"2025-09-28T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:56:00","slug":"course-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501\/course-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Time<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 – 10:45 am
Place<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0College of Optical Sciences, West Wing Auditorium (307)
Website<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501<\/a>
Instructor<\/strong>:\u00a0 Masud Mansuripur, Professor of Optical Sciences
Office<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meinel Building, Room 638
Phone<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(520) 621- 4879
E-mail<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0masud@optics.arizona.edu<\/a>

Instructor\u2019s Office Hours<\/strong>: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00 – 3:30 pm<\/p>\r\n

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Teaching Assistant<\/strong>: Mr. Ben Armentrout<\/strong> (email<\/strong>: bga@arizona.edu)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Office hours<\/strong>: Mondays 3:30 – 4:30 pm\u00a0 (Rm 554, Meinel Bldg., East Wing)<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Wednesdays 3:30 – 4:30 pm (Rm 554, Meinel Bldg., East Wing)<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Fridays 9:30 – 10:30 am\u00a0 (Rm 554, Meinel Bldg., East Wing)\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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Required Textbook:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

M. Mansuripur, Field, Force, Energy and Momentum in Classical Electrodynamics<\/em>, Bentham e-books (2011), Revised Edition (2017). Available for free download from the UA library.<\/span>
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Reference Books:<\/strong>\u00a0
1) R.P. Feynman, R.B. Leighton, and M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics<\/em> (Vol. II), Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts (1964).

2) D.J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics<\/em>, 4th edition, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts (2012).

3) J.D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics<\/em>, 3rd edition, Wiley, New York (1999).

4) E. M. Purcell, Electricity and Magnetism, 2nd edition, Cambridge, United Kingdom (2011).

5) M. Mansuripur, Classical Optics and its Applications<\/em>, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom (2009).

6) M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics<\/em>, 7th (expanded) edition, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom (1999).

7) Jin Au Kong, Electromagnetic Wave Theory<\/em>, EMW Publishing, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2000).

8) M.V. Klein, Optics<\/em>, Wiley, New York (1970).
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Homework<\/strong>: Weekly assignments (No late homework will be accepted).

Course Grade<\/strong>:
Homework:\u00a0 \u00a010%<\/span><\/strong>
1st<\/sup> Midterm <\/strong>(in-class, GCRB Rm 130), Tues., Sept. 30 (9:30 – 10:45 am): 25%<\/span><\/strong>
2nd<\/sup> Midterm<\/strong> (in-class, West Wing, Rm 307), Thurs., Oct. 30 (9:30 – 10:45 am): 25%<\/span><\/strong>
Final Exam <\/strong>(in class, GCRB Rm 130), Tues., Dec. 16\u00a0 (8:00 – 10:00 am): 40%<\/span><\/strong>

All exams: closed book, closed notes, no computers or other electronic devices allowed. <\/strong>Partial credit for work shown.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>

Academic Integrity<\/strong>\u00a0According to the Arizona Code of Academic Integrity, http:\/\/web.arizona.edu\/~studpubs\/ policies\/cacaint.htm<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cIntegrity is expected of every student in all academic work. The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student\u2019s submitted work must be the student\u2019s own.\u201d Unless otherwise noted by the instructor, work for all assignments in this course must be conducted independently by each student. CO-AUTHORED WORK OF ANY KIND IS UNACCEPTABLE. Misappropriation of exams before or after they are given will be considered academics misconduct. Misconduct of any kind will be prosecuted and may result in any or all of the following: Reduction of grade, Failing grade, Referral to the Dean of Students for consideration of additional penalty, i.e. notation on a student\u2019s transcript re. academic integrity violation, etc.\u00a0\u00a0

Students with a Learning Disability<\/strong> If a student is registered with the Disability Resource Center, he\/she must submit appropriate documentation to the instructor if he\/she is requesting reasonable accommodations.\u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/drc.arizona.edu\/instructor\/syllabus-statement.shtml<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-727","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1775,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions\/1775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.optics.arizona.edu\/opti501\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}