Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.00 GPA, 48.7% A/AB (n=115 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.25 GPA, 53.2% A/AB (n=124 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 88.1% A/AB (n=160 letter grades).
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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.
RMP profile ↗ · All captured review dates; profile matched by name.
Raw average: 5.00/5 from 1 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.
RMP profile ↗ · All captured review dates; profile matched by name.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.19 GPA, 51.2% A/AB (n=80 letter grades).
Raw average: 3.07/5 from 14 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.
RMP profile ↗ · All captured review dates; profile matched by name.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 2.87 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.36 GPA, 56.8% A/AB (n=44 letter grades).
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
ERIC TERVO is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
NADER BEHDAD is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future
schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026
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Section
Mode
Enrolled / capacity
Waitlist
LEC 001
Classroom Instruction
83 / 80
0
LEC 002
Classroom Instruction
90 / 80
0
LEC 003
Classroom Instruction
20 / 60
0
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.00 GPA, 48.7% A/AB (n=115 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.25 GPA, 53.2% A/AB (n=124 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 88.1% A/AB (n=160 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
No workload feedback recorded.
Topics
Potential theory
Static and dynamic electric and magnetic fields
Macroscopic theory of dielectric and magnetic materials
Boundary conditions
Wave equation
Skills
Apply vector calculus to electrodynamics
Analyze Maxwell's equations
Understand transmission lines
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A80.0%80.0%
AB8.1%8.1%
B9.4%9.4%
BC0.6%0.6%
C0.6%0.6%
D0.0%0.0%
F1.3%1.3%
Grades over time
Through Spring 2026
More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data
Where this course fits relative to
Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels
3.793.79GPA
Higher than 6262% of other courses
in this group.
Course GPAs · red marks this course’s range
160160letter grades
More recorded grades than 8383% of other courses in this group.
Typical course in this group: 66.066.0 letter grades.
About this comparison
1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30
recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure
of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded
grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
Sources & history
UW–Madison
Catalog & offerings
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.