Spring 2027

Electromagnetic Fields

Covers electrostatics, magnetostatics, induction, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, and relativity in the context of electromagnetism.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jakob Moritz

Summary

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Past student reviews · Ke Fang

Problem sets and discussion problems helped students understand the material, with exams reflecting similar content to the problem sets and textbook examples.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Calculate the electric field, electric potential, and total energy directly from charge distributions.

  • Calculate the static properties of currents, magnetic fields, and magnetic vector potentials.

  • Apply vector algebra and vector calculus to calculate electric and magnetic fields.

  • Calculate electric potential distributions using Laplace's equation, and apply method of images, separation of variables, and multipole expansions.

  • Calculate the static electromagnetic response of continuous media.

  • Calculate properties of electric and magnetic fields changing in time.

  • Use Maxwell's equations to calculate the properties of electromagnetic waves.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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(PHYSICS 202, 208 or 248) and (MATH 234, 321 or 376), or graduate/professional standing

PHYSICS 322 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CARY FOREST is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KE FANG is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARK ERIKSSON is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MORITZ MUNCHMEYER is recorded teaching in Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

STEFAN WESTERHOFF is recorded teaching in Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2017. 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

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 780
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Ke Fang

Students found the course presentation adequate for main concepts, though lectures were described as unengaging.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.50 GPA, 72.9% A/AB (n=70 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.18 GPA, 45.8% A/AB (n=59 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.31 GPA, 52.2% A/AB (n=69 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Ke Fang

Problem sets and discussion problems helped students understand the material, with exams reflecting similar content to the problem sets and textbook examples.

Past student reviews · Ke Fang

The course featured clear grading criteria and organized Canvas resources, which students noted as useful for navigating the semester.

Topics

  • Electrostatic fields, capacitance, multi-pole expansion, and dielectric theory.
  • Magnetostatics, electromagnetic induction, and magnetic properties of matter.
  • Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, and relativity.

Skills

  • Calculating electric and magnetic fields using vector calculus and charge distributions.
  • Solving for electric potential distributions using Laplace's equation and separation of variables.
  • Applying Maxwell's equations to determine properties of electromagnetic waves.

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.09 GPA average error.

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 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

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Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
PHYSICS 322 · Spring 2027

Electromagnetic Fields

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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