Louis Deslauriers, Mara Prentiss, and Nicholas Agia (Fall 2025)
Carlos Arguelles Delgado (Spring 2026)
PHYSICS 15B | Fall 2025/Spring 2026 | Course Listing | Canvas Site
Tuesday & Thursday, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
This course is an undergraduate-level course on electromagnetism. Topics include electrostatics, electric currents, magnetic field, electromagnetic induction, Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields in materials, and some basic notions in kinetic theory, entropy, temperature, and phase transition associated with electricity and magnetism.
Recommended Prep: We recommend that you take Physics 15a, Physics 16, or Physics 19 (or you have written permission from the Head Tutor in Physics). Mathematics preparation at least at the level of Math 21a is a prerequisite. Students wishing to take Math 21a concurrently must obtain written permission from the instructor. Vector calculus (divergence, gradient, curl) is used extensively in this course.