Electricity and Magnetism

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective is to help the students to acquire the conceptual knowledge of electricity and magnetism.
The course content of this course equips the students to comprehend Physics better.

Reference Books:
  • Electricity, Magnetism & Electromagnetic Theory, S. Mahajan and Choudhury, 2012, Tata McGraw
  • Electricity and Magnetism, Edward M. Purcell, 1986 McGraw-Hill Education
  • Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, 3rd Edn., 1998, Benjamin Cummings.
  • Feynman Lectures Vol.2, R.P.Feynman, R.B.Leighton, M. Sands, 2008, Pearson Education
  • Elements of Electromagnetics, M.N.O. Sadiku, 2010, Oxford University Press.
  • Electricity and Magnetism, J.H.Fewkes & J.Yarwood. Vol. I, 1991, Oxford Univ. Press

Wave and Optics

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to impart knowledge relating to waves, geometrical and physical optics.
This will help the students to understand the basic knowledge simple harmonic motion and physical behavior of light.

Reference Books
  • Waves: Berkeley Physics Course, vol. 3, Francis Crawford, 2007, Tata McGraw-Hill.
  • Fundamentals of Optics, F.A. Jenkins and H.E. White, 1981, McGraw-Hill
  • Principles of Optics, Max Born and Emil Wolf, 7th Edn., 1999, Pergamon Press.
  • Optics, Ajoy Ghatak, 2008, Tata McGraw Hill
  • The Physics of Vibrations and Waves, H. J. Pain, 2013, John Wiley and Sons.
  • The Physics of Waves and Oscillations, N.K. Bajaj, 1998, Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Fundamental of Optics, A. Kumar, H.R. Gulati and D.R. Khanna, 2011, R. Chand Publications.