GODFREY UNIVERSITY, ENUGU
FIRST SEMESTER COURSE COMPACT 2025/2026 SESSION
Faculty: Natural Sciences and Environmental Studies
Departmental: Physical & Geosciences
Course Title: Electromagnetism I
Course Code: PPH 303
Units: 2 Credits Units
Lecturer: Dr. Loretta Onuorah
Time: Thursday 3-4pm/Friday 1pm -3pm
Venue: Physics Lab
Ø Course Contents
Electrostatics and magnetostatics. Laplace's equation and boundary value problems. Multiple expansions. Dielectric and magnetic materials. Faraday's law. A.C. Circuits. Maxwell's equations. Lorentz’s covariance and special relativity.
Ø Learning Outcomes
On the completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. explain basic physical laws and concepts in electricity and electromagnetism;
2. use fundamental laws and relation to solve problems in electricity and electromagnetism;
3. explain Maxwell’s equation as a fundamental law of nature integral and the differential form
of the equation;
4. give solution for Maxwell’s equation for electrostatic field; and
5. elucidate the Lorentz’s transformation of the electric and magnetic field.
- Lecturer : onuorah loretta