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.