Bilkent University     Department of Physics

PHYS 541 - Electromagnetic Theory I


Semester:Fall 2018
Instructor: Cemal Yalabik
Office: Room SA-228 Phone 1316
Office Hours: Thursdays12:40 - 13:30 Room SA-228
All other times (if available - call 1316 to check)
Assistant: Mohammad Yahyavi
 
About the course:
 
This is the first of the two core E&M courses in our graduate curriculum. The textbook will closely be followed throughout the course.
 

 

Homework: Policy Assignments
 
Exams & Grading: "Cheat sheets" will not be allowed during the exams, but you will be provided with sufficient information for solving the problems without memorization.
 
There is an attendance requirement for this course: A student may not miss more than 6 hours of class or recitation in order to pass the course. Further absences may be compensated by completing assignments which will take much longer time than the corresponding class time.
 
The way I grade core graduate courses
 
First Exam % Friday, November 2 10:40 - 12:30 (SB-Z10)
Second Exam % Friday, December 7 10:40 - 12:30 (SB-Z10)
Final Exam % ??, January ? ??:00 - ??:00 (S?-Z??)
Homework %
Course Schedule:
First meeting: Friday, Sept. 28, 9:40 - 12:30 in SB-Z10
Wednesdays  9:40 - 10:30Room SB-Z10
Fridays 10:40 - 12:30Room SB-Z10
Recitation:Wednesdays  8:40 -  9:30Room SB-Z10
 
Textbook:
Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics

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Chapter 0 - Introductory concepts Chapter 1 - Electrostatics Chapter 1 - Electrostatics Chapter 2 - Images, Green Functions Chapter 2 - Orthogonal functions, rectangular systems Review and exam
Week Subject Exam Exam! Chapter 3 - Boundary value problems Chapter 3 - Boundary value problems Chapter 4 - Multipoles Chapter 4 - Electrostatics of macroscopic media Review and exam Exam! Chapter 5 - Magnetostatics Chapter 5 - Magnetostatics Chapter 6 - Maxwell Equations and Macroscopic Electromagnetism