PHYS 541 - Electromagnetic Theory I

Bilkent University Department of Physics

PHYS 541 - Electromagnetic Theory I


Semester:	Fall 2019
Instructor:	Cemal Yalabik
Office:	Room SA-228	Phone 1316
Office Hours:	Thursdays	12:40 - 13:30	Room SA-228
	All other times	(if available - call 1316 to check)
Assistant:	Mustafa Kahraman
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	%	Tuesday, November 5	13:40 - 15:30 (SB-Z10)
	Second Exam	%	Tuesday, December 3	13:40 - 15:30 (SB-Z10)
	Final Exam	%	Sunday, January 5	12:30 - 15:30 (S?-Z??)
	Homework	%
Course Schedule:
	First meeting: Tuesday, Sept. 24, 13:40 - 15:30 in SB-Z10
	Tuesdays	13:40 - 15:30	Room SB-Z10
	Thursdays	15:40 - 16:30	Room SB-Z10
Recitation:	Thursdays	16:40 - 17:30	Room SB-Z10

Textbook:
	Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics

You can view your grades through the Stars system.

Chapter 0 - Introductory concepts Chapter 1 - Electrostatics Chapter 1 - Electrostatics Chapter 2 - Images, Green Functions Chapter 2 - Orthogonal functions, rectangular systems Review
(No Tuesday Class) Exam
Chapter 3 - Boundary value problems

Week (Monday)		Subject	Exam	Exam! Chapter 3 - Boundary value problems Chapter 4 - Multipoles Chapter 4 - Electrostatics of macroscopic media Exam Chapter 5 - Magnetostatics	Exam! Chapter 5 - Magnetostatics Chapter 5 - Magnetostatics Chapter 6 - Maxwell Equations and Macroscopic Electromagnetism Chapter 6 - Maxwell Equations and Macroscopic Electromagnetism (No Thursday Class)