Bilkent University     Department of Physics

PHYS 541 - Electromagnetic Theory I


Semester:Fall 2020
Instructor: Cemal Yalabik
Office: Room SA-228 Phone 1316
 
This will be a 100% online course! The best way to contact the instructor out of class is through email at and arrange for a zoom meeting if necessary. My Office Hours this semester will be Fridays 12:30 - 13:30 and I would prefer to have the meetings during those times, but we can arrange other times if necessary.
 
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.
 
 
The way I grade core graduate courses
 
Midterm Exam 40% November 9 2020 SA-Z03
Final Exam 45% January 2 8:30
Homework 15%
Course Schedule:
First meeting: Saturday, Sept. 19, 16:30 - 17:20 in Zoom Room
Tuesdays  17:30 - 19:20Zoom Room
Saturdays 16:30 - 17:20Zoom Room
 
Textbook:
Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics

You can view your grades through the Stars system.



Week (Monday) Subject Exam
#1Sep. 14 Chapter 0 - Introductory concepts
#2Sep. 21 Chapter 1 - Electrostatics
#3Sep. 28 Chapter 1 - Electrostatics
#4Oct. 5 Chapter 2 - Images, Green Functions
#5Oct. 12 Chapter 2 - Orthogonal functions, rectangular systems
#6Oct. 19 Chapter 3 - Boundary value problems
#7Oct. 26 Chapter 3 - Boundary value problems
#8Nov. 2 Chapter 4 - Multipoles
#9Nov. 9 Midterm Exam Exam!
#10Nov. 16 Chapter 4 - Electrostatics of macroscopic media
#11Nov. 23 Chapter 5 - Magnetostatics
#12Nov. 30 Chapter 5 - Magnetostatics
#13Dec. 7 Chapter 5 - Magnetostatics
#14Dec. 14 Chapter 6 - Maxwell Equations and Macroscopic Electromagnetism
#15Dec. 21 Chapter 6 - Maxwell Equations and Macroscopic Electromagnetism