| PHYS 542 - Electromagnetic Theory II |
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| Semester: | Spring 2019 | |||
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| 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: | Shahnaz Aas | Office: SA-204 | ||
| About the course: | ||||
| This is the second of the two core E&M courses in our graduate curriculum. The textbook will closely be followed throughout the course. | ||||
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| 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 | % | Thursday, March 14 | 15:40 - 17:30 | |
| Second Exam | % | Thursday, April 18 | 15:40 - 17:30 | |
| Final Exam | % | Monday, May 27 | 9:00 - 11:45 | |
| Homework | % | |||
| Course Schedule: | ||||
| First meeting: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 13:40 - 15:30 in SA-Z19 | ||||
| Tuesday | 13:40 - 15:30 | SA-Z19 | ||
| Thursdays | 15:40 - 16:30 | SA-Z19 | ||
| Recitation: | Thursdays | 16:40 -17:30 | ||
| Textbook: | ||||
| Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics | ||||
You can view your grades through the Stars system.
| Week | Subject | Exam | Chapter 6 - Maxwell Equations Chapter 6 - Maxwell Equations Chapter 6 - Macroscopic electromagnetism hapter 7 - Plane electromagnetic wave propagation Chapter 7 - Propagation in complex media Review and examExam!
Chapter 8 - Cavities, waveguides, fibers
No Thursday class Chapter 8 - Cavities, waveguides, fibers Chapter 9 - Radiation Chapter 9 - Radiation Review and exam | Exam!
Chapter 10 - Scattering
No Tuesday class Chapter 10 - Scattering Chapter 11 - Special theory of relativity Chapter 12 - Relativistic dynamics | |
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