COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Electromagnetic Theory I
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
PHYS 302
Spring
2
3
3
6
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives To deepen the student’s physics knowledge by teaching electromagnetism, which is one of the four types of forces governing the nature, without decreasing the role of the mathematics
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to discuss Maxwell equation on historical perspective.
  • will be able to discuss solution techniques of electrostatic problems.
  • will be able to explain solutions of magnetostatic problems.
  • will be able to formulate electrodynamics problems as boundary value problems
  • will be able to distinguish dynamic and quasistatic fields
  • will be able to calculate electromagnetic force and energy
Course Description
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Maxwell Equations: History, microscopic and macroscopic Chap. 2 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 29-55.
2 Electrostatics Chap. 3 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 58-85.
3 Electric multipoles Chap. 4 in Andrew Zangwill, “Modern Electrodynamics”, 90-121.
4 Conducting matter Chap. 5 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 126-152.
5 Dielectric matter Chap.6 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 158-193.
6 Laplace’s equation Chap. 7 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 197-229.
7 Poisson’s equation Chap. 8 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 236-265.
8 Steady current Chap. 9 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 272-294.
9 Magnetostatics Chap. 10 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 301-330.
10 Magnetic multipoles Chap. 11 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 336-361.
11 Magnetic force and energy Chap. 12 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 365-401
12 Magnetic matter Chap. 13 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 407-448.
13 Dynamic and quasistatic fields Chap. 14 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 455-475.
14 Dynamic and quasistatic fields Chap. 14 in Andrew Zangwill, ”Modern Electrodynamics”, 476-495.
15 General Course Review
16 Final Exams
Course Notes/Textbooks

Andrew Zangwill,”Modern Electrodynamics”, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Suggested Readings/Materials

David J Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics (3rd ed.).;  J.D Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics (3rd ed.) 

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
2
50
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
Study Hours Out of Class
32
2
64
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
15
Final Exams
1
22
    Total
180

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications,

 X
2

To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method,

 X
3

To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions,

 X
4

To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably,

 X
5

To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License,

 X
6

To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in,
7

To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance,
8

To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results,

 X
9

To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life,

 X
10

To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively.

 X
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

 X
12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently
13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

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