Electromagnetism Syllabus
Instructor
Nissan Itzhaki
Email :nitzhaki@post.tau.ac.il
Academic Year, Semesters
[Fall 2018]
Number of Hours/ Credits :[3 hours]
Mandatory/Elective
[Elective]
Prerequisites
[list prerequisites, if relevant]
Year in program & how often given, if relevant
[3rd year]
Course overview – short abstract
We introduce basic concepts of EM and discuss some elementary examples.
Assessment: coursework and grade structure
Final exams – 100%
Week-by-week content, assignments and reading
Week 1: Fundamentals of static electromagnetism
Week 2: Multipole Fields
Week 3: Laplace and Poisson equations
Week 4: Dynamic electromagnetism
Week 5: Electromagnetic waves
Week 6: Reflections and refraction
Week 7: Waveguides
Week 8: Retarded potentials
Week 9: Antennas 1
Week 10: Antennas 2
Week 11: Classical electron theory 1
Week 12: Classical electron theory 2
Required text – in language of origin (if Hebrew or Arabic, no need to translate it)
Wald, Carroll
