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

[3^rd 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