KOÇ UNIVERSITY
FALL 2006 SEMESTER
PHYS 312 / ELEC 312 – ADVANCED ELECTROMAGNETISM
COURSE INFORMATION
Pre-requisites: PHYS 302 or consent of the instructor
Instructor: Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu
Office: SCI 155
Phone: 338 1424
E-Mail: omustecap@ku.edu.tr
Website: https://mysite.ku.edu.tr/omustecap/
Textbook: David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, (Prentice Hall, 3rd ed., 1999).
Days & Times:
Monday 11:00 -12:15 (MNB2)
Wednesday 11:00 -12:15 (WEB2)
Office Hours: Monday 14:00 – 15:15 or by appointment
Lecture Room: ENG B05
Assistant: Turan Birol, Office: SCI 131, Phone: 2591, tbirol@ku.edu.tr
Exams and Grading:
- Midterm exam I: (20%), Oct. 30 (in class), (Chs. 7, 8, 9.1-3)
- Midterm exam II: (20%), Dec. 4 (in class) (Chs. 9.4-5, 10, 11)
- Final exam: (30%) TBA, (Chs. 7-12)
- Homeworks: (15%) No late HWs will be accepted.
- Quizzes: (15%) There will be pop-up quizzes.
| Week | Subject (Chapter in Book) | Assignments | |
| 1 | Sep. 18 | Electromotive Force, Electromagnetic Induction (7.1,7.2) | |
| 2 | Sep. 25 | Maxwell’s Equations, Conservation Laws (7.3,8) | HW I |
| 3 | Oct. 2 | Waves in 1D (9.1) | |
| 4 | Oct. 9 | Electromagnetic Waves in Vacuum (9.2) | |
| 5 | Oct. 16 | Electromagnetic Waves in Matter (9.3) | HW II |
| 6 | Oct. 23 | Holiday | |
| 7 | Oct. 30 | Midterm I, Absorption and Dispersion (9.4) | |
| 8 | Nov. 6 | Guided Waves (9.5) | |
| 9 | Nov. 13 | The Potential Formulation, Continuous Distributions (10.1, 10.2) | HW III |
| 10 | Nov. 20 | Point Charge Potential, Electric Dipole Radiation (10.3, 11.1.1-2) | |
| 11 | Nov. 27 | Magnetic Dipole Radiation, Point Charge Radiation (11.1.3-4, 11.2) | HW IV |
| 12 | Dec. 4 | Midterm 2, The Special Theory of Relativity (12.1.1-2) | |
| 13 | Dec. 11 | The Lorentz Transformations, Relativistic Mechanics (12.1.3-4, 12.2.1-2) | HW V |
| 14 | Dec. 18 | Relativistic Kinematics, Electrodynamics (12.2.3-4, 12.3.1-2) | |
| 15 | Dec. 25 | The Field Tensor (12.3.3-5) | HW VI |