Information Package / Course Catalogue
Electromagnetic Wave Theory
Course Code: EE307
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is to inform the students about the theory of electromagnetic waves and examine behavior of waves in different media.

Course Content

Time-varying fields and Maxwell’s equations, wave equations and their solutions, plane electromagnetic waves, transmission-line equations, wave characteristics on finite transmission lines, waveguides and cavity resonators, Antennas and Radiating systems.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. İsmail YARİÇİ
Learning Outcomes
1.To comprehend time-varying electromagnetic fields
2.To understand Maxwell’s equations
3.To obtain wave equations and their solutions
4.To describe time-harmonic fields and phasors
5.To analyze waves in lossless and lossy media, to understand basic antenna parameters and fundamental properties of transmission lines
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Field and Wave Electromagnetics, David K. Cheng, Addison-Wesley,1989.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Time varying fields and Maxwell’s Equations: Introduction to time-varying fields, Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction, transformers, moving circuit in a time varying field, Maxwell’s equations
Week 2 - Theoretical
Time varying fields and Maxwell’s Equations-continuing: Maxwell’s equations, Potential functions, electromagnetic boundary conditions, Wave equations and their solutions
Week 3 - Theoretical
Time varying fields and Maxwell’s Equations-continuing: Time-harmonic fields, phasors, time-harmonic electromagnetics, principle of duality, EM spectrum
Week 4 - Theoretical
Plane Electromagnetic Waves: Plane waves in lossless media.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Plane Electromagnetic Waves-continuing: Plane waves in lossy media, group velocity.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Plane Electromagnetic Waves-continuing: Flow of electromagnetic power and the Poynting vector, Poynting theorem.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Plane Electromagnetic Waves-continuing: Normal and oblique incidence of plane waves at a plane conducting boundary
Week 8 - Theoretical
Plane Electromagnetic Waves-continuing: Normal and oblique incidence of plane waves at a plane dielectric boundary
Week 9 - Theoretical
Theory and Applications of Transmission Lines: Transverse electromagnetic wave along a parallel plate, General Transmission line equations
Week 10 - Theoretical
Theory and Applications of Transmission Lines-continuing: Finite transmission lines, Smith Chart, transmission line impedance matching
Week 11 - Theoretical
Theory and Applications of Transmission Lines-continuing: Wave characteristics on finite transmission lines, transients on transmission lines
Week 12 - Theoretical
Waveguides and cavity resonators: General wave behaviors along uniform guiding structures, parallel plate waveguides, rectangular waveguides
Week 13 - Theoretical
Waveguides and cavity resonators-continuing: dielectric waveguides, cavity resonators
Week 14 - Theoretical
Introduction to Antennas and Radiating systems
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Individual Work141014
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination116218
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026