Information Package / Course Catalogue
Advanced Electromagnetic Theory
Course Code: EEE511
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

1) Teaching the basic concepts of electrostatics and the concept of Green functions and the methods of using Green functions to solve electrostatic problems 2)To teach basic concepts of magnetostatics and give the ability to apply Green function methods to solve magnetostatic problems. 3) To teach the basic concepts of electrodynamics and give the ability to solve electrodynamic problems with and without radiation 4) To teach the relativistic transformations of electrodynamic potentials, fields charges and currents.

Course Content

Fundamental concepts and theorems, Time dependent electromagnetic field, Plane Waves, Wave quides and resonant cavity

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. İsmail YARİÇİ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to understand and solve basic engineering problems by understanding the basic concepts of electrostatics and magnetostatics.
2.Learning how static electrical and magnetic fields interact with matter.
3.Learning Maxwell's equations and the solution of the wave equation.
4.To understand electromagnetic wave propagation and related phenomena.
5.Creating the necessary infrastructure to conduct scientific research in the field.
6.To be able to understand and solve the basic concepts of engineering electromagnetics and to be able to present and discuss them at an academic level.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.D. K. Cheng, Field and Wave Electromagnetics, 2nd ed., Addison-Wesley, 1989.
2.D. K. Cheng, Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics, Pearson, 2013.
3.M. N. O. Sadiku, “Elements of Electromagnetics,” Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 7th ed., Oxford university press, 2018.
4.C. A. Balanis, Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2023.
5.Instructor's lecture notes and internet resources
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 1-2: Introduction to EMT and Vector Analysis (review)
Week 2 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 2: Vector Analysis (review-continued)
Week 3 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 3: Electrostatics
Week 4 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 4: Boundary value problems, special methods (Image charge method and Poisson-Laplace equations)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 5: Steady currents
Week 6 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 6: Magnetostatics
Week 7 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 6: Magnetostatics (continued)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Review-Intermediate Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 7: Time-varying fields and Maxwell's equations
Week 10 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 7: Time-varying fields and Maxwell's equations (continued)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 8: Plane Electromagnetic Waves and Wave propagation
Week 12 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 8: Plane Electromagnetic Waves and Wave propagation (continued)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Cheng (1989), Chapter 9.1-9.4: Transmission lines, Section: 10.1-10.4: Waveguides
Week 14 - Theoretical
Student presentations
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%30
Assignment4%40
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144398
Assignment49348
Midterm Examination124327
Final Examination124327
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-4
4
4
4
4
5
4
5
OÇ-5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-6
5
5
5
4
5
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026