Information Package / Course Catalogue
Electromagnetic Theory
Course Code: FZK604
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

To teach the fundamentals of classical electrodynamics and its applications.

Course Content

Fundamental rules of electrostatics, the fundamental laws of magnetism, Green’s function and its applications, relativistic fields.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Fatih ERSAN
Learning Outcomes
1.To learn the fundamental laws of electrostatics and applying them to the problems.
2.To learn the fundamental laws of magnetism and apply them to the problems.
3.Analyzing the Green’s function and to apply it to the problems.
4.To learn the plane electromagnetic waves.
5.To examine the radiating systems.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Classical Electrodynamics, John David Jackson
2.Classical Electromagnetic radiation, Jerry B. Marion
3.Introduction to electrodynamics, D.J.Griffiths
4.Classical Electrodynamics, W. Greiner
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Magneostatics and Faraday’s law.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Quasi-Static Fields.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Maxwell’s Equations and Macroscopic Electromagnetism.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Conservation Laws.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Plane Electromagnetic Waves and Wave Propogation.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Radiating Systems and Multi-Pole Systems.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Scattering and Diffraction.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Subject Repetition (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Dynamics of Relativistic Particles and Electromagnetic Fields.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Dynamics of Relativistic Particles and Electromagnetic Fields
Week 11 - Theoretical
Collisions, Energy Loss.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Collisions of Charged Particles.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Cherenkov and Transition Radiation.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Radiation of Moving Particles.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%40
Attending Lectures14%28
Assignment1%12
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1473140
Assignment52220
Quiz2318
Midterm Examination19514
Final Examination19514
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)196
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
5
OÇ-2
4
5
4
3
4
5
5
2
OÇ-3
5
4
4
3
3
4
4
3
OÇ-4
4
5
4
5
4
3
3
3
OÇ-5
4
4
3
3
4
3
5
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026