Course Description


 An introductory course in electromagnetic fields and waves encompassing electrostatics and magnetostatics, fundamental electric and magnetic fields and force laws, Maxwell's equations, time-dependent source field relationships, electromagnetic waves, transmission lines and transmission line analogies, antennas and radation.

Specific Course Outcomes

1. Understanding of electrostatic, magnetostatic and electromagnetic fields and their interaction with matter.

2. Ability to solve basic canonical electrostatic, magnetostatic and electromagnetic problems.

3. Understanding of electromagnetic wave propagation.

4. Ability to solve for the reflection and transmission of uniform plane waves at infinite planar interfaces.

5. Ability to evaluate transmission line problems including methods for impedance matching.

6. Ability to use commercial mathematics software for computing and visualizing electrostatic, magnetostatic and electromagnetics field problems.