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Classical Electrodynamics

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Welcome...

...to the World-Wide Web site of the Uppsala University D- and graduate level 5-point/7.5 ECTS credit course Classical Electrodynamics given within the Master of Science programme in Engineering Physics (180 points) at the Uppsala School of Engineering, within the Mathematical-Scientific Programme (160 points), and within the Graduate Programme in Physics (gradU).

The Course

Classical Electrodynamics is an advanced course which builds on - and goes much further than - the intermediate level course Electromagnetic Field Theory and provides a solid basis for further studies, research and work in classical and quantum electrodynamics, radiation physics, antenna engineering, radio science, telecommunications, space physics, astrophysics, radio astronomy, plasma physics, solid state physics etc. For more details, read the Course Contents/Syllabus.

Teaching

This half-term course comprises 23 lectures and 12 lessons/tutorials corresponding to 140 hours of full time work. The lectures provide the theoretical backbone of the course, while the tutorials serve to reinforce the concepts presented during lectures through exercises and give the students the possibility for interactive discussions on the course material. Normally, the course is given in English. So is also the final exam.

Next time the course will be given October--December, 2009, For the full preliminary schedule/timetable, please visit the Uppsala School of Engineering schedule page. If you don't read Swedish, click on the link "Search timetable in English" on that page.

Freely Downloadable Books and other Course Material

• The on-line textbook Electromagnetic Field Theory (c:a 240 pages; in English)
• The on-line exercises book Electromagnetic Field Theory Exercises (in English).
• Written final exam problems including complete solutions (in English)

Final Exam

• A five-hour written test at the end of the course.
• Maximum grade: 20 points (five problems, max 4 points each).
• "Pass" grade: 10 points.
• Next regular final exam: December, 2009. Please do not forget to register!
• Recent and upcoming final exams including the written problems given at actual final exams, complete with solutions (in English)

Administrative Information

Lecture and tutorial schedule
• Students/Participants in the course (including mailing lists)
• On-line final exam registration (handled by Uppsala University School of Engineering)

Links to Other Electrodynamics Related Web Sites

• Advanced Electrodynamics at University of Melbourne, Australia
• Electromagnetic Theory at University of Florida, USA
• Electrodynamics at College of Engineering, Cornell University, USA
• Graduate Electrodynamics problem set, University of Cincinnati, USA
• EM Educational Resources, the Electromagnetics Community Database, EMLIB, at NASA's JPL, USA
• History of Electromagnetics
• Visualisation of radiation from a half-wavelength dipole antenna
• VRML Gallery of Electromagnetism