CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

PHY 7205

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Graduate Level

College:

College of Natural Sciences

School:

School of Physical Sciences

Department:

Physics

Course Discipline:

physics

Course Description & Objectives:

This course builds on the undergraduate course of Electromagnetism, starting with simple theories in electrostatics. The continuity and Maxwell’s equations are then introduced, leading to the Poynting’s vector and conservations laws.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

Use the method of images to get electrostatic energy.
Derive the continuity equation.
Solve the wave equation in time varying fields.
Discuss waves in a conducting media and in a plasma.

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