Electrodynamics - course description

General information

Course name	Electrodynamics
Course ID	13.2-WF-FizP-E-S17
Faculty	Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
Field of study	Physics
Education profile	academic
Level of studies	First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree
Beginning semester	winter term 2020/2021

Course information

Semester	6
ECTS credits to win	6
Course type	obligatory
Teaching language	english
Author of syllabus

Classes forms

The class form	Hours per semester (full-time)	Hours per week (full-time)	Hours per semester (part-time)	Hours per week (part-time)	Form of assignment
Lecture	30	2	-	-	Exam
Class	30	2	-	-	Credit with grade

Aim of the course

To acquaint students with the basic topics of classical physics, constituting the basis for contemporary physics, including the properties of matter, the theory of electromagnetic radiation and their mutual relations.

Prerequisites

Fundamentals of physics and basis of higher mathematics

Scope

Lecture:
Elements of the tensor calculus.
Maxwell's equations as a result of the generalization of experimental facts.
Stationary fields.
Variable electromagnetic fields.
Scalar theory of light.
Relativistic kinematics and electrodynamics.
Motion of the charge in the electromagnetic field.
Energy and momentum in electrodynamics and relativistic mechanics.

Classes:
Solving accounting problems from the subject of the lecture.

Teaching methods

Conventional lectures, calculate class.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Lecture: Written and oral exam. Passing condition - a positive exam grade.
Classes Active presence on exercises, passing tests.
Before the exam the student must get a pass from the exercises.
Final grade: weighted average of exam grades (60%) and classes (40%).

Notes

Modified by dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (last modification: 04-06-2020 15:14)

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