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The document provides course details for the Electromagnetic Theory I course at BIT Pilani. It outlines the course number, title, instructors, scope and objectives. The course deals with electricity, magnetism and electromagnetic waves. The textbook and reference book are listed. The course plan details the topics to be covered across 34 lectures, organized by learning objectives and reference chapters. The evaluation scheme includes a mid-semester test, 4 tutorial tests where the best 3 scores count, and a comprehensive exam, along with remarks on consultation hours, notices and the make-up policy.

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Emt 1

The document provides course details for the Electromagnetic Theory I course at BIT Pilani. It outlines the course number, title, instructors, scope and objectives. The course deals with electricity, magnetism and electromagnetic waves. The textbook and reference book are listed. The course plan details the topics to be covered across 34 lectures, organized by learning objectives and reference chapters. The evaluation scheme includes a mid-semester test, 4 tutorial tests where the best 3 scores count, and a comprehensive exam, along with remarks on consultation hours, notices and the make-up policy.

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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani

Pilani Campus
Instruction Division
FIRST SEMESTER 2016-2017
Course Handout (Part-II)

Date: 02.08.2016

In addition to part I (General handout for all courses appended to the timetable) this portion gives
further specific details regarding the course.
Course Number
Course Title
Instructor-in-Charge
Instructors

:
:
:
:

PHY F212
Electromagnetic Theory I
Subhashis Gangopadhyay
Subhashis Gangopadhyay, Jayendra N. Bandyopadhyay

Scope & Objective of the course:

Electromagnetic Theory I is the first of the two courses on Electromagnetic Theory to be


offered to Physics students. It is also a mandatory course for Chemistry students.
It deals with Electricity, Magnetism and Electromagnetic waves.
Introduction to Electrodynamics, David J.Griffiths, Forth Edition, Pearson

Text Book:

Education Inc., 2014.

Reference Book: PHYSICS, Vol. 2, David Halliday, Robert Resnick and Kenneth S. Krane,
Fifth edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002.

Course Plan:
Lecture
Number

Learning Objectives

1-6

Vector Algebra

7-11

Electrostatics

12

Conductors

13-14
15-20

Special techniques
Electric fields in
matter
Magnetostatics

21-28

29-33

Magnetic fields in
Matter

Topics to be covered

Reference
Chapter/
Section

Gradient, divergence and curl, Line,


surface and volume integrals,
Curvilinear co-ordinates, Dirac
Delta Function
Divergence and curl of electrostatic
fields, Electric potential, work and
energy in electrostatics
Conductors,
induced
charges,
Capacitors
Multipole expansion
Polarization,
bound
charges,
electric displacement, Dielectrics
Lorentz force law, Biot-Savart law,
Amperes law, Magnetic Vector
potential

1.2-1.6

Magnetization, the field of a


magnetized object, Amperes law in
magnetized materials, Magnetic
susceptibility and permeability,
Ferromagnetism

6.1-6.4

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2.1-2.4

2.5
3.4
4.1-4.4
5.1-5.4

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani


Pilani Campus
Instruction Division

34-37

Electrodynamics

38-40

Maxwells
Equations

Evaluation Scheme:

Electromotive force, Ohms law,


Electromagnetic
Induction,
Faraday's law
Maxwells equations, Boundary
conditions

EC
No.
1.

Evaluation
Component
Mid. Sem. Test

Duration

Weightage

90 Min.

30

2.

Tutorial tests

20 Min.
each

30

4.

Comp. Exam

3 Hours

40

(%)

Date, Time &


Venue

3/10 10:00 11:30 AM

1/12 FN

7.1-7.2

7.3

Remarks
Closed Book
Total four tests will be
conducted, of which
best three would be
counted.
(Closed book)
Closed & Open Book

Chamber Consultation Hour: To be announced in the respective tutorials and lecture classes.
Notices: Notices and solutions of tests & Compre. will be displayed only on FDIII notice board.
Make-up Policy: Very strict to genuine cases only i.e. (i) Sickness leading to hospitalization,
(ii) Out of station with prior intimation & permission. Make-up will NOT be granted for tutorial
tests.

Instructor-in-Charge
PHY F212

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