Understanding of "Electricity & Magnetism (E&M) " becomes crucial in a society dominated more and more by information technology. Informations are not longer just exchanged in form of a modulated signal transmitted with an electrical wire, but rather by electromagnetic waves in the frequency ranges of Mega-Hertz (MHz) Giga-Hertz (GHz), Tera-Hertz (THz) or as modulated optical waves traveling either in free space or in optical fibers.
This 4 credit hour course teaches the concepts of E&M as well as basics of Electrodynamics that governs the propagation of EM-waves in space and in confined connectors (i.e. electrical or optical fibers). Topics that will be covered are:

1. Vectors Algebra

1. Review Vectors Algebra
2. Differentical Calculus
3. Delta function

2. Electrostatics

1. Electric charge, Coulomb's law
2. The electric field, Gauss' law
3. The electric potential
4. Conductors, capacitance, and electrostatic energy
5. Dielectrics

3. Boundary problems

1. Laplace Equation
2. Method of Images
3. Multipole expansion

4. Dielectrics

1. Induced dipoles
2. Displacement fields

5. Magnetism

1. Electric currents, Kirchhoff's laws
2. Ampere's law, magnetic induction
3. Faraday's law of induction, inductance
4. Vector potential
5. Magnetic materials

6. Electrodynamics

1. Maxwell Equations
2. Scalar and Vector Potentials
3. Wave Equations
4. Wave propagation in vacuum
5. Wave propagation in matter
6. Absorption and Dispersion
7. Guided Waves: coaxial lines and optical fibers