Valid for: 2024/25
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering LTH
Decided by: PLED E
Date of Decision: 2024-04-02
Effective: 2024-05-08
Main field: Technology
Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: First cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Mandatory for: E3
Elective for: D4
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English
The student shall acquire fundamental knowledge of vector analysis and electromagnetic theory.
The student shall acquire a good ability to perform calculations on given problems.
The student shall acquire good knowledge of the electromagnetic concepts that are used in electrotechnical applications, e.g., electronics, measurement techniques and electric power techniques.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
Vector analysis, electrostatics, magnetostatics, induction and general time-dependence. Examples of what is treated in the course are divergence, curl, electric fields in vacuum and in materials, capacitors, system of conductors, the image method, Biot-Savart law, force, inductance, the law of induction, Maxwell’s equations, plane waves and antennas.
Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Compulsory written test and written examination.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Modules
Code: 0117. Name: Written Examination.
Credits: 6.0. Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5).
Assessment: Passed written examination. Optional tasks can give bonus points to regular examination results.
The module includes: Vector analysis and electromagnetic field theory.
Code: 0217. Name: Control Examination.
Credits: 3.0. Grading scale: UG - (U, G).
Assessment: Passed written examination.
The module includes: Vector analysis and electromagnetic field theory.
Admission requirements:
Course coordinator: Buon Kiong Lau,
buon_kiong.lau@eit.lth.se
Course homepage: https://www.eit.lth.se/course/eitf80