EE 3342—Electromagnetic Theory II

Designation	Required
Catalog description	EE 3342: Electromagnetic Theory II (3:3:0). Prerequisite: EE 3341, and Phase III standing in electrical engineering. General solutions for Maxwell’s equations. Traveling waves in scalar media. Boundary conditions and constraints imposed by bounding surfaces.
Prerequisite(s)	EE 3341
Textbook(s) and/or other required material	Inan&Inan, Electromagnetic waves, Prentice Hall 2000
Course objectives	Upon completion of this course, the students should be able to analyze time varying fields problems applied to plane waves in lossless and lossy media, waves interacting with planar boundaries, guided waves, and antennas.
Topics covered	Waves in unbounded lossless media – 7 hours Waves in unbounded lossy media – 7 hours Waves interacting with planar boundaries – 7 hours Guided waves – 7 hours Introduction to antennas – 4 hours Special topics in electromagnetics – 6 hours Test and reviews – 4 hours
Class/laboratory schedule	Class meets 15 weeks, 3 times per week for 50 minutes or 2 times per week for 80 minutes.
Contributions to professional component	The course acquaints students with rigorous analysis of the characteristics of electromagnetic waves in a wide variety of practical environments.
Relationship of course to program outcomes	This course addresses EE Program Outcomes 1.8; and ABET Criteria a, e, and k.
Prepared by	Thomas Trost, September 19, 2004
Coordinator	Hermann Krompholz