Electricity: curvilinear coordinates – conservative vector fields and their potential functions – Gauss' theorem, Stokes' theorem – physical applications in electrostatics – electrostatic potential and field due to discrete and continuous charge distributions – dipole and quadrupole moments – energy density in an electric field – dielectric polarization – conductors and capacitors – electric displacement vector – dielectric susceptibility.

Magnetism: Biot‐Savart's law and Ampere's law in magnetostatics – magnetic induction due to configurations of current‐carrying conductors – magnetization and surface currents – energy density in a magnetic field – magnetic permeability and susceptibility – force on a charged particle in electric and magnetic fields – electromotive force, Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction – self and mutual inductance, displacement current.

Optics: nature of light – ray approximation in geometrical optics – reflection – refraction, Fermat’s principle – dispersion – mirrors and lenses – aberrations – interference – diffraction – polarization – lasers.

1. Griffith, D. J., Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th ed., Prentice Hall (2012).
2. Hecht, E., Optics, 4th ed., Pearson Education (2008).

1. Feynman, R. P., Leighton, R. B., and Sands, M., The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Narosa (2005).

2. Reitz, J. R., Milford, F. J., and Christy, R. W., Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory, 3rd ed., Narosa (1998).

3. Wangsness, R. K., Electromagnetic Fields, 2nd ed., Wiley (1986).

4. Sadiku, M. N. O., Elements of Electromagnetics, 6th ed., Oxford Univ. Press (2014).

Course Outcomes (COs):

CO1: Introduction to tools of vector calculus and their applications in the formulation of electromagnetic theory via Maxwell’s equations.

CO2: Familiarization with various techniques, such as multipole expansions, for solving problems in electrostatics and magnetostatics.

CO3: Introduction to electrodynamics and familiarization with its formulation in terms of tensors.