The course description is available here (updated 30 Aug 2025).

This course has the reputation of being the hardest one in the Electrical Engineering (E) Program. Let's face it, Maxwell's Equations are not a piece of cake!

Don't take my word for it, hear it for yourself in the following youtube clip (listen to the first minute). 

This young lady in the video did better than just passing the course, by the way.

Every year, a few exchange students will usually take my course as well, including a Riccardo Ricci from University of Bologna who scored 60/60 in the written exam after taking the course in the fall of 2015. (Note this: Riccardo was enrolled in the civil engineering program, NOT electrical engineering.)

The message I would like to convey is that, EITF80 is not an easy course. However, if you make good effort to learn, you may find yourself enjoying the course and benefited from it beyond just learning electromagnetics. Time and time again, students who have completed the course would tell me things like: "It is not that bad." and "It was a fun course."

 

NB. The course is also available as a PhD course (under the course code EITF80F), intended for PhD students that are from a different background than traditional electrical engineering programs.