ECE 329 - Fields and Waves I

Fall 2025

Announcements

Welcome to ECE 329 Fall 2025!

Instructors

Instructor	Prof. Xu Chen	Prof. Victoria Shao (Coordinator) Shared notes	Prof. David Mitchell
Section	C	X	E
Lecture	MWF 10:00-10:50am ECEB 2013	MWF 12:00-12:50pm ECEB 2017	MWF 1:00-1:50pm ECEB 1015
Netid	xuchen1	yangshao	davidm15
Office Hours	Fri. 11am-12pm ECEB 5040	Mon. 11am-12pm ECEB 5034	Fri. 2pm-3pm ECEB 3015

Teaching Assistants

TA	Elliot Rubin (Head TA)	Niousha Mousavi	Yushi Zhou	Andrew Morrison
Office Hour	Mon, Wed. 3-5pm 5034 ECEB	Fri. 3-5pm 3015 ECEB	Thurs. 4-6pm 5034 ECEB Fri. 3-5pm 3015 ECEB	Thurs. 11am-1pm 5034 ECEB
Netid	earubin2	mousavi3	yushiz2	alm16

Contact

Please send all the course-related questions to this email ece-329-fall25-contact-group@office365.illinois.edu rather than individual instructors or TAs

Gradescope Enrollment

Entry Code: X256RE

Office Hours

Start Time	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thurs	Fri
9am
10am
11am	Prof. Shao 5034 ECEB			TA Office Hour 5034 ECEB	Prof. Chen 5040 ECEB
12pm				TA Office Hour 5034 ECEB
1pm
2pm					Prof. Mitchell 3015 ECEB
3pm	TA Office Hour 5034 ECEB		TA Office Hour 5034 ECEB		TA Office Hour 3015 ECEB
4pm	TA Office Hour 5034 ECEB		TA Office Hour 5034 ECEB	TA Office Hour 5034 ECEB	TA Office Hour 3015 ECEB
5pm				TA Office Hour 5034 ECEB Tutorial Session 3017 ECEB
6pm				Tutorial Session 3017 ECEB
7pm

Prerequisites

MATH 241: Vector calculus basics (Vector Calculus Primer)
PHYS 212: Electric and magnetic field basics
ECE 210: Linear circuit and system analysis tools

Lecture Notes (Textbook)

You can find the lecture notes here: ECE 329 Lecture Notes on Fields and Waves, Erhan Kudeki, 2021.

Supplement Text (Not Required)

N. N. Rao, Fundamentals of Electromagnetics for Electrical and Computer Engineering, Prentice-Hall, 2009.

Grading Policy

Grade Breakdown

Homework	15%
Midterm exam(3)	20%
Final Exam	25%

Letter Grade Percentage Score

A+	97-100
A	93-96
A-	90-92
B+	87-89
B	83-86
B-	80-82
C+	77-79
C	73-76
C-	70-72
D+	67-69
D	63-66
D-	60-62
F	below 60

Discussion Forum

All homework- and lecture-related questions should be posted in Canvas Discussion page. A TA or Instructor will answer within 24 hours.
You are not allowed to post any homework solutions (right or wrong) on the forum.
You should not discuss exams in the forum until 48 hours after exams.

Tutorial Sessions and Review Sessions

Every Thursday on non-exam weeks, the TA will hold a review session in 3017 ECEB from 5pm-7pm. Past exam problems relating to the previous week's lectures will be discussed.
On exam weeks, there will be a review session in 3017 ECEB on Thursday, 5pm-7pm for exam contents and past exam problems.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to abide by the University of Illinois Student Code. Students should pay particular attention to Article 1, Part 4: Academic Integrity. Ignorance is not an excuse for any academic dishonesty. It is your responsibility to read this policy to avoid any misunderstanding. Do not hesitate to ask the instructor(s) if you are ever in doubt about what constitutes plagiarism, cheating, or any other breach of academic integrity.
Any academic integrity violations will result in a FAIR report. Furthermore, the penalty will be as follows:

A score of 0 (zero) on the assignment or exam where the first academic integrity violation occurred.
A grade of F for the course when the second offense occured.
Note that the standard of proof for a finding of infraction is “more likely than not”. This means I only need to show with 51% certainty that you committed the offense for the allegations to go on your record. The following is a partial list of academic integrity violations for this course:
Copying homework from other students (working together and discussing is acceptable)
Copying homework from past solutions
Using websites such as Chegg or Course Hero while completing any course assignments or exams
Using unauthorized materials during exams
Communicating with any person during exams
Discussing the exam publicly within 24 hours, or discussing with anyone who has not yet taken the exam
Not an academic integrity violation: Distributing any course material without authorization. This includes uploading homeworks/solutions and exam solutions to web sites, or sharing these documents with people not enrolled in the course.
- Although not an academic integrity violation, it is a violation of the law and Professor will refer you to U.S. Attorney's Office for prosecution under The Digital Millennium Copyright Act.