This is the madatory course "Classical Field Theory" for the Master in Theoretical Physics at the University of Wrocław. It is tailored towards first year master students who are familiar with

• classical mechanics,
• classical electrodynamics,
• differential calculus, and
• linear algebra

There are many good books on the subject, four that I like are

• Torre: Introduction to Classical Field Theory,
• Arodź, Hadasz: Lectures on Classical and Quantum Theory of Fields,
• Jackson: Classical Electrodynamics, and
• Landau, Lifshitz: The Classical Theory of Fields.

There will be 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of tutorials each week. Please keep in mind that attendance is mandatory and will be checked. Exercises will be posted here at least a week before the lab they are discussed in. Please keep in mind that active participation in the labs and especially submitting the solution to the posed problems is important to pass the course. M.Sc. Achilleas Gitsis will be the assistant for this course. Please fell free to contact him () or me if you have any questions. For information about credits points, please refer to the syllabus or contact me directly.

Location: We are in the lecture room 445 for both, the lectures and the tutorials.

Important: Students will be assigned to exercise problems by the system described here at the Friday, 9:00 pm, before the tutorial. Please indicate your preferences by then.

Exam: We decided together that the written exam for this course will take place on Tuesday, the 10th of February 2026, at 11:00 in room 422. It will take two hours (120 minutes) and we will discuss a practice exam in the last tutorial to help you preparing for it. Please be there five minutes earlier such that we can start on time. Also note that you need to have more than 50% of the points from the exercises assigned to you to qualify for the exam. You can check your points here on the website, or, if you are in doubt, with me.