Electricity & Magnetism
Electric fields, potential, DC circuits and magnetism, the physics behind electrical engineering.
PHYS-131 Year 1 3 credits 5 lessons · 3 h 9 min
Offered by HSM University · Engineering Core
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Calculate electric forces and fields from point charges
- Relate electric potential, field and energy
- Analyze capacitors in series and parallel
- Solve DC circuits with Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws
- Calculate magnetic forces and induced voltages
Course content
5 lessons · 3 h 9 min total · final exam
- 1 Electric charge and Coulomb's law 40 min · quiz
- 2 Electric fields and potential 37 min · quiz
- 3 Capacitance 41 min · quiz
- 4 Current, resistance and DC circuits 34 min · quiz
- 5 Magnetic fields and induction 37 min · quiz
- E Final exam 10 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Electric fields, potential, DC circuits and magnetism, the physics behind electrical engineering.
Part of the Engineering stream, typically taken in year 1.