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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Electricity and Magnetism: Magnetic Fields and Forces

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

Overview

Learn how charges create and move in magnetic fields and how to analyze simple DC circuits. This introductory Electromagnetism physics course will require the use of calculus.

Syllabus

  • Simple DC circuits
  • How charged particles move in magnetic fields
  • What creates magnetic fields
  • Calculating magnetic field strength and direction
  • Magnetic Dipoles

Taught by

Krishna Rajagopal, Peter Dourmaskin, Kerstin Perez, Saif Rayyan, Analia Barrantes, Michelle Tomasik, and George Stephans

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