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Electrical Fundamentals

Everything in electrical engineering rests on a handful of core relationships. This course builds them from first principles: starting with what electricity actually is at the atomic level and ending with real circuit analysis using Kirchhoff's laws.

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8 modules37 lessons6h 42minOpen access

Course contents

Course curriculum

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Course goals and prerequisites

What you'll learn

Apply Ohm's Law to calculate voltage, current, and resistance
Analyse series and parallel circuits with confidence
Calculate power and energy in DC and AC circuits
Read and interpret basic circuit diagrams
Use Kirchhoff's Voltage and Current Laws
Understand capacitors and inductors and their behaviour

Before you begin

Basic maths (algebra)
No prior electrical knowledge required

01. What is electricity?: atomic model

lesson9min

02. Electric charge and the coulomb

lesson7min

03. Conductors, insulators, and semiconductors

lesson8min

04. Conventional current vs electron flow

lesson7min

05. Module quiz

quiz7min

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Electrical Fundamentals

Open access: every current ElectraCore lesson is available without an account or payment.

8 modules37 lessons6h 42minOpen access

Electrical Fundamentals

What you'll learn

Prerequisites

Course curriculum

What you'll learn

Before you begin

Electrical Fundamentals

What you'll learn

Prerequisites

Course curriculum

What you'll learn

Before you begin