Program Overview

Program Details

The program details for PHYS 205 - Electricity and Magnetism are as follows:

Course Description

Electrical charge and Coulomb's law. Electrical field and potential. Capacity, steady state, and transient currents. Electromagnetic induction and alternating currents.

Semester

• Winter (January 12 - April 13, 2026)

Instructor

Please refer to the Course Outline below.

Program

• Undergraduate, 3 credits

Required Course Material Fee

There is no access fee for this course. Course material refers to all content that is needed to be licensed, acquired, or leased for the purpose of offering the online course.
This could include the electronic version of a textbook (or parts of it), images, articles, animations, audio, and/or video.
This material has been deemed essential for the course at the request of the instructor and/or content provider.
This fee is paid by students at the time of the retrieval of their eConcordia course and is in addition to the regular tuition that they pay to the university for the enrolment in the credit course.

Prerequisite

• Prerequisite: MATH203 and PHYS204 or equivalent. Students in programs leading to the BSc degree may not take this course for credit to be applied to their program of concentration. See PHYS225 for laboratory associated with this course.

Book

• A. Serway and J. W. Jewett. Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Volumes 1 & 2, 10th Edition. Cengage.

Registration Information

Concordia students must register for this course in their Student Hub. It is strongly recommended that they consult Concordia's class schedule prior to enrolling in order to be aware of any registration restrictions. Once registered, students must then sign up for an eConcordia account to access the course material.

Course Outline

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