Electromagnetism Professional Certification
Master the fields, forces and waves of classical electromagnetism
Key facts
- Level: Professional
- Field: Physics
- Estimated study time: about 36 hours
- Credential price: $149
- Exam: 95 questions · 150 minutes · pass mark 75%
About the Electromagnetism Professional certification
The Electromagnetism Professional certification validates a deep, working command of classical electricity and magnetism — the theory that unifies electric and magnetic phenomena and underpins all of electrical engineering, optics and modern communications. You will reason quantitatively about electric charge and Coulomb's law, build and superpose electric fields from point charges and continuous distributions, exploit symmetry with Gauss's law, and work fluently with electric potential, potential energy and equipotentials. You will analyze capacitance, dielectrics and stored field energy; apply Ohm's law, resistance and power to DC circuits, solving networks with Kirchhoff's laws and characterising RC transients. The magnetism half develops the Lorentz force, forces and torques on currents, charged-particle motion, and the sources of magnetic field via Biot–Savart and Ampère's law (solenoids, toroids). You will master electromagnetic induction — Faraday's and Lenz's laws, motional EMF, self- and mutual inductance, and RL circuits — then AC circuits with impedance, RLC resonance and phasors. The capstone ties it together: Maxwell's equations in integral and differential form, the displacement current, and the electromagnetic waves they predict — the wave equation, the Poynting vector, polarization and the EM spectrum. The exam is calculation-heavy and conceptual in equal measure. Candidates should already hold Physics Foundations or possess equivalent command of vectors, calculus and Newtonian mechanics.
What you will learn
The official Electromagnetism Professional study course covers:
- Charge, Fields and Gauss's Law — Electric charge and Coulomb's law, the electric field and field lines, and Gauss's law with its symmetric applications.
- Potential, Capacitance and Current — Electric potential and equipotentials, capacitance with dielectrics and stored energy, and current, resistance and Ohm's law.
- DC Circuits and RC Transients — Kirchhoff's laws, series and parallel reduction, and the exponential behaviour of RC circuits.
- Magnetic Forces and Sources — The Lorentz force and charged-particle motion, forces and torques on currents, and the magnetic fields of wires and solenoids.
- Induction, Inductance and AC — Faraday's and Lenz's laws and motional EMF, self- and mutual inductance with RL circuits, and AC impedance and RLC resonance.
- Maxwell's Equations and EM Waves — The four Maxwell equations and the displacement current, the electromagnetic wave and its energy, and the spectrum, polarization and magnetic materia…
Prerequisites
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Electromagnetism Professional certificate verifiable?
- Yes. Every issued Hootix Academy certificate carries a unique credential code that anyone can verify online.
- How is the Electromagnetism Professional exam structured?
- It is a 150-minute proctored multiple-choice exam of 95 questions; you need 75% to pass.
- Do I need to buy the course to take the exam?
- You can purchase the certification exam on its own, or bundle it with the full study course at a reduced price.
- How long does the Electromagnetism Professional course take?
- About 36 hours of self-paced study.