Physics II (Lab): Electromagnetism, Circuits, Waves, and Optics

Harvard Extension School

PHYS E-1BXL

Section 4

CRN 24302

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This hands-on experimental course is intended to complement PHYS E-1bx. Laboratory experiments include aspects of electric and magnetic fields, analog and digital circuits, wave phenomena, and optics.

Instructor Info

Oliver Saunders Wilder, PhD

Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Meeting Info

Sa 9:00am - 12:00pm (1/26 - 5/16)

Participation Option: Online Synchronous

Deadlines

Last day to register: January 21, 2026

Additional Time Commitments

Labs meet roughly every other week. Specific schedule to be announced.

Prerequisites

Concurrent enrollment in PHYS E-1bx or prior completion of a comparable course in physics (electricity and magnetism).

Notes

This course meets via web conference. Students must attend and participate at the scheduled meeting time. See minimum technology requirements. Students in this course, other sections of PHYS E-1BXL, and in PHYS E-1BX may interact with one another, for example, in Canvas or labs. Accordingly, when students participate in the labs, they may do so alongside students in other sections. If students participate in a way that causes them to appear in recordings of the class, those recordings may be shown to students enrolled in the other course.

All Sections of this Course

CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
26706 1 On Campus Oliver Saunders Wilder Open M 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Jan 25 to May 16
26704 2 On Campus Oliver Saunders Wilder Open W 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Jan 25 to May 16
26705 3 On Campus Oliver Saunders Wilder Open Th 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Jan 25 to May 16
24302 4 Online Synchronous Oliver Saunders Wilder Open Sa 9:00am - 12:00pm
Jan 25 to May 16

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