Electrical Pathway — Full Syllabus

Curriculum

Three trade certificates plus the EE Foundations Bridge, worked in order. Study each unit, clear its quiz, then take the track's timed practice exam in the Exam Center.

Community content — not verified by a licensed electrician. Lessons and questions here are written for study practice and pinned to NEC 2023. Code editions and local amendments vary by jurisdiction. Always confirm against your adopted code book and your licensing board's published exam outline before test day.

Curriculum

DC/AC Theory & Safety

Jobsite safety and lockout/tagout (LOTO)

Voltage, current, and resistance

Ohm's Law and the power wheel

Digital multimeter navigation

Conductor colors and terminal identification

Series vs. parallel circuits

Power, energy, and I²R heating

AC fundamentals: sine waves, RMS, frequency

Residential Wiring

Conductor sizing and ampacity

Breakers, GFCI, and AFCI protection

Branch circuits and dwelling load basics

Boxes, box fill, and conductor counting

Grounding and bonding

Receptacle placement and required circuits

Cable types and wiring methods

Service equipment, panels, and clearances

Commercial & Industrial Systems

Three-phase power: wye, delta, and √3

Conduit bending math: offsets and multipliers

Transformers: ratios, kVA, and connections

Motors: FLC, protection, and sizing

Motor control circuits and ladder logic

Conduit fill and raceway sizing

Overcurrent coordination and interrupting rating

Power factor and the power triangle

EE Foundations Bridge

Kirchhoff's Laws: KCL and KVL

Calculus for circuits: rates and accumulation

Linear algebra: solving systems

Electromagnetism: fields and induction

Boolean algebra and logic gates

Programming fundamentals

Probability, statistics, and measurement

Signals: time domain and frequency domain