<p>How much study of magnetism is there involved in an Electrical Engineering major? Is it just a few courses or is magnetism a common theme in all upper division classes?</p>
<p>It depends on your focus. Most EE’s get a smattering of practical magnetics in their basic physics courses, as well as a course or two addressing the more rigorous aspects later on. Most stop there unless they are studying a specialty for which magnetism is especially relevant, in which case many of their upper level courses will include it.</p>
<p>There are subfields within EE that are very heavily dealing with electromagnetism. Applied electromagnetism, anyway. But it is easy to avoid if you don’t like it too much.</p>
<p>EEs do not learn much magnetism aside from Maxwell’s Equations or other basic emag concepts like Ampere’s Law. You will not learn about magnetism at the microscopic level.</p>
<p>Electromagnetic Theory is still a required course. 3D field equations in a vacuum have almost no resemblance to designing actual applications using hard or soft magnetic materials.</p>