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 Department:    ENGR&

 Course #:    204

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5.5

 CIP:    14.0101

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

An introduction to the electrical engineering profession through the design and analysis of linear circuits. Topics include modeling circuit response via voltage and current; mathematical descriptions of common circuit elements (e.g., independent/dependent sources; resistors; capacitors; inductors; etc.); constructing circuits using these elements (e.g., R; RC; RL; RLC); and predicting circuit response. Other topics include operational amplifiers and sinusoidal steady-state analysis. Includes a laboratory component.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: PHYS& 243 with a grade of C or higher; and MATH 238 with a grade of C or higher (or concurrent enrollment).

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 44

Lab: 22

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Natural Sciences, Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Identify the physical quantities (e.g., voltage; current) used to describe circuit response (i.e., circuit variables) and explain what they represent.
2. List several of the most common circuit elements (e.g., sources; resistors; capacitors; inductors; operational amplifiers), how their behavior is defined mathematically, and explain how and why they are used in circuit design.
3. Apply several circuit analysis techniques (e.g., Kirchhoff�s Laws; Ohm�s Law; circuit reduction; node and loop/mesh; etc.) to physical circuits, and compare their outputs.
4. Calculate the steady-state and/or transient behavior of first- and second-order circuits involving resistors, capacitors, inductors, and/or constant or varying (e.g., sinusoidal) power sources.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Providing context: What is circuits analysis? How is it used? Why is it important?
2. Physical quantities used to model electric circuit response (e.g., charge; current; voltage; energy; power)
3. Introduction to basic circuit elements (e.g., wires/traces; leads; resistors; sources; etc.); Ohm�s Law; Kirchhoff�s Law
4. Simple resistive circuits; series and parallel equivalents; voltage and current dividers; voltage and current measurements
5. Solutions to systems of linear equations review; node and mesh/loop analysis; Thevenin and Norton equivalents
6. Operational amplifier circuits
7. Capacitors and inductors; first and second order circuits with constant or varying power sources; steady-state and/or transient behavior