University of Houston
Engineering Technology
College of Technology
COURSE OULINE ELET 1300: Electrical Circuits I Required Course Tue Thu 2:30PM -­‐ 4:00PM CATALOG DESCRIPTION Principles of direct current electricity and their applications to series, parallel and series-­‐parallel electricity including Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’s Law, batteries, meters, resistance, capacitance, inductance, magnetism and electromagnetism. PREREQUISITES: credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1330 and concurrent enrollment in ELET 1100. REQUIRED TEXT and MATERIALS: o ELECTRIC CIRCUITS, by J. Nilsson and S. Riedel, 8th edition, 2008 o Lecture notes on Blackboard COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES and PERFORMANCE CRITERIA Students will: o Demonstrate a solid foundation of knowledge in the fundamentals of direct current electricity. o Demonstrate knowledge of problem solving techniques o Demonstrate effective use of circuit simulation software o Apply knowledge of calculus PROGRAM OUTCOMES COVERED BY COURSE TAC-­‐ABET CRITERION 3 OUTCOMES: This course covers program outcomes a, b, f and k. COURSE GRADING: Quiz/Attd: 5% Class Work: 10% Homework: 10% Mid-­‐term 1: 20% Mid-­‐term 2: 30% Final Exam: 25% Prepared by M. Moges
Spring 2010
University of Houston
Engineering Technology
College of Technology
TOPICS COVERED UNIT I Introduction to Electricity UNIT II Resistors UNIT III Series and Parallel Circuits UNIT IV Network Analysis Methods UNIT V Introduction to AC UNIT VI Inductance, Capacitance and Mutual Inductance UNIT VII First order RL and RC Circuits UNIT VIII The Operational Amplifier Successful completion of this course fulfills the technical content curricular requirements for the degree plan in Computer Engineering Technology. Prepared by M. Moges
Spring 2010