Philadelphia University
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Communications & Electronics
Course Syllabus
Course Title: Electric circuits 2
Course Level: 2nd year
Course code: (610212)
Course prerequisite (s) and/or corequisite (s):
Electrical Circuits (1) – (610211)
Credit hours: 3
Lecture Time:
Tutorial: 1 hour/Week
Academic Staff Specifics
Academic Staff
Specifics
Name
Rank
Office Number
Office
and Location
Hours
E-mail Address
Course module description:
 Revision of the basic A.C theory, complex numbers, waves, r.m.s value, phasor diagrams,
series-parallel A.C circuits.
 Mesh analysis& Nodal analysis for A.C circuits.
 A..C Power calculations, real, reactive, apparent, and complex power, power factor,
maximum power transfer.
 Balanced three- phase circuits, line voltage and current, phase voltage and current, star
delta connections.
 Mutual inductance, coupling coefficient, series mutually coupled inductance, dot
convention.
 Laplace Transform.
 Two-port circuits: Admittance, Impedance, Hybrid, and Transmission parameters.
Course module objectives:
At completing this module, the student should be able to:
1) Understand periodic waves and sinusoidal current and voltage.
2) Understand power calculations, balanced three- phase calculations, mutual inductance
analysis.
3) Two port circuit analysis.
4) Fundamental understanding of Lapalce Transform and its application on circuit analysis,
Complex freq. and freq. response
Course/ module components:

Books (title , author (s), publisher, year of publication)

- Engineering Circuit analysis, W. H. Hayt , Kemmerly and Durbin, 6th edition.
ISBN 0-07-112227-3.
Support material (s) (vcs, acs, etc).

Study guide (s) (if applicable)

Homework and laboratory guide (s) if (applicable).
Teaching methods:
 Lectures (3 per week) are used to fundamentally explain and develop the concepts listed
above.
 Supervisions are used to solve problems set (tutorials) by various exercises.
 One to one consultation is provided to the students at any time specially on the office hours
where student just turn up to my office.
Learning Outcomes:
A) Knowledge and understanding Skills:
Students will obtain knowledge and understanding of:
1) Mathematical tools relevant to communications and electronics systems.
2) The way of thinking and how to design.
B) Intellectual Skills:
The students will acquire and develop the thinking skills that should enable them to:
1) Develop a strong grounding in the fundamentals and how to apply them.
C) Practical Skills:
Students will acquire and develop the practical skills that should allow them to:
1) Use appropriate numerical and mathematical skills to describe, analyze and solve a
problem in electronics or/and communication system.
2) Use various laboratory equipment as diagnostic tool to detect a faults and identify a
problem in electronics or/and communication system.
D) Practical and subject specific skills (Transferable Skills):
Students will acquire and develop the key transferable skills that will enable them to:
1) Use a range of technological equipment and systems.
2) Think logically and critically.
Assessment instruments:
• Short reports and/ or presentations, and/ or Short research projects
• Quizzes.
• Home works
• Final examination: 50 marks
Allocation of Marks
Assessment Instruments
Mark
First examination
15%
Second examination
15%
Final examination: 50 marks
50%
Reports, research projects, Quizzes, Home
20%
works, Projects
Total
100%
Documentation and Academic Honesty
 Documentation style (with illustrative examples)
Hand written and typed lecture notes including solved examples and tutorial problems are
prepared from various references related to the topics. The student shall try to solve these
tutorial problems by himself while answers are given individually. The solutions of these
problems are given to the student before the final examination.
 Protection by copyright
 Avoiding plagiarism.
Course/module academic calendar
week
Basic and support material
to be covered
(1)
(2)
Math. tools
Periodic wave
(3)
Basic AC theory
(4)
Mesh, Nodal and
Thevenin analysis
Power Calculation
(5)
(6)
(7)
First examination
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
Second examination
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
Final Examination
Homework/repor
ts and their due
dates
Assignment No.1
Assignment No.2
Report
Complex , and
maximum power
Balanced three
phase circuit
Line current, and
line voltages
The star delta
connection
Mutual inductance
Assignment No.3
Quiz
Dot convention
Static mag. field of
ferromagnetic
materials
Laplace Transform
Laplace Transform
application on
circuit analysis
Two port circuits
Revision
Report
Quiz
Expected workload:
On average students need to spend 2 hours of study and preparation for each 50-minute
lecture/tutorial.
Attendance policy:
Absence from lectures and/or tutorials shall not exceed 15%. Students who exceed the 15% limit
without a medical or emergency excuse acceptable to and approved by the Dean of the relevant
college/faculty shall not be allowed to take the final examination and shall receive a mark of zero
for the course. If the excuse is approved by the Dean, the student shall be considered to have
withdrawn from the course.
Course references
Books:
1. Engineering Circuit analysis, W. H. Hayt , Kemmerly and Durbin, 6th edition.
ISBN 0-07-112227-3
2. Electric circuits, James W. Nelsson, S. Riedel, sixth edition, 2005, Prentice-Hall, ISB 0013-32120-63