University of Split
Department of Professional Studies
FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING I
COURSE SYLLABUS
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COURSE DETAILS
Type of study
programme
Professional study - 180 ECTS
Study programme
ELECTRONICS
Course title
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I
Course code
SEL003
ECTS
(Number of credits
allocated)
8
Course status
Core
Year of study
First
Semester
First (fall)
Course Web site
http://www.oss.unist.hr/
Total lesson hours per
semester
Lectures
45
Practicals
30
Laboratory exercises & practical demonstration
30
Prerequisite(s)
None
Lecturer(s)
Department of Electrical Engineering faculty:
Ljubomir Malešević, Ph.D., College professor,
Slobodanka Jelena Cvjetković, Ph.D., senior lecturer,
Barbara Džaja, Ph.D., lecturer.
Language of instruction
Croatian, English
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
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Course Objectives:
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understanding basic laws, principles and phenomena in the area
of electrical engineering,
theoretical and practical preparation enabling students to apply
the acquired knowledge and skills in professional and specialist
courses.
1. define basic terms, values and laws in the area of electrostatics,
direct currents and electromagnetism,
2. describe methods of implementing electrostatic and
electromagnetic laws and phenomena in electric devices and
Learning outcomes
machines design,
3. demonstrate measuring of basic electrical values on electric
On successful
circuit elements
completion of this
4. calculate electrical values using different methods for solving
course, student should
complex DC networks,
be able to:
5. recommend configuration of simple circuit/assembly for the set
magnetic and electrical circuit parameters,
6. select engineering approach to problem solving based on the
acquired physics and mathematical knowledge.
Introduction. Basic concepts of electricity. Electrostatics: Coulomb's
law. Electric field. Electric flux - Gauss's law (examples of field
determination). Electrostatic potential energy, electric potential and
potential difference. Conductors in electrostatic field (electric
influence). Dielectrics in electrostatic field (polarization, boundary
conditions). Electrostatic field effects; Capacitors and capacitance.
Electric force and electric energy in electrostatic field. Experiments
in electrostatics-demonstration. Time-constant electric currents:
Electric values. Basic laws of electric circuit - Ohm's and Kirchhoff's
laws. Equivalent resistance. Basic electric circuit. Electric power,
work and energy. Methods for linear DC circuit analysis - nodal and
loop analysis, Thevenin, Norton and Millmann theorems,
Course content
superposition, maximum power transfer theorem. Electromagnetism:
Basic magnetic values and phenomena. Magnetic field intensity, flux
and density in non-ferromagnetic materials - Ampere's law, BiotSavart law and their common applications. Magnetic field effects:
Electromagnetic induction (motion EMF, transformation EMF) and
forces in the magnetic field (force of permanent magnet, force on an
electric current in a magnetic field, force between two parallel wires,
force on an electric charge moving in a magnetic field - Lorentz's
force, Hall's effect). Self and mutual induction. Application of
induction and forces in a magnetic field: generator, motor,
transformer, cyclotron... Magnetic field in magnetic materials.
Magnetic field energy. Experiments in electromagnetism3
demonstration.
CONSTRUCTIVE ALIGNMENT – Learning outcomes, teaching and
assessment methods
Alignment of students activities with learning outcomes
Activity
Student workload
ECTS credits
Learning
outcomes
Lectures
45 hours / 1.5 ECTS
1,2,4,5,6
Practicals
30 hours / 1
ECTS
4,5,6
Laboratory work
30 hours / 1
ECTS
3,4
Preparation, laboratory mid-term exam
18 hours / 0.6 ECTS
3,4,5
Practical demonstration
6 hours / 0.2 ECTS
2,3
Three mid-term exams (preparation and delivery)
60 hours / 2
Self-study
39 hours / 1.3 ECTS
1,2,3,4,5,6
Office hours and final exam
12 hours / 0.4 ECTS
1,2,4,5,6
240 hours / 8 ECTS
1,2,3,4,5,6
TOTAL:
ECTS
1,2,4,5,6
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
Performance
Grade ratio
Ai (%)
ki (%)
70 - 100
10
100
5
Laboratory mid-term exam
50-100
10
First mid-term exam
50-100
25
Second mid-term exam
50-100
25
Third mid-term exam
50-100
25
Continuous testing indicators
Class attendance and participation
Laboratory work
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FINAL ASSESSMENT
Performance
Grade ratio
Ai (%)
ki (%)
Practical exam (written)
50 - 100
40
Theoretical exam (written and/or oral)
50 - 100
50
Previous activities
(include all continuous testing indicators)
50 - 100
10
Performance
Grade ratio
Ai (%)
ki (%)
Practical exam (written)
50 - 100
50
Theoretical exam (written and/or oral)
50 - 100
50
Testing indicators – final exam (first and second
exam term)
Testing indicators – makeup exam (third and fourth
exam term)
PERFORMANCE AND GRADE
Percentage
Criteria
Grade
50% - 61%
basic criteria met
sufficient (2)
62% - 74%
average performance with some errors
good (3)
75% - 87%
above average performance with minor errors
very good (4)
88% - 100%
outstanding performance
outstanding (5)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Teaching materials for students (scripts, exercise collections, examples of solved exercises),
teaching record, detailed course syllabus, application of e-learning, current information and
all other data are available by MOODLE system to all students (https://moodle.oss.unist.hr/).
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