Department of Engineering and Technology
Kimmel School
Course Syllabus for Fall 2016
EE 201 – Network Theory I
3 Credits
Instructor: Huang
Contact Info: 337
Office Hours: Posted on office door
Office Phone: 227-2543
E-mail: yhuang@email.wcu.edu
Meeting Periods: MWF, 11:15 – 12:05, in Belk 104.
Course Description: A fundamental course dealing with electric charge, current, voltage, power, energy, passive and active circuit elements, EE 201 involves the study of Direct
Current (DC) circuit analysis, including: (1) Ohm’s law, (2) Kirchhoff’s laws,
(3) nodal analysis, (4) mesh analysis, (5) operational amplifiers, (6) Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits, (7) source transformation, (8) maximum power transfer, (9) capacitors and inductors, (10) RL, RC, and RLC transient circuit analysis.
Course Goals: The objective of this course is to provide students with a working knowledge required for the analysis of DC components and circuits. Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to accomplish the following:
1.
Understand and apply Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff”s laws in resistive networks.
2.
Understand and apply mesh and nodal analysis methods in networks.
3.
Understand and apply Thevenin and Norton theorems in network simplification via source transformation techniques.
4.
Understand and apply the maximum power transfer in network analysis.
5.
Characterize the behavior of resistors, capacitors, and inductors.
6.
Understand and apply RL, RC and RLC transient network analysis.
Prerequisites: Math 255 (Calculus II), Phys 230 (Physics I), a grade of C or better.
Corequisites: Math 320, Phys 231.
Required Text: J. W. Nilsson and S. A. Riedel, Electric Circuits , 10th Edition, Pearson Prentice
Hall, 2014. ISBN: 0133760030.
References: Handouts, class notes, library holdings, and worldwide web.
Instructional Approach : Course material will be introduced during lecture. Homework assignments will
Evaluation :
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reinforce material covered in class.
Each student will be evaluated based on performance in the following areas.
Respective weights of each performance area are as noted.
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Homework
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Two 30%
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Quiz 15%
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Final 30%

Grading Scale: The grading scale below will be used to determine final grades:
Numerical
Course Average
Grade
Assigned
Numerical
Course Average
Grade
Assigned
92 – 96
90 – 91
88 – 89
A
A-
B+
70 – 71
68 – 69
62 – 67
C-
D+
D
82 - 87
80 – 81
B
B-
60 - 61
0 - 59
D-
F
78 – 79 C+
Attendance:
Assignments :
Students are required to attend all lectures.
Timely and full completion of assignments is vital to student success in this course. To this end, the following policies will be in effect:
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Students are expected to submit work on time. Assignments submitted after the due date will not be accepted.
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No make-up exams will be given unless the instructor is notified prior to the absence and/or corroborating documentation of the reason for the absence is provided.
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Assignments missed due to an excused absence will be due during the next class period.
Honor Code : Students are expected to comply with the spirit and intent of the University
Academic Honesty Policy as stated in the Undergraduate Catalogue . Visit
WCU’s Undergraduate Student Handbook for all related policies and procedures. http://www.wcu.edu/studentd/StudentHandbook . Evidence of academic dishonesty will result in a grade of F (numerically “0”) for that assignment on the first infraction. A second infraction will result in a grade of F for the course.
Disabilities : Western Carolina University is committed to providing equal educational opportunities for students with documented disabilities. Students who require reasonable accommodations must identify themselves as having a disability and provide current diagnostic documentation to Disability Services. All information is confidential. Please contact Disability Services for more information at (828) 227-2716 or 144 Killian Annex. You can also visit the office’s website: http://www.wcu.edu/12789.asp
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Classroom Policies: The following policies will be in effect during class meetings and project sessions:
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Cell phones must be turned off during class time.
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Drinks, food and tobacco are not permitted in classrooms or laboratories.
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Instant messenger, AOL or other non-instructional software is not permitted on classroom or lab computers. Printing of material in lab which is not course-related is also not permitted.
CoursEval Dates: Nov. 13 - Dec. 10 (8 a.m.)

Tentative Course Schedule:
Week Topic
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Course introduction, basic components
Units, current, voltage, power, sources
Ohm’s law, voltage divider, current divider
Nodes and branches, KCL
Path and loops, KVL
Resistors in series and parallel
Nodal analysis
Mesh analysis
Super node and Super mesh
Thevenin / Norton equivalent
Thevenin / Norton equivalent, examples
TEST 1
Linearity and superposition
Maximum power transfer
Delta-Y conversion
Ideal Op Amp
Summing amplifier
Difference amplifier
Cascaded stages
Amplifier examples
A more realistic model for the Op Amp
Capacitor and inductor
Inductance and capacitance combinations
Source-free RL circuit
Source-free RC circuit
Driven RL and RC circuits
Parallel RLC circuit
Series RLC circuit
TEST 2
Review