COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS UNIT
ELEC 201 Electric Circuits
Term
Instructor Information
To be filled by the course instructor.
TA Information
To be filled by the course instructor.
Class/Laboratory Schedule
To be filled by the course instructor.
Coordinator Information
Coordinator Name: Dr. Mohammed Al-Hitmi
Office: G215
Tel: 485-2706
E-mail: m.a.alhitmi@qu.edu.qa
Course Information
Catalog Description:
Basic Concepts: Voltage, current, power, and energy. Independent and dependent voltage and
current sources. DC Circuits Analysis: Ohms law, Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws. Series
and parallel DC circuits analysis, nodal analysis, and mesh analysis. Superposition, source
transformation, and maximum power transfer theorems, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems.
Capacitance and Inductance: series and parallel connections of capacitors and inductors. AC
Circuits Analysis: Sinusoidal sources, rms value, phasor representation, complex impedances.
Kirchhoff’s laws in the phasor domain, parallel and series AC circuits. Experiments will be
conducted to support the course including the use of computer software for circuit analysis.
Credits:
3.
Contact Hours:
2 Lecture hours and 3 Lab hours.
Prerequisites by Course:
(MATH 102 Concurrent) and (PHYS 193 Concurrent)
Prerequisites by Topics:
Linear Algebra
Calculus
Complex numbers
Electricity and magnetism.
Textbook(s):
Alexander and Sadiku “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits” Third Edition McGraw Hill.
References:
Nilsson and Riedel “Electric Circuits” Seventh edition Prentice Hall.
Course Objective:
The course objective is to:
1. Introduce fundamental concepts of electric circuits.
2. Provide students with basic electric circuits analysis techniques.
3. Emphasize practical engineering-based applications.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of this course, the students are expected to be able to
1. Define concepts of electric current, voltage, power, Kirchhoff’s current and voltage
laws.
2. Use Ohm’s Law in series and parallel connections.
3. Use Thevenin’s theorem and Maximum power transfer and superposition theorems for
circuit analysis.
4. Apply nodal and mesh analysis to solve DC circuits.
5. Apply superposition and source transformation methods to solve DC circuits.
6. Be familiar with inductors and capacitors properties.
7. Be familiar with the concept of phasors.
8. Solve series/parallel AC circuits.
9. Be familiar with essential EE instruments such as Digital Multimeters, and be able to
conduct dc circuit experiments.
10. Be able to analyze electric circuit using simulation software.
Relationship of Course Outcomes to "a" to "k" ABET Outcomes:
Course Outcome
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
ABET Outcome
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
9
10
b
k
Topics Covered:
Topics
Electric current, voltage, power, and voltage and current sources
Kirchhoff’s current law and Kirchhoff’s voltage law
Ohm’s law and series/parallel connections of resistors
Series/parallel DC circuit analysis
Nodal analysis
Mesh analysis
Superposition theorem
Thevenin’s Theorem and Norton’s theorem
Source transformation and maximum power transfer theorem
Capacitance and capacitors series/parallel connections
Inductance and inductors series/parallel connections
Sinusoidal sources and phasor representation
Phasor relationships for circuit elements
Series/parallel AC circuit analysis
Weeks
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Method of Instruction
To be filled by the course instructor.
Assessment Methods and Grading Policy
Required Assessment Methods: Exams and Course Work (e.g. HW/Quizzes/Project/Lab
Work). The detailed weights to be determined by the instructor.
e.g.
Homeworks:
Quizzes
Lab Work
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
: 10%
: 10%
: 10%
: 30%
: 40%
ABET Contribution of Course to Professional Component
Math & Basic Science : Engineering
: 3 cr
Engineering Design : General Education
:-
Computer/Software Usage
Multisim 9.
Laboratory Projects
Laboratory work includes experiments on ohm's law, nodal analysis, superposition theorem,
thevenin theorem, maximum power transfer theorem, …etc.
Course Ground Rules
To be filled by the course instructor.
Declaration
This syllabus and contents are subject to changes in the event of extenuating circumstances.
The instructor (with approval of the Head of the College of Engineering Requirements Unit)
reserves the right to make changes as necessary. If changes are necessitated during the term of
the course, the students will be notified by email communication and posting the notification
on the online teaching tool Blackboard. It is student’s responsibility to check on
announcements made while they were absent.
May 15, 2008
CRU