Course Syllabus
Course No. & Title: EGN 3373 – Introduction to Electrical Systems
Term and Meeting Information: Fall 2012, Tuesday/Thursday 08:00am-9:15am, BSF 100
Instructor Info: Dr. Selcuk Kose, ENB118, room 372A, kose@usf.edu, (813)974-6636
Office Hour: Tuesday 9:30am-11:00am @ ENB118, room 372A or by appointment
Teaching Assistants:
Tylar Murray
Rudraskandan Ratnadurai
Anand Santhanaskrisha
Saumya Sharma
Anas Tom
Yasser Wehbe
tylarmurray@mail.usf.edu
rratnadu@mail.usf.edu
anandkumar1@mail.usf.edu
saumya1@mail.usf.edu
atom@mail.usf.edu
ywehbe@mail.usf.edu
Catalog Description: To study the fundamental principles and analysis techniques of electrical
circuits: resistance, inductance, capacitance, dependent and independent sources, AC and DC
circuits, transient and steady state analysis, operation and applications of basic electronic devices.
Course Prerequisite: Pre-requisites:
PHY 2049, PHY 2049L (Physics II and Lab)
Co-requisites: MAP 2302 (Differential Equations)
Text: Electrical Engineering: Principles & Applications, 5th edition, A. R. Hambley, Prentice
Hall.
Students’ Obligations:
 ALL E-MAIL COMMUNICATION TO INSTRUCTOR AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS MUST
HAVE EGN 3373 IN THE SUBJECT OF THE E-MAIL
 STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COPY ALL E-MAIL COMMUNICATIONS WITH TA’S
TO THE INSTRUCTOR.
 ANY DISPUTES REGARDING EXAM/QUIZ/HW GRADES MUST BE RESOLVED WITHIN
A WEEK AFTER THE ASSIGNMENT HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE STUDENTS
 MUST HAVE MET ALL PRE AND CO-REQUISITE REQUIREMENTS
 MUST READ ALL CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS AND COMPLETE ALL ASSIGNED
HOMEWORK
Grading & Grading Policies:
Final grade (tentative)
3 Exams
Final
Quizzes and/or Attendance
60%
30%
10%
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS MUST GET A GRADE OF “B” OR
BETTER IN ORDER TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR EE CURRICULUM

EXAMS:
 There will be three mid-term exams plus a CUMULATIVE FINAL
 All exams will be closed books/notes; calculator use is limited to the list provided in
the syllabus below
 Make-up exams will be given only under very exceptional circumstances provided the
student obtains approval in advance based on written documentation (i.e. doctor's/police
report etc.).

HW Assignments:
 HW is due a week after the material has been covered in class.
 All of the HW’s will be collected
 3 HW’s will be graded (at random).
 No late HW will be accepted.
 All HW assignments, exams, etc. must be your own work.
 The students are strongly encouraged to work together in order to exchange ideas BUT
all HW assignments, quizzes etc. must be completed individually.

ACADEMIC CONDUCT:
 The students MUST review, understand, and sign the University and EE Department’s
“Student Academic Conduct Rules”.

CALCULATOR POLICY: During EGN 3373 exams and quizzes students are prohibited
from using calculators other than the ones listed here; these are calculators approved for use
during the EIT exam:
 Hewlett Packard: HP30s, HP 33s, HP 9s
 Casio: FX 115 ES, FX 115 MS, and FX 115 MS Plus (FX 115 ES and FX 115 MS
models ending with an "-SR" designation are also allowed.)
 Texas Instruments: TI 30XA (or TI 30Xa), TI 30X IIS, TI 30X IIB, TI 36X Solar

Students with Disabilities:
 Students in need of academic accommodations for a disability may consult with the
office of Students with Disabilities Services to arrange appropriate accommodations.
Students are required to give reasonable notice prior to requesting an accommodation.

Religious observance:
 Students who anticipate the necessity of being absent from class due to the observation of
a major religious observance must provide notice of the date(s) in writing by the second
class meeting.

Emergency & Blackboard:
 In the event of an emergency, it may be necessary for USF to suspend normal operations.
During this time, USF may opt to continue delivery of instruction through methods that
include but are not limited to: Blackboard, Elluminate, Skype, and email messaging
and/or an alternate schedule. It’s the responsibility of the student to monitor Blackboard
site for each class for course specific communication, and the main USF, College, and
department websites, emails, and MoBull messages for important general information.

You do not have the right to sell notes, handouts, solutions, or recordings of lectures
generated from this class. Please refer to the academic integrity policy on the 4th page of the
syllabus.
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EXAM TOPICAL COVERAGE (TENTATIVE)
 Exam I:
 Ohm’s Law
 Energy, Power
 KCL
 KVL
 Resistance Combinations etc.
 Current Division
 Voltage Division; etc.
 Exam II
 Node voltage analysis
 Mesh current analysis
 Thevenin/Norton Theorems
 Superposition
 Source Transformation
 Capacitors; Inductors
 Transient response of RC and RL circuits (1st order)
 Exam III
 Phasors
 AC circuit analysis
 AC Power
 Diodes
 FINAL EXAM: all of the above + Op-amps
Course Objectives:
1. Students learn the basic laws of circuit theory
2. Students learn to analyze simple resistive or dc circuits
3. Students learn to analyze simple switching and transient circuits
4. Students learn to analyze simple sinusoidal RL & RC circuits
5. Students learn dc and ac power systems
6. Students learn to analyze simple operational amplifier circuits
7. Students learn to analyze magnetically coupled (transformer) circuits
8. Students learn to analyze simple diode switching circuits
9. Students learn to conduct a simple design project(s) using dc/ac circuit techniques
1. [Objectives 1 – 8 meet Criteria (a), whereas Objective 9 meets Criteria (c)]
Academic Integrity
The faculty of the Electrical Engineering Department is committed to maintaining a learning
environment which promotes academic integrity and the professional obligations recognized in
the IEEE Code of Ethics (http://ee.eng.usf.edu/about/codeOfEthics.htm). Accordingly, the
department adheres to a common Academic Integrity Policy in all of its courses. This policy is to
be applied uniformly in a fair and unbiased manner.
University rules regarding academic integrity will be strictly enforced. It is not acceptable to
copy, plagiarize or otherwise make use of the work of others in completing homework, project,
laboratory report, exam or other course assignments. Likewise, it is not acceptable to knowingly
facilitate the copying or plagiarizing of one’s own work by others in completing homework,
project, laboratory report, exam or other course assignments. It is only acceptable to give or
receive assistance from others when expressly permitted by the instructor. Unless specified
otherwise, as in the case of all take-home exams, scholarly exchange regarding out-of-class
assignments is encouraged. A more complete explanation of behaviors that violate academic
integrity is provided at:
http://www.ugs.usf.edu/catalogs/1112/pdf/AcademicIntegrityOfStudents.pdf.
The minimum penalty for violation of the academic integrity policy stated in the preceding
paragraph is the greater of an automatic zero on the assignment or a letter grade reduction in the
overall course grade. Student(s) found in violation of the policy on an exam will receive a
minimum penalty of an F in the course. All instances of policy violations will be recorded in a
letter from the instructor that is kept in the student files held by the department; a copy of the
letter will be forwarded to the appropriate (undergraduate or graduate) Dean's office. A second
violation of the policy, irrespective of whether it was related to an exam or any other course
assignment, will result in a course grade of “FF” and expulsion from the Electrical Engineering
Department.
At the instructor’s discretion the penalties associated with the EE Department’s Academic
Integrity Policy may be stricter, in which case further explanation is provided in the following.
Modifications to the Uniform Academic Policy: <none>
Tentative Schedule: This schedule is tentative and will likely change as we proceed
through the semester
Week
1
Dates (M)
Aug. 28, 30
2
3
Sep. 4, 6
Sep. 11, 13
4
Sep. 18, 20
5
Sep. 25, 27
6
7
Oct. 2, 4
Oct. 9, 11
8
9
Oct. 16, 18
Oct. 23, 25
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Oct. 30 Nov. 1
Nov. 6, 8
Nov. 13, 15
Nov. 20, 22
Nov. 27, 29
Dec. 4, 6
Dec. 8
Book Sections
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5: Current, Voltage, Power,
Energy
1.6, 1.7: KCL, KVL, Circuit Elements, Sources
2.1, 2.2, 2.3: Resistances in Series, Parallel,
Voltage/Current Division
(EXAM 1), 2.4, 2.5: Node Voltage/Mesh Current
Analysis
2.6, 2.7, 2.8: Thevenin/Norton Theorems,
Superposition, Source Transformation
3.1, 3.2, 3.3: Capacitors in Series, Parallel, Energy
3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7: Inductors in Series, Parallel,
Energy
4.1, 4.2, 4.3: R-C and R-L Circuits, Time Constant
(EXAM 2),
5.1, 5.2, 5.3: AC Sources, Phasors,
Impedance
5.4, 5.5, 5.6: Circuit Analysis, Power
Review, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3: Diodes
10.4, 10.5: Diodes, Diode Circuit Analysis
(EXAM 3), Thanksgiving holiday
10.6, 10.7: Diodes, Diode Circuit Analysis
14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4 : Operational Amplifiers
Final Exam
12:30am-2:30pm (Saturday)
IMPORTANT DATES:
November 3rd:
Last day to withdraw without academic penalty (receive a “W”, no refund)
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:
Chapter 1: 2,3,5, 8, 9, 12, 17, 20, 23, 24, 27, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 41, 42, 44, 50, 55, 57, 61,
63, 64, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 79
Chapter 2: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 38, 39, 41, 44, 48, 50, 52, 53, 58,
60, 65, 67, 70, 75, 77, 80, 82, 84, 88, 94, 96, 97
Chapter 3: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 24, 26, 27, 31, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 51, 54, 60, 62, 66,
68
Chapter 4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 41, 42,
44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 61
Chapter 5: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 14, 17, 24, 25, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 42, 44, 46, 49, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58,
59, 60, 67, 68, 71, 89
Chapter 10: 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 13, 26, 27, 30, 36, 37, 38, 49, 50, 58, 60
Chapter 14: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 17, 19, 20
Problems in bold/italics/underlined will be covered during help sessions.
Additional HW problems may be assigned during the semester.