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Course Specification
Course Name: Electrical Circuit I
Course Code: ELP 112
I. Basic Course Information
Program(s) on which the course is given: Communicational Department.
Department offering the course: Electrical Engineering
Academic level:2nd level
Semester in which course is offered: Fall
Course pre-requisite(s): BAS 022
Credit Hours: 2
Contact Hours Through:
Lecture
1.0
Tutorial*
1.0
Lab*
1.0
Total
3.0
Approval date of course specification: September 2014
II. Overall Aims of Course
Current, Voltage, Power and energy, Constant and controlled current/voltage
sources, Series and Parallel Circuit Analysis, DC circuits (Loop/mesh and
Nodal methods), Circuit Theorems, Capacitance and inductance, Alternating
current, Analysis of AC circuits using Vectors, Computation of power,
Resonance Circuits, Magnetic circuits.
III. Program ILOs covered by course
Program Intended Learning Outcomes (By Code)
Knowledge &
Intellectual Skills
Professional Skills
Understanding
K1, K3, K4, K16,
K18, K19
I1, I4, I8, I13
P1, P2, P6, P7, P12
General
Skills
G3, G4, G7
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IV. Intended Learning Outcomes of Course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and Understanding
On completing the course, students should be able to:
k.1 Recognize characteristics of engineering materials related to the discipline.
k.2 Discuss methodologies of solving engineering problems, data collection and
interpretation.
k.3 Define basic electrical concepts, including electric charge, current, electrical
potential, electrical power, and energy.
k.4 Explain the relationship of voltage and current in resistors, capacitors, inductors,
and mutual inductors.
k.5 Usage of electrical circuits in control circuits
b. Intellectual/Cognitive Skills
On completing the course, students should be able to:
i.1 Apply appropriate knowledge and skills to Recognize, Develop, Examine, and
solve complex engineering problems in order to reach substantiated
conclusions.
i.2 Apply brainstorming and Analyze techniques to deal with problems and to
develop new ideas.
i.3 Obtain systematically the equations that characterise the performance of an
electric circuit.
i.4 Analyze circuits with ideal, independent, and controlled voltage and current
sources.
i.5 Predict and measure the transient and sinusoidal steady-state responses of
simple RC and RLC circuits.
i.6 Determine the Thevenin or Norton equivalent of a given network that may
include passive devices, dependent sources, and independent sources in
combination.
c. Practical/Professional Skills
On completing the course, students should be able to:
p.1 Compose and Apply the appropriate mathematical methods for modeling and
analyzing problems in electrical, electronic and communications engineering.
p.2 Prepare and utilize the relevant test and measurement equipment and
experimental laboratory work.
p.3 Apply Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws to the analysis of electric circuits.
p.4 Apply concepts of electric network topology: nodes, branches, and loops to
solve circuit problems, including the use of computer simulation.
p.5 Technical report in transient response in control system.
d. General and Transferable Skills
On completing the course, students should be able to:
g.1 Manipulate, sort and present the information in a variety of ways.
g.2 Use the scientific evidence based methods in the solution of problems.
g.3 Use of general IT tools.
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V. Course Matrix Contents
Main Topics / Chapters
12-
3-
4-
567-
Definitions and Circuit
Parameters
Kirchhoff’s Current and
Voltage Law
Serial and parallel connection
and application of voltage and
current dividers, Delta - Wye
Equivalent Circuits
Principals of Circuit Analysis,
Nodal- voltage method of
circuit analysis, Mesh method
of circuit analysis
Source transformation,
Thevinin’s Theorem
Norton Theorem,
Superposition theorem
Maximum power Transfer
Net Teaching Weeks
Duration
(Weeks)
Course ILOs Covered by Topic
(By ILO Code)
K&U
I.S.
P.S.
G.S.
2
K1, k2
i1
p1
1
k3
i1,i2,i3
p2
2
k4
All
p3
2
k1,k2,k4
i2,i4
2
All
i4,i5
2
All
i6
2
13
k1
g1
g2
All
g3
VI. Course Weekly Detailed Topics / hours / ILOs
Week
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Sub-Topics
Total
Hours
Definitions and Circuit Parameters
1
Definitions and Circuit Parameters
3
Kirchhoff’s Current and Voltage Law
3
Serial and parallel connection and
application of voltage and current
3
dividers
Delta - Wye Equivalent Circuits
3
Principals of Circuit Analysis, Nodal5
voltage method of circuit analysis
Midterm Exam
Mesh method of circuit analysis
3
Source transformation
3
Thevinin’s Theorem
3
Norton Theorem
3
Superposition theorem
3
Maximum power Transfer
3
Revision
3
Final Exam
Total Teaching Hours
50
Contact Hours
Theoretical
Practical
Hours
Hours*
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
26
24
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Teaching/Learning
Method
Lectures & Seminars
Tutorials
Computer lab Sessions
Practical lab Work
Reading Materials
Web-site Searches
Research & Reporting
Problem Solving /
Problem-based Learning
Projects
Independent Work
Group Work
Case Studies
Presentations
Simulation Analysis
Selected
Method
VII. Teaching and Learning Methods
Course ILOs Covered by Method (By ILO Code)
K&U
√
√
All
Intellectual
Skills
i3,i5,i6
i3,i5,i6
√
Professional
Skills
General
Skills
p1,p3,p4
p2,p3
p5
√
i1,i5,i6
g1,g2
√
i2
g3
Others (Specify):
VIII. Assessment Methods, Schedule and Grade Distribution
Course ILOs Covered by Method
(By ILO Code)
Assessment
Method
K&U
I.S.
P.S.
G.S.
Midterm Exam
All
All
Final Exam
All
All
Quizzes
Course Work
Report Writing
Case Study
Analysis
Oral
Presentations
Practical
Group Project
Individual Project
p1,p3
p1,p3,
p4
Assessment
Weight /
Percentage
g4
20 %
g1, g4
50 %
i3, i4, i6
Week
No.
10 %
All
All
10 %
10 %
Others (Specify):
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IX. List of References
 Electric Circuits .Nelson & Riedel- 7th edition .
Essential Text Books
Course notes
Recommended books 
Periodicals, Web sites,
etc …
Textbook ISBN #:10- 0131329723
 Lecturers notes and slides
 www.prenhall.com (student resources)
X. Facilities required for teaching and learning
 Big sized lecture rooms.
 Computers (Personal & Notebook).
 Laboratory
 Data show.
Course coordinator: Dr. Kamel Abdel Fattah
Head of Department: Associate Prof. Tamer Abdel Rahman
Date: September 2014
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