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Electronics Department:
DC/AC II

605-113   3 Credits    approximately 4 hours of classroom time per week

A continuation of the study of DC and AC circuits. A brief review of Kirchhoff’s law, induction, capacitance, series-parallel circuits, power factor, impedance and phasors. Then an introduction to superposition, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem, mesh and nodal analysis, and ideal transformers. The student will utilize both the "hands-on" approach and computer simulation in the laboratory as the laboratory experiments are designed to support the topics presented.

Upon completion of this course, the student will meet the following competencies:

1. Follow national, state, and local industry established safety procedures.
2. Use established symbols, standards, conventions, and terminology.
3. Explain basic atomic theory as it applies to electronics.
4. Explain the elements and properties of a basic electrical current.
5. Describe DC voltage and the characteristics of DC voltage and current sources.
6. Describe electrical resistance, resistor types, and resistor characteristics.
7. Measure electrical quantities.
8. Analyze voltage, current, resistance, and power relationships, using Ohm’s and Watt’s Laws.
9. Analyze series and parallel circuits.
10. Analyze combination series circuits, parallel circuits, and series-parallel circuits.
11. Apply network analysis techniques to complex linear DC circuits.
12. Analyze capacitance and capacitors in DC circuits.
13. Analyze inductance and inductors in DC circuits.
14. Describe AC voltage and the characteristics of AC voltage sources.
15. Describe types of transformers and the principles of their operation.
16. Analyze AC circuits containing reactive components.

17. Analyze resonant circuits.
    

The hybrid self-paced course consists of four separate but connected activities:

• A Weekly Lecture
• Computer Based Training
• Circuit Simulation and Analysis
• Circuit Construction and Analysis

The student attends the lecture of their choice.  The lectures typical last from 60 to 90 minutes.  If a student misses a lecture or would like a different perspective, they may visit the other session's lecture(s).  The lecture schedule is selected by the students on the first day of class and then posted in the classroom at all times.  There is also an extensive video library that the students can view, in our Open-Entry, Self-Paced Resource Center (T-403). 

The semester plan is laid out in "units".  Each unit is approximately equal to one week.  The student must complete all items in each row before moving on to the next row.

Learning Objects are included in the semester plan. It is the student's responsibility to complete them. They are not graded, nor does the instructor know if they were viewed. However, successful completion of the Learning Objects will most certainly improve exam scores and more importantly,  overall understanding of the material. The Learning Objects were developed solely to aid the student in their understanding of the material.

To access a Learning Object, simply click on the title.  Your computer will require "Flash" multimedia player to view the Learning Object.  If you don't have "Flash", you may down load it now.

Last Revised:   08/15/2008
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