ELET 1111 - DC Circuit Analysis
Instructor: Dr. Barry Sherlock
Office: Smith 338
Phone: (704) 687-2722
Fax: (704) 687-6499
Internet: http://webpages.uncc.edu/~sherlock/
Email:
Catalog Description:
ELET 1111. DC Circuit Analysis. (3) Prerequisite or corequisite: MATH1100. This course is an introduction to DC electricity with an emphasis on circuit analysis and measurements. Topics include DC principles, circuit analysis laws and theorems, components, test equipment operation, and circuit simulation software.
Text:
R.L. Boylestad: Introductory Circuit Analysis (Eleventh Edition), Prentice Hall 2006, ISBN 0-13-173044-4.
Class Topics:
· Units and Unit Conversions
· Current and Voltage
· Resistance
· Ohm’s Law, Power, and Energy
· Series Circuits
· Parallel Circuits
· Series-Parallel Networks
· Mesh and Nodal Analysis, Bridge Networks, Delta-Y Conversions
· Superposition Theorem, Thevenin’s Theorem, Norton’s Theorem, Maximum Power Transfer Theorem.
· Capacitors, Transient response of RC circuits
· Magnetic Circuits
· Inductors, Transient response of LR circuits
Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Analyze DC circuits using tools such as Ohm’s Law, Series-Parallel combinations, nodal and mesh analysis, and superposition.
2. Create the Thevenin and Norton equivalent of a given DC two-terminal circuit.
3. Analyze RL and RC circuits under DC and transient response conditions.
4. Demonstrate competence in the use of an advanced scientific calculator for the solution of problems in DC circuit analysis.
Course Outcomes 1 through 4 support achievement of Program Outcomes 3 and 6.
Examinations:
Three 50-minute examinations will be given during the course with the third given during final exam week. The first two exams are non-comprehensive.
Make-up exams: A make-up exam will only be given if you are unable to attend the exam and can prove this to the instructor. If you are unable to attend an exam, you must inform the instructor at least 24 hours prior to the exam, and make arrangements to take a custom-designed make-up exam. If you are unable to attend the exam but do not make prior arrangement as described above, you will be allowed to take a make-up exam with a 10% reduction in grade during the first day following the scheduled exam, and a further 10% reduction in grade for each subsequent day thereafter. Note: Any make-up exam will have a greater level of difficulty than the original exam.
Homework:
Homework assignments will be given. These will be graded and will count towards the final grade for the course. No late homework will be accepted under any circumstances, including excused absence. Faxes of homework, or emails of scanned homework, will be accepted if received by the due time. If you miss a class, you are still responsible to get and/or turn in any assignments on time.
Grade calculation:
Exam 1 30%
Exam 2 30%
Final Exam 30%
Homework 10%
Total 100%
Grade Assignment:
The following grade thresholds are used:
90% - 100%: A
80% - 89%: B
70% - 79%: C
60% - 69%: D
0% - 59%: F
These grade thresholds are usually adjusted up or down a percentage point or two in order to find a "natural break" in the grade distribution curve, or to accommodate the proper grade application to an individual whose grade is near a threshold.
Expected Student Effort and Attendance:
This 3-credit course requires 3 hours of classroom or direct faculty instruction and 6 hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately 15 weeks. Out-of-class work may include but is not limited to: required reading, library research, homework assignments, and studying for quizzes and exams.
Academic Integrity:
Note: I intend to follow the official procedure for dealing with academic integrity violations. All violations will be reported to the Dean of Students and will be documented in the student’s records.
Students have the responsibility to know and observe the requirements of the UNCC Code of Student Academic Integrity which is available from the Dean of Students Office or online at: http://www.legal.uncc.edu/policies/ps-105.html. This code forbids cheating, fabrication or falsification of information, multiple submission of academic work, plagiarism, abuse of academic materials, and complicity in academic dishonestly. Faculty may ask students to produce identification at examinations and may require students to demonstrate that graded assignments completed outside of class are their own work. All acts of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Students Office and the settlement procedure outlined in the Code will be initiated. First offenses will result in a formal warning, an F on the assignment, and at least one letter grade reduction in the final course grade (after the failed assignment has been factored in) based on the nature of the offense. Whatever the penalty, a form that has been signed by both the student and the instructor recording the settlement will be kept for eight years in the Office of the Dean of Students.
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