SYLLABUS
EET-1013Electricity I
Fall 2008
Meeting Times: Lecture9:00 to 9:50 am Monday and Wednesday
Lab 2:00 to 3:50 pm Wednesday or 4:00 to 5:50 pm Wednesday
Prerequisite:An understanding of algebraic principles.
Instructor:Mr.Mark Polson
Phone: 581-2336
E-mail:
Web Site:mpolson.50webs.com
Office:212B Howell Hall
Office hours: 10 to 11 pm Monday and Wednesday or by appointment.
Course Description: Electrical principles and applications are introduced. Topics include electrical parameters and units, direct current, series and parallel circuits, resistance, and magnetism.
Objective:Upon completion of Electricity II, the student should be able:
PO1 - to understand the nature of electricity
PO3 - to predict electric circuit behavior
PO4 - to construct and test circuits
PO9 - to express electrical concepts
Student Evaluation:End of Course Grade
2 exams at 100 points = 200pointsA = 900 - 1000
1 final exam at 200 points = 200B = 800 - 899
15 Labs at 20 points = 300C = 700 - 799
4 quizzes at 25 points = 100D = 600 - 699
Homework = 200F = Less than 600
Total pts. = 1000I = Incomplete
W = Withdrawal *
NOTE: The instructor reserves the right to lower the number of points required to earn one or more of the
letter grade categories.
* The instructor does not have the authority to withdraw the student from class. The procedure must be initiated by the student. The last day to withdraw from the class with an automatic W is November 12, 2008.
Text: Required - Electric Circuits Fundamentals,Seventh Edition, Floyd, Prentice-Hall
Lab: Instructor will provide Lab Sheets. No lab manual is required.
University Policy:
CameronUniversity discourages lecture and/or laboratory attendance by any person not enrolled in the course. Included are student’s friends, student’s spouses, and student’s children. Tobacco product use is not allowed in any building on the CameronUniversity campus.
Instructor Policies:
1. No makeup for missed exams or quizzes.
2. The final exam is comprehensive and is worth 200 points. Approximately 67% of this exam will be comprehensive from topics included in Exam #1 and Exam #2. The remaining 33% of the exam will be from topics covered after Exam #2. If the final exam grade is higher than Exam #1 or Exam #2, the final exam grade will replace the lower exam grade.
3. Five quizzes will be given during the semester. The lowest quiz score will be dropped, so only the highest four quizzes will be used to compute the quiz grade.
4. If you have a business purpose for carrying a pager or cell phone, it must be turned on vibrate or to its lowest ring volume and all calls will be taken outside of the class room. All non-business pagers and cell phones will be turned off prior to coming to class.
5. No food or beverage is allowed in the Laboratory.
Classroom and Laboratory Policies:
Attendance
The student is expected to attend each class and laboratory period until dismissed by the instructor. The instructor will not be responsible for getting information missed due to absence or tardiness to the student. The student is expected to alert the instructor about any attendance difficulties.
Late Work
Home work problems are due at the beginning of the class period one week after they have been assigned. Lab reports are due at the beginning of the next scheduled lab period. Afterwards, the assignment is considered late. Late homework or labs will be penalized 25%. Late work will not be accepted after the instructor has returned the assignment to the class.
Laboratory
Each laboratory exercise will be validated by having a copy of the results initialed by the instructor or other approved individual. Also, the instructor may want to observe the completed exercise in action, so do not dismantle the circuit until initialed.
Return all equipment and components in the proper location. Leave work area clean.
Lab Reports will consist of:
Cover Page - Lab Number, Student and Lab Partner’s Names2 Points
Introduction - Paragraph stating Objectives of Lab3 Points
Lab Sheet - Answers and Instructor’s Initials 10 Points
Final Page - Paragraph stating Conclusions;
Did theLab satisfy Objectives or Laws?5 Points
Total 20 Points
Homework Problems:
To receive full credit, each problem solution will include the following in a neat and easy to read style.
a)sketch(s) of the circuit where applicable (preferably with PSPICE or MultiSim)
b)the proper generic equation(s) where applicable
c) the same equations with the numbers and units included
d) the solution(s) circled with appropriate units
Homework will be assigned weekly. The lowest homework grade will be dropped when computing the final
homework grade.
Schedule:
Seven chapters will be covered this semester. Approximately 2 weeks will be devoted to each chapter. Homework will be assigned weekly and will be due the following week.
ChapterLaboratories
1Quantities and Units1 Lab Safety and Graphing
2Voltage, Current, and Resistance 2 Current and Voltage Measurements
3 Resistance and Color Code
3Ohm’s Law, Energy, and Power 4 Switches
5Ohm’s Law V = IR
6 Watt’s Law P = IV
4Series Circuits 7 Soldering Basics
8 Series Circuit and Voltage Divider
5Parallel Circuits 9 Multisim and PSPICE (KVL and KCL)
10 Soldering Kit Assembly
11 Parallel Circuit and Current Divider
6Series-Parallel Circuits 12 Series-Parallel Circuit
13 Thevenin’s Theorem
7Magnetism and Electromagnetism14Superposition Theorem
15 Magnetic Devices
Tentative
ExaminationsDateChapters
129-SepCh 1 - 3
219-Nov Ch 4 - 6
Final12-Dec@ 8 – 10 AM Comprehensive (Ch 1 – 7)
Blackboard:
Assignments and lab sheets will be available in Blackboard at blackboard.cameron.edu.
Grades will also be posted in Blackboard. You will need to enroll in this course on Blackboard.
Use the same username and email that you use for your Cameron email account.
Once you have logged into Blackboard, click on the Courses tab in the upper left corner.
Then click on Computing & Technology on the right. Then click on the “Enroll” button for EET1013_ENH_F08: Electricity I. The password is OhmsLaw. The password is case-sensitive.