431-103 Electrical Circuits

Students completing this subject should develop skills in performing circuit analysis on simple linear electrical networks, understand elementary physical electronics and gain an appreciation of the importance of a systems approach to electrical engineering.

Topics include electrical networks; linear DC networks, Kirchoff's laws, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, superposition, simple non-linear elements, 1st order transient, AC sinusoidal steady state networks, phasor diagrams; and electronics: elementary physical electronics, diode circuit-analysis, switches and amplifiers, operational amplifiers, feedback.

One written examination not exceeding three hours, practice classes, tests, laboratory reports and notebooks, assignments, tutorial attendance and project reports. Students will be notified of the weighting of assessment components at the beginning of the semester.