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An Introduction To Electrical Engineering: Syllabus

This document is a syllabus for the course "Engineering Sciences 50: An Introduction to Electrical Engineering" being offered in the Fall of 2001-2002 at Harvard University. The course is an introductory survey of electrical engineering concepts and applications. It will cover basic electrical concepts such as voltage, current, and circuit analysis as well as digital and analog electronics. Students will also complete laboratory experiments building electronic circuits. The course will be taught through lectures, discussions, and labs. It is open to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors across engineering disciplines and will use the textbook "Electrical Engineering: An Introduction". Student performance will be evaluated through problem sets, quizzes, labs, and a final exam.

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An Introduction To Electrical Engineering: Syllabus

This document is a syllabus for the course "Engineering Sciences 50: An Introduction to Electrical Engineering" being offered in the Fall of 2001-2002 at Harvard University. The course is an introductory survey of electrical engineering concepts and applications. It will cover basic electrical concepts such as voltage, current, and circuit analysis as well as digital and analog electronics. Students will also complete laboratory experiments building electronic circuits. The course will be taught through lectures, discussions, and labs. It is open to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors across engineering disciplines and will use the textbook "Electrical Engineering: An Introduction". Student performance will be evaluated through problem sets, quizzes, labs, and a final exam.

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Engineering Sciences 50

An Introduction to Electrical Engineering


Syllabus
Fall Term 2001-2002
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of high school physics, linear algebra, and elementary calculus. ES 50 is an introductory
level course that is open to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors concentrating in Engineering Sciences as
well as students outside of Engineering Sciences with an interest in electrical engineering.

Course Description:
Applications of electrical engineering abound in nearly every aspect of today’s technological world. This
course presents a survey of the field of electrical engineering and is designed to introduce students to the
fundamental concepts behind the hardware and software that are ubiquitous in everyday (and not so
everyday) electronic devices and systems such as computers, telephones, TVs, high-speed communication
networks, video games, CDs, modems, and satellite communications. The course will introduce basic
electrical concepts including charge, voltage, current, energy, power, resistance, capacitance, inductance,
and Kirchoff’s laws. Practical digital and analog electronic systems will also be introduced to illustrate
advanced topics that are treated more completely in subsequent electrical engineering courses. These topics
include signal processing, semiconductor circuit design, communications, and computer architecture. The
material is here presented from both theoretical and application perspectives and is integrated with
laboratory experiments requiring the design and construction of electronic circuits and systems, which are
intrinsic elements of current technology.

Faculty:
Prof. R. Victor Jones
311 Cruft Laboratory
(617) 495-4447
[email protected]
http://deas.harvard.edu/~jones/

Dr. Alfred A. Pandiscio


G9 Pierce Hall
(617) 495-2857
[email protected]

Teaching Fellows:
Mr. Philippe Bouzaglou
(617) 493-7193
[email protected]

Mr. Silas Wang


(617) 493-2772
[email protected]

Others TBA

Lectures:
Time : T and Th 10-11:30
Place : 319 Cruft Laboratory

Laboratory:
Time : TDB (approximately biweekly)
Place : Maxwell-Dworkin Basement
Weekly Discussion Section:
Time : TBD
Place : TBD

Web Page:
www.deas.harvard.edu/courses/es50

Textbook:
Electrical Engineering: An Introduction, Schwarz and Oldham, Oxford (1993), ISBN 0-19-510585-0

Homework:
Problem sets will be assigned weekly on Thursday and will be normally due one week later at the
beginning of class. Late assignments will only receive partial credit. Please check the course web site for
updates.

Examinations:
Two in class quizzes will be scheduled. In addition, there will be the usual 3-hour final examination.
Please check the course web site for updates.

Grading:
Problem Sets : 25%
Quiz1 : 10%
Quiz2 : 10%
Labs : 15%
Final Exam : 40%

Major Topics:
Basic Electrical Engineering Concepts – Digital: Part 1
Boolean Algebra
Truth Table
Product and Sum Canonical Forms
Logic Gates
Decoders and Multiplexors
Latches and Flip-Flops
Counters
Adders and ALU
Basic Electrical Engineering Concepts – Analog: Part 2
Charge, Voltage, and Current
Resistance and Ohm’s Law
Kirchoff’s Voltage Law
Kirchoff’s Current Law
Thevenin Equivalent Circuit
Norton Equivalent Circuit
Inductors and Capacitors
Impedance and AC Sinusoidal Signals
Operational Amplifiers
Semiconductor Devices
Transistors Circuits
Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Conversion

Possible Advanced Topics by Guest Lecturers:


Signal Processing
VLSI Design
Computer Systems
Communication

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