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This document outlines the details of an Electrical Circuits I course, including course code, credit hours, prerequisites, description, objectives, outcomes, tentative outline, teaching methods, requirements, online platform, textbooks, and evaluation criteria.

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EEE141 Course Outline

This document outlines the details of an Electrical Circuits I course, including course code, credit hours, prerequisites, description, objectives, outcomes, tentative outline, teaching methods, requirements, online platform, textbooks, and evaluation criteria.

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NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering


Summer 2020

I- Course Code: EEE/ETE 141


II - Course Title: Electrical Circuits I
III - Credit: 3 credit hours (3 hours of theory per week)
IV- Nature: Major Core Course
V- Prerequisite: MAT 120 (Calculus and Analytic Geometry I)
VI- Lecture Hours: ST: 01:00 PM-02:30 PM Section: 08
VII- Lecture Venue: SAC 311

VIII- Course Description:

This course introduces the basic Elements, Parameters, Laws and Methods of DC circuit design
and analysis. Definition of Voltage, Current, Resistance, Power, Energy; Ohm’s Law,
Kirchhoff’s Voltage law (KVL); Voltage divider rule, Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL); Current
divider rule; Open and short circuits, Series-Parallel network; Methods for solving such
networks, Source conversion; Branch current analysis; Mesh Analysis; Super-Mesh Analysis;
Nodal Analysis; Super-Node Analysis; Y-Delta and Delta-Y conversions; Dependent Current
Source, Dependent Voltage Source; Superposition Theorem; Thevenin’s Theorem; Norton’s
Theorem; Maximum Power Transfer Theorem; Electric Field; Capacitance; Dielectric strength;
leakage current, Transients in Capacitive networks: Charging Phase; Discharge phase; Energy
stored by capacitor; Stray capacitance; Capacitors in series and parallel; Magnetic Field;
Magnetic flux density, Permeability. Inductor; Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction;
Lenz’s law; Self-inductance; R-L transient: Storage cycle; Decay phase; Inductors in series and
parallel; R-L and R-C circuits with DC inputs; Energy stored by an inductor; Related problems.
This course has a separate mandatory laboratory session every week.

IX – Course Objectives:

a. To introduce basic circuit laws applied in simple DC circuits to compute voltage, current,
equivalent resistance and power.
b. To analyze complex circuits using nodal and mesh methods.
c. To simplify circuit analysis using various circuit theorems.
d. To examine the transient analysis of series RC and RL circuits.
e. To enable the students to build circuits and conduct experiments on it in a laboratory setting.

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amend, add or delete any of the contents.
Course Outcomes (COs):
Upon successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:

Sl. CO Description Weightage (%)


CO1 apply circuit solution principles to analyze DC resistive 50
circuits.
CO2 iIllustrate the transient analysis of series RC and RL 25
circuits.
CO3 conduct experiments on DC circuits 25

Mapping of CO (Course Outcomes)-PO (Program Outcomes):

Sl. CO Description POs Bloom’s Delivery Assessment


taxonomy methods and tools
domain/level activities
CO1 Apply circuit solution principles to a Cognitive/ Lectures, Quiz, Exam
analyze DC resistive circuits. Apply Notes
CO2 Illustrate the transient analysis of a Cognitive/ Lectures, Exam
series RC and RL circuits. Understand Notes
CO3 Conduct experiments on DC circuits d Psychomotor/ Lab class Lab reports,
Manipulation exam

X – Tentative Course Outline:


Topics Time Frame Suggested Activities

Introduction and Series Circuits: Voltage and


Current; Resistance; Ohm’s Law, Power and
Energy, Total resistance of a series circuit; Voltage
sources in series, Kirchhoff’s Voltage law (KVL); Lectures 1-3
Voltage divider rule.

Parallel Circuits: Parallel Network, Total Quiz-1


resistance and conductance of a parallel circuit,
Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL); Current divider Introduction and Series Circuits
Lectures 4-6
rule; Voltage sources in parallel; Open and short Parallel Circuits
circuits. Dependent Current Source, Dependent
Voltage Source.

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amend, add or delete any of the contents.
Series-Parallel Circuits: Series-Parallel
network, Methods for solving such networks, Lectures 7-9
Ladder networks.

Methods of Analysis: Source conversion; Current


sources in parallel, current sources in series;
Branch current analysis; Quiz-2
Lectures 10-
Mesh Analysis, Super-Mesh Analysis, Nodal 13 Series-Parallel Circuits
Analysis; Super-Node Analysis.
Methods of Analysis
Y-Delta and Delta-Y conversions; Related
problems

Mid-Term Exam
Lecture 14
Lectures 1-13

Network Theorems: Superposition Theorem;


Thevenin’s Theorem; Norton’s Theorem; Lectures 15-
Maximum Power Transfer Theorem; Related 18
problems.
Capacitors: Electric Field; Capacitance; Quiz-3
Dielectric strength; leakage current, Transients in
Capacitive networks: Charging Phase; Discharge Lectures 19- Network Theorems
phase; Continuation of transients in Capacitive 21
networks; Energy stored by capacitor; Stray
capacitance; Capacitors in series and parallel.
Inductors: Magnetic Field, Magnetic Flux Quiz-4
Density, Permeability, Faraday’s law of
electromagnetic induction; Lenz’s law; Self- Capacitors
Lectures 22-
inductance; R-L transient: Storage cycle; Related
24
Problems. R-L transient: Decay phase; Inductors
in series and parallel; R-L and R-C circuits with
DC inputs; Energy stored by an inductor.

Final Exam

Lectures 14-24

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amend, add or delete any of the contents.
XI– Teaching Method:
Maximum topics will be covered from the textbook. For the rest of the topics, reference books will be
followed. Class lectures will be uploaded on the Google Classroom. All types of assessments will be
taken through Google Classroom.

XII - Course Requirements

1. Student Attendance
All students are expected to attend all scheduled classes, study previous assigned chapters
or materials, and solve the necessary homework /problems before attending the class.
80% Attendance is Mandatory to participate in both Mid-Term and Final-Term Exam.

2. Class Participation
Students are expected to participate actively in the class. Performance tests will be taken
frequently. Questioning in the class is highly encouraged.

3. Quiz & Exam


There will be four Quizzes in total and best three Quizzes will be counted for grading. One
Mid-Term exam and one Final-Term exam will be taken.

XIII -Online group: Google Classroom


 Go to https://classroom.google.com and login using your NSU email id and password
 Join group using the class code.
 If you do not have NSU Email yet, please get it ASAP

XIV – Textbook/ References:

TEXT BOOKS

[1] Robert L. Boylestad, “Introductory Circuit Analysis”, 11th Edition, Prentice Hall Inc.
[2] Charles K. Alexander & Mathew N.O. Sadiku, “Fundamentals of Electric Circuits”,
5th edition, The McGraw-Hill companies.
REFERENCE MATERIAL:

[1] Robert P. Ward, “Introduction to Electrical Engineering”, 3rd Edition,Prentice Hall Inc
[2] David E. Johnson & Johny R. Johnson,” Electric Circuit Analysis”, 2nd Edition,
Prentice Hall Inc.

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amend, add or delete any of the contents.
XV-Evaluation

Class Performance: 10%


Assignments 15%
Quiz: 15%
Midterm exam: 30%
Final term 30%
Total: 100%

XVI- Grading policy


As per NSU grading policy:

Grades Range
A 93-100
A- 90-92
B+ 87-89
B 83-86
B- 80-82
C+ 77-79
C 73-76
C- 70-72
D+ 67-69
D 60-66
F 0-60

XVII - Faculty Information


Faculty Name: Syeda Sarita Hassan. Faculty Initial: SSH1
Faculty Contact: [email protected]
Tel: +880-2-55668200 Ext: 6378
Office Room: SAC 1189
Office Hours: Send Email to get your scheduled time

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amend, add or delete any of the contents.

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