Maricopa Community Colleges  ELE113   19926-19965 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/26/92
ELE113 19926-19965 LEC
LAB
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DC Circuit Analysis
Direct current (DC) electric circuits. Ohm's law, Kirchoff's laws, series, parallel and series-parallel circuits, network theorems, fundamentals of inductance and capacitance, and the transient behavior of circuits containing resistance and capacitance or resistance and inductance. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: ELE105, or MAT129, or equivalent.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ELE113   19926-19965 DC Circuit Analysis
1. Define basic electricity terms. (I, II)
2. Use the standard color code to determine resistance. (II)
3. Make circuit measurements using the ammeter, voltmeter, and ohmmeter. (II)
4. Use Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws to solve series, parrallel, and series parallel circuit problems. (III, IV, V, VI, VII)
5. Apply the principles of superposition and Thevenin's and Norton's theorems, to simple circuits. (VIII)
6. Use Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws to write loop or nodal equations for appropraite networks. (VIII)
7. Apply the scientific method of inquire and deduction to the laws, theories and axioms of DC circuits in specific laboratory experiments.(VIII)
8. Describe the properties of magnetic fields and magnetic materials, and relate them to the operation of magnetic devices. (IX)
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ELE113   19926-19965 DC Circuit Analysis
    I. Introduction to Electricity
        A. Circuit Components & Measuring Devices
        B. Electrical and Magnetic Units
        C. Scientific Notation
        D. Metric Prefixes
      II. Voltage, Current, and Resistance
          A. Atomic Structure
          B. Electrical Charge
          C. Voltage
          D. Current
          E. Resistance
          F. Electrical Circuits
          G. Basic Circuit Measurements
        III. Ohm's Law
            A. Ohm's Law
            B. Current Calculations
            C. Voltage Calculations
            D. Resistance Calculations
            E. The Current, Voltage, Resistance Relationship
          IV. Power and Energy
              A. Power and Energy
              B. Power in Electric Circuits
              C. Resistor Power Ratings
              D. Energy Loss and Voltage Drop in Resistance
              E. Power Supplies
            V. Series Resistive Circuits
                A. Resistors in Series
                B. Rules and Laws for Series Circuits
                C. Voltage Dividers
                D. Ground
                E. Troubleshooting Series Circuit
              VI. Parallel Resistive Circuit
                  A. Resistors in Parallel
                  B. Rules and Laws for Parallel Circuits
                  C. Current Sources
                  D. Current Dividers and Applications
                  E. Troubleshooting Parallel Circuits
                VII. Series Parallel Circuits
                    A. Series Parallel Relationships
                    B. Analysis of Series Parallel Circuits
                    C. Loaded Voltage Dividers
                    D. Ladder Networks and the Wheatstone Bridge
                    E. Troubleshooting
                  VIII. Circuit Theorems
                      A. Voltage and Current Sources
                      B. Source Conversions
                      C. Superposition Theorem
                      D. Thevenin's Theorem
                      E. Norton's Theorem
                      F. Millman's Theorem
                      G. Maximum Power Transfer Theorem
                      H. WYE-DELTA Networks and Conversions
                    IX. Magnetism and Electromagnetism
                        A. Magnetic Fields
                        B. Electromagnetism
                        C. Hysteresis
                        D. Induction
                        E. Applications of Electromagnetism Induction
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