ENGR-240: Circuits (2019-2020)

Catalog Info

Requirements are subject to change. The information represented here is effective starting Fall 2019 and applies to the current catalog year. If you were admitted prior to this year, please check your requirements under the My Progress section of HFC Self Service.
Title when registering
Circuits
Credit Hours
5.00
Contact Hours Per Week
6 (for 15-week classes)
Course Description

Intended for students planning to pursue an electrical engineering or biomedical engineering concentration. Topics covered include: Voltage, Current, Power, Resistance, Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, Independent and Dependent Sources, Voltage Divider, Current Divider, Delta-Wye and Wye-Delta Transformations, Nodal and Mesh Analysis, Source Transformation, Thevenin and Norton Theorems, Maximum Power Transfer, Operational Amplifier Analysis, Inductance and Capacitance, Natural Response and Step Response of 1st and 2nd Order Systems, Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis, Phasors. This course will incorporate a lab utilizing circuit components, breadboard, multimeter, oscilloscope, and function generator. Labs will also incorporate the use of an industry standard circuit simulation software package.

Pre-requisites
PHYS-232 with a grade of C or better
Co-requisites
MATH-288