FOUNDATIONS OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS

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This course is an accelerated introduction to DC and AC electrical circuit analysis and measurement techniques. It establishes a foundation in electrical circuits, serving as a transition for interdisciplinary graduate students toward applications of electrical engineering. The concepts of voltage, current, power, resistance, capacitance and inductance are investigated. DC and AC circuit-analysis techniques are covered such as Kirchhoff's Laws, nodal and mesh analysis, and Thevenin's and Norton's theorems. In addition, students will investigate steady state sinusoidal analysis, AC power, three phase balanced circuits and transformers. The expected background of the students would include knowledge of physics and calculus related to electrical and magnetic phenomena.(3 credits)