Catalog Data
E E 2315. CIRCUIT ANALYSIS I (3-0) 3 hours credit - Basic circuit concepts of R, L, and C elements Kirchhoff's laws, resistive network analysis, power calculations, loop and node equations, topology, basic network theorems. Dependent sources and operational amplifiers. Computer-assisted solution of circuit problems. Elementary transient analysis. Steady-state A-C phasor analysis, including element laws and phasor diagrams. Prerequisite: MATH 2325; corequisite: PHYS 1444. $15 course specific fee.
Grading Policy
| ♦ Exam I ............. | 24% | |
| ♦ Exam II ............ | 24% | |
| ♦ Homework ...... | 12% | |
| ♦ PSpice ............ | 10% | |
| ♦ Final Exam ...... | 30% |
| ♦ 88% -100% | A | |
| ♦ 75% - 87% | B | |
| ♦ 63% - 74% | C | |
| ♦ 50% - 62% | D | |
| ♦ 0% - 49% | F |
How to excel in this course
There are three important steps in learning a complex topic such as circuit analysis:
(1) reading about it,
(2) having it explained to you by a knowlegible person
(3) and doing it.
The Textbook
Introduction to Electric Circuits,
7th Edition, by Richard C. Dorf and James A. Svoboda, © 2006 by John Wiley &
Sons, Inc.; ISBN-13 978-0-471-73042-2
This is our textbook. Reading assignments are indicated in the schedule. No textbook
is perfect, but ours is more than adequate and will serve you for this course and the
one that follows, EE 2446. Although our homework is not taken from this textbook, it
would be a grievous error to not obtain it and read the chapters as assigned. The
reading gives you a preview of what will be discussed in the lectures and will greatly
aid your understanding. Having read the material, you will be primed to gain the most
understanding from the lectures and examples.
Attendance
This is the second major step in understanding electric circuit analysis. Although much of the material for this course is available from the course web site, regular attendance is expected and will help you achieve success. Class interaction and peer bonding with other members of the class have been shown to be important factors in learning. Missing a class should be a rare occurance such as an emergency and not a habit. If you are engaged in a part-time or full-time job that regularly conflicts with our class schedule, you should seriously consider (a) enrolling in the other section (if there still is time to do that) or (b) dropping the course.
Homework Submissions
This is the third major part of learning electric circuit analysis. Homework assignments will be found under the "Homework" button in the navigation panel (to the left of this page). After you have selected this button, you will be asked to log in as a a user. This will be your standard UTA login with your UTA user ID and your current UTA password. Once you are logged in, select "See Problem List" to get a list of the homework problems. Work on the column for the assignment you need, i.e., HW01, HW02, etc. When you enter your answers, they will be immediately checked and you will be informed whether you got it right or not. When you get the problem correct, the data base records your results.
Software Requirements
- PSpice Evaluation version 9.x, by OrCad
- Acrobat 9.0 Viewer, by Adobe (another free download from the internet)
- A good web browser: This web site is best viewed from the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser version 6. Although the IE7 and the Firefox browsers display well, they do not properly print some of these pages. We are working on these printing problems but not all internet browsers interpret server instructions in the same way.
Calculators
You will need a good quality scientific calculator. We recommend the TI-89 or the HP-50. The calculator you provide will need the capability of solving simultaneous linear equations with both real and complex coefficients. Since these capabilities will be required in most of the ensuing courses in Electrical Engineering, we recommend that you acquire the calculator now. Both exams and homework will call upon the capabilities of these calculators.
Exams
The two major examinations and the comprehensive final examination will be old-fashioned paper, pencil and calculator exercises. On-campus students will take these exams at the scheduled times in the classroom.
Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0
This free program can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
Submitting PSpice Assignments
PSpice assignments will have deliverables consisting of the printouts of either the output file (text) or graphics from the probe application. The instructions will indicate which. In some cases, both will be required.
In all cases, your name must be clearly printed (by PSpice) on the document.
Americans with Disabilities Act
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As a faculty member, I am required by law to provide "reasonable accommodation" to students with disabilities, so as not to discriminate on the basis of that disability. Student responsibility primarily rests with informing faculty at the beginning of the semester and in providing authorized documentation through designated administrative channels.
Academic Dishonesty
It is the philosophy of The University of Texas at Arlington that academic dishonesty is a completely unacceptable mode of conduct and will not be tolerated in any form. All persons involved in academic dishonesty will be disciplined in accordance with University regulations and procedures. Discipline may include suspension or expulsion from the University.
"Scholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts." (Regents' Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3, Subsection 3.2, Subdivision 3.22).