Catalog Data
E E 2440. CIRCUIT ANALYSIS (3-0) 3 hours credit - For non-electrical engineering majors. Basic circuit concepts of R, L, and C components. Kirchhoff's laws, network analysis, loop and node equations, topology, basic network theorems. Steady-state A-C phasor analysis, operational amplifiers, filtering and digital circuits. Concurrent laboratory experiments complement lecture topics. Prerequisite: MATH 2325, PHYS 1444.
Grading Policy
| ♦ Exam I............... | 20% | |
| ♦ Exam II ............. | 20% | |
| ♦ Homework ....... | 12% | |
| ♦ Laboratory ...... | 24% | |
| ♦ Final Exam ........ | 24% |
| ♦ 88% -100% | A | |
| ♦ 75% - 87% | B | |
| ♦ 63% - 74% | C | |
| ♦ 50% - 62% | D | |
| ♦ 0% - 49% | F |
Homework Submissions
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. You will log in with your UTA user name and 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 checked. When you get the problem correct, the data base records your results. You may use existing guest accounts on the homework site just for practice. Just remember that only your official user account will be used for grading.
Class Attendance
Although many of the transactions for this course are made through this web site, it is important that you attend class regularly. In the education process, there is no substitute for being in the classroom. In class, you have the opportunity to ask questions, network with other students and get additional information not available on the web site. Be there.
Exams
The two major examinations and the comprehensive final examination will be old-fashioned paper, pencil and calculator exercises. Although you may not always be asked to produce it, you are expected to bring your student ID card to every exam.
If you miss an exam...
Exams are very important. You should be prepared for each exam and deliver your best performance on it. Observe the class schedule and be aware when the exams are being held. If you must miss an exam for any reason, your make-up exam will be the portion of the comprehensive final exam that corresponds to the exam you missed; i.e., if you miss Exam II, the points you earn on the second portion of the final will be expanded to cover Exam II's 20%. Thus that portion of your final would be worth 32% of your course grade instead of 12%. That puts a lot of pressure on you for the final, so try to be at all the exams.
Textbook, Calculator and Software Requirements
- Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications , 4th Edition, by Allan R. Hambley, © 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc.; ISBN 0-13-198922-7
- A good-quality scientific calculator. In addition to the usual trigonometric, exponential and other arithmetic functions, your calculator must have the capability of performing operations on complex numbers and solving simultaneous equations with real and complex coefficients. We recommend the HP50G, TI-100, TI-89, TI-92+, TI-86 or TI-85.
- Acrobat 9.0 Viewer, by Adobe (another free download from the internet)
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Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0
This free program can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
Student Learning Outcomes
This course serves Computer Science Engineering students for the purpose of learning the fundamentals of electric circuit theory. At the completion of the course students will have gained the following knowledge and skills:
| ♦ | To understand and use Ohm's Law, the Passive Sign Convention and Kirchhoff's laws. |
| ♦ | To understand the physical nature of the various electric circuit elements, including v-i relationships, energy and power. |
| ♦ | To perform node voltage analysis and mesh current analysis on electric circuits. |
| ♦ | To perform first-order transient analysis on R-L and R-C circuits. |
| ♦ | To analyze circuits that use operational amplifiers. |
| ♦ | To use the phasor domain to analyze ac circuits with ideal transformers and calculate the transfer of real and reactive power and the apparent power and power factor. |
| ♦ | To analyze analog filters for signal processing. |
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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
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