UAA Electrical Engineering

EE 102 – Introduction to Electrical Engineering

3.0 Semester Credit Hours – Offered every Spring semester

Catalog Description

Introduces components, circuits and methods of analysis of electrical systems and devices. Provides familiarization with common problems encountered in Electrical Engineering and with tools used, materials and standard practices employed and specifications and code requirements incorporated in the solution of those problems.

Course Objective

Students will be able to read and interpret circuit diagrams, identify components and connections and calculate important circuit parameters (voltage, current, resistance, power, etc.) for basic DC circuits employing resistive, inductive, capacitive and switching devices. Students will construct circuits according to schematics provided and use basic test equipment to measure required parameters within those circuits.

Prerequisites

Required:   Math 200 or concurrent enrollment

Expected Outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, the students will:

• know and express mathematically the physical relationships between voltage, current and power in passive circuit elements: resistors, capacitors, inductors and power supplies.

• know Kirchhoff's laws and Ohm's law and apply them in the analysis of circuits.

• use common circuit analysis techniques such as nodal, loop, linearity, superposition and equivalent circuits.

• determine the form, amplitude and duration of transients in RC, RL and RLC circuits with step inputs applied.

• use lab equipment in a laboratory environment without harm to themselves or damage to the equipment.

• build assigned circuits using appropriate techniques, evaluate and record the performance of those circuits, and report their findings.