ENGR 12

Engineering Circuits
Spring 2011  

Instructor:  Tom Rebold   phone:  645-1327  Office: BH-104A Office Hours: M/W/Th 2-3, W5-6,F4:30-5:30	Credit: 3 units Room: PS-106, Th: PS-201 Time: M/W/Th/F  1-2 return to
Class web site:  http://www.mpcfaculty.net/tom_rebold/ENGR12.htm

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Pre/Co-req: PHYS3B, MATH 32

Text:           Electric Circuits, 9th ed., Nilsson/Reidel, Prentice Hall, 2011, ISBN 0136114997 (8th edition OK)

                         (One copy on reserve) an e-text is available for purchase here.

Misc:          Course description:

This course introduces DC and sinusoidal circuit analysis as applied to resistive, capacitive, and inductive circuits, op-amps, transformers and balanced three-phase circuits. Topics include Thevenin and Norton circuit theorems, superposition, complex phasors and power, frequency response, resonance, and associated calculations. The topics covered are essential foundations for further study in analog and digital circuits, communication systems, computer architectures, and control of electro-mechanical systems.

Student Learning Outcome:
    Students will be able to determine an electronic circuit’s operating performance by applying the appropriate circuit analysis technique

Objectives: Students will be able to

1. Solve basic problems in circuit theory involving resistive, capacitive, inductive and op-amp circuits.
2. Analyze circuits using Kirchoff's Laws, superposition, node voltages and mesh currents.
3. Derive Norton and Thevanin equivalents.
4. Derive step and sinusoidal responses and associated power and energy calculations.
5. Analyze balanced 3-phase and mutually inductive circuits.
6. Derive the frequency response of resonant and non-resonant circuits

COURSE  CONTENT
(Hit CANCEL for any PASSWORD prompt)

GRADING

The  total weights of different course activities:

14 Assignments                                                  15 %
5 Friday Quizzes (6 given, lowest dropped)      10 %                                   
3 Tests                                                                45 %                     
Final Exam (100 pts)                                          30 %

            A - 90%
            B - 80%
            C - 70%
            D - 60%

All assignments are due on Wednesday, start of class each week. Late assignments will lose 1 point per day until Friday. After Friday, they will not be accepted.

 
HOMEWORK

50% of your grade is for completeness (all problems attempted), and 50% for correctness. Assignments shall be completed on separate paper, preferrably grid paper. In addition, points will be awarded or taken away as your work reflects or ignores the clear principles demonstrated in the example, including:

a) brief problem statement
b) neatly drawn circuit
c) math solution
d) underlined asnwers

UNEXCUSED TEST ABSENCES

You must present medical evidence for failure to appear for a test. Otherwise you get zero for that test or quiz. A total of three tests will be offered AND ALL THREE COUNT!

CHEATING

Occasionally I have caught students cheating. The standard policy is to give a grade of F for both participants and if deemed necessary make a visit to the Dean of Students with the cheaters. We have had very serious cases in which the students were dropped from the course and suspended from taking courses at MPC. This goes on your record and of course is not viewed favorably by other schools and employers who want and need to trust you.

DROPPING THE CLASS

 If you wish to drop the class go to the registration office and officially drop BEFORE the last drop date. Do not depend on me to drop you. If you do not do an official drop then you will get a grade of F for the course. I am not allowed to give you a W after the last drop date.