This one-semester lecture/lab course covers general electric circuit parameters and laws. Topics include: basic electric circuits, voltage and current sources, resistance, analysis of DC circuits, power considerations. Concepts of capacitance, inductance, and their transient behaviour. Introduction of AC sources, phasors, reactance and impedance, AC analysis of RC, RL, and RCL circuits, the effect of resonance, real and complex power in reactive loads. Tut: 2 hrs./ Lect: 3 hrs. Prerequisites: MTH 140 and MTH 141 Course Weight: 1.00 Billing Units: 1
