EL 110 - Electricity I

Credit Hours: 4

Electron theory; conductors; insulators; electromotive force; direct current; conventional current; voltage; resistance; factors affecting resistance; Ohm’s law; resistors in series; parallel and series/parallel; distribution of voltage and current; voltage and current divider rule; electrical power; Kirchhoff’s laws; source conversion; superposition; Thevenin theorem; capacitors or inductors in series or parallel; energy storage and time constant.

Course Outcomes
At the completion of the course, the student should be able to:

understand theoretical concepts as they apply to electrical circuits;
understand and correctly use electrical terminology, symbols and units;
identify basic components and determine their function in various types of circuits;
apply electrical theory and concepts to determine the circuital values of voltage, current and power;
employ a systematic and methodical approach to mathematically solving circuital problems; and
identify and use appropriate technical literature for the research assignment.

Corequisites: MT 126
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