CP 114 - Electrical Circuits

Credit Hours: 4

The study of both D.C. circuits (Ohm’s Law, power, Kirchhoff’s Law, Thevenin’s Law, Norton Law, maximum power transfer, resistance, magnetism) and A.C. circuits (sine wave voltage effects, capacitance, inductance, resonance, and transformers).

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

understand the nature of AC and DC electricity regarding voltage, current, resistance, and power;
calculate and solve electrical problems using Ohm’s law, power formulas, and resistance formulas, Kirchoff’s voltage and current laws, Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem, transformer turns ratio, formulas for frequency/time period of the wavelength of a waveform, inductive reactance capacitive reactance, resonance, RC, RL, periods, impedance, and phase angles of a circuit; and
an understanding of the following concepts: series and parallel circuits, opens and shorts, chassis-ground, designing loaded voltage dividers, internal resistance, maximum power transfer, magnetism, AC and voltage, inductive reactance, capacitive reactance, impedance, and resonance.

Concurrent Registration: CP 115
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