ECE 210 Syllabus
ECE 210 Circuit Analysis I

SIUE, Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabus



Course definition

210-3 CIRCUIT ANALYSIS I. DC and AC steady-state circuit analysis. Loop and nodal analysis, network theorems, phasors, complex power, single-phase and three-phase circuits. Prerequisites: PHYS 211a, 212a, MATH 250, or concurrent enrollment (from Undergraduate Catalog; counts as 3 credit hours).
Instructor: Dr. Andy Lozowski (http://www.ee.siue.edu/~alozows)
Textbook: W. H. Hayt and J. E. Kemmerly, Engineering Circuit Analysis. McGraw-Hill, Inc., 7 ed., 2007

Class policy:

The tests and the final exam will be open-book. Understanding of concepts and ability to solve problems will be tested, not memorization skills. Example-copying on the tests will not be helpful.
A list of problems recommended as homework is listed below. Homeworks will not be collected for grading. Solutions to some of the problems are available online, on the textbook website:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/classware/infoCenter.do?isbn=007286611x
A 15 minute closed-book quiz will be administered weekly. There will be no make-up opportunities on these quizzes. However, 3 of the quiz grades (missing or worst) will be dropped when the course grade is calculated. To stay current with the material, work the example problems and tutorials available on the textbook website.
The final course grade will be determined based on partial scores Q, T1, T2, T3, and E according to the following percentages:
Q (Quiz): PQ =15%
T1 (Test 1): PT1=20%
T2 (Test 2): PT2=20%
T3 (Test 3): PT3=20%
E (Final exam): PE =25%
The partial scores will be evaluated as percentages of the maximum score achieved. For example, if on a test worth 25 points the maximum scored by one of the students is 20 points, then 10 points received by another student is worth 50%.
The above percentages and partial scores Q, T1, T2, T3, and E will be used to calculate the course score G:
G = PQ Q + PT1 T1 + PT2 T2 + PT3 T3 + PE E
PQ + PT1 + PT2 + PT3 + PE
The final letter grade will be an A, B, C, D, or F based on your course score G relative to maximum attainable Gmax calculated as the average of 100% and the course score of the best student. The thresholds for the letter grades are: A > (7/8)Gmax, B > (3/4)Gmax, C > (5/8)Gmax, D > (1/2)Gmax, and F < (1/2)Gmax. Note that at any time it is possible to determine your course grade "to date" if the percentages for unassigned grades are set to zero.
According to the Catalog, the following grading symbols are used by SIUE: A-Excellent, B-Good, C-Satisfactory, D-Poor, and F-Failure (see Academic Policies and Requirements). The letter grades will strictly comply with these definitions.
Grades will be based on written evidence in the submitted work. Always show your work. Answers without sufficient supporting work will be awarded zero score. If you provide multiple answers to a problem that has a unique solution, only one of your solutions will be picked for grading: top-most or left-most, not necessarily the correct one. Make sure to read the problems carefully. There will be no credit for solutions to misread problems. If extra pages of work need to be attached to the test, number them and print your name on each sheet. Measurement units are considered an important part of the answer. Answers given with incorrect units or unit prefixes may be considered wrong even if the numeric part is right. Grades assigned are not negotiable. However, if adjustment of grade is needed because of erroneous totaling of points, address the disputes no later than a week after the assignment has been returned.

Textbook sections covered in Circuit Analysis I

Recommended homework problems



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