Syllabus

General information:

• • 5 Credits
  • 4 Class Hours, 3 Lab Hours

Course Description and Objectives:

Introduction to dc and ac circuits. Topics include Ohm’s Law, Watt’s Law, resistance, series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits, network theorems, equivalent circuits, capacitive and inductive circuits, as well as ac circuits. Laboratory experiments are included to support these topics as well as introduce bread-boarding, measurement techniques with meters and oscilloscopes, and troubleshooting. Written lab reports are required.

Course

Learning

Outcomes:

Student will

1. Understand how to use Multimeter to measure resistance, voltage and current.

2. Construct DC circuit on Breadboard and make meaningful measurements.

3. Analyze DC circuits and compare with experimental measurements.

4. Do simple troubleshooting.

Instructor:

Prof. Chen Xu (cxu@citytech.cuny.edu)

Lab Text:

Lab Manual provided by the CET Department

Required Materials:

• • Electrical Circuits Lab Manual
  • EMT 1150 Lab Kit
  • Philips screwdriver
  • Extra .5A /250V fuses
  • 9V battery

Computer Usage:

Required for synchronous lecture and lab practice. Software, Zoom, Blackboard, Openlab.

Calculator Usage:

Any kind of scientific or engineering calculators required.

Lab report:

• • Students write lab reports for every experiment.
  • Lab report requirement and grading rubric are available online.
  • Lab report is submitted online through blackboard system.
  • Lab report submission deadline is exactly one week after the lab session.
  • For every week that a report is late, one whole grade level will be deducted (A →B, B→C, etc). You will receive a zero for any reports that are over five weeks late.

Discussion

Discussion forum is used in the online class. Certain topics will be explored through the use of a discussion board. Students will be graded on the quality of their own responses to the initial discussion prompt and to their responses to their classmates’ posts. More details in Participation Rubric for Discussions.

Exams

• • Exams are given online during the class time.
  • More details of exams will be discussion in the class.

Accessibility and accommodations:

The City Tech is firmly committed to making higher education accessible to students with disabilities by removing architectural barriers and providing programs and support services necessary for them to benefit from the instruction and resources of the University. Early planning is essential for many of the resources and accommodations provided. For more information, please visit the Center for Student Accessibility, http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/accessibility/

Academic Integrity Statement:

Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions, and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting, and citing sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the College recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in the City University of New York and at New York City College of Technology and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension, and expulsion. The full academic integrity policy of City Tech can be found at

http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/academics/docs/academic_integrity_policy.pdf