EE-205 Course Information

 

Course Title

Electric Circuits II

Course Description

 

Electric Circuits II (EE 205) is one of the foundation courses offered each semester by the Electrical Engineering department of KFUPM. Whereas the fundamentals of electrical circuits are taught in Electric Circuits I (EE 201), EE 205 helps develop the understanding of more advanced and closer to real-life circuits, built up on the knowledge learned in EE201. EE 205 takes students one step further by introducing not only new concepts in circuit analysis, such as, computer aided circuit analysis, complex frequency, two port network, but also introducing circuits representative of important electrical systems, such as, resonant circuits, filters and transformers. The knowledge earned and the concepts developed in this course are essential for the understanding of other advanced and specialized courses in electrical engineering

 

Course Objectives (grid)

 

By the end this course, students will be able to learn about

 

01. Electric Circuits: 1- phase & 3 - phase

02. Responses of RLC circuits:  natural & step response

03. State equation and computer aided circuit analysis

04. Resonant circuits

05. Circuit analysis in s-domain or complex frequency

06. Mutual inductance & transformers

07. Filters & Bode plots

08. Two-port networks

 

Learners Description

Electrical Circuits is one of the very basic courses in electrical engineering. Students who want to specialize in electrical engineering and also professionals who want to brush up their elementary knowledge would highly benefit from an on-line course in electrical circuits course. A large number of students (around 200) take up this course in each academic year.  During regular semesters (fall and spring), there are about three to five sections of EE 205 offered to the students. During summer, there is usually 1 section.

 

Course Materials

Textbook:  Electrical Circuits, 6th Ed., 1999, by James W.  Nilsson & Susan A. Riedel, Prentice Hall.

Readings:   Elementary linear circuit analysis, 2nd Ed., 1987, by Leonard S. Bobrow, Holt, Rinehart & Winston Inc

                    Introductory Circuit Analysis, 7th Ed., 1994, by R.L. Boylestad, Merrill

 

Course Activities

 

 

 

 

·        Problem based approach will be used in this course to enhance students understanding for important issues

·        On online discussions (one-to-one, one-to-many) & interactive discussions with the instructor through individual or in group of students. Its main purpose will be enriching student’s knowledge and understanding of the course contents.

·        Practice problems will be given at the end of each lecture so that students have more understanding of the contents of the lecture

·        Bank of quizzes will be prepared and will be available to the students from time to time.

·         Additional reading sources will be provided through the course file and web links throughout the semester.

 

Course Evaluation Scheme

1.     2 homeworks & assignments                                                                                 ( 5 %)

2.     8 in class quizzes                                                                                                   (10 %)

3.     2 Design projects will be assigned in week 6 and collected in week 12               (10 %)

4.     Two Major Exams (face to face)                                                                           (40 %)

5.     Final Exam (face to face)                                                                                       (35 %)

 

Course Learning Objects

General Description:

  • Useful links to relevant materials to the course will be selected and made available
  • Further relevant learning objects will be provided.