Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Have knowledge and understanding within resistive electrical
circuits
- Have knowledge and understanding within operational amplifiers
(Op-amps)
- Have knowledge and understanding within inductive and
capacitive electrical circuits
- Have knowledge and understanding within electrical measurement
techniques
- Have knowledge and understanding within laboratory procedures
related with electrical circuits
- Have knowledge about different electrical theorems and
laws
Skills
- Be able to analyse simple and complex electrical DC
circuits
- Be able to use circuit theory to calculate currents, voltages,
energies and powers in DC circuits
- Be able to use circuit reduction methods
- Be able to apply analytical methods to design operational
amplifier circuits
- Be able to plan and to implement properly designed electrical
circuits in laboratory in a safe and appropriate way
- Be able to use software tools in the design of electrical
circuits
- Be able to use software tools for calculating different
electrical signals in simple electrical circuits
- Have skills in the following specific topics:
- Basic DC circuit theory (including energy storing components),
Ohms law, units, Kirchhoff laws, circuit reductions (series
and parallel), star-delta connections, dependent and independent
sources, nodal and loop/mesh methods, basic and ideal operational
amplifiers, Thévenin and Norton theorems, superposition, maximum
power transfer, first and second order transients
- Measurement of current, voltage, power and energy, using
typical measurement instruments as voltmeter, ampere meter,
wattmeter, multi-meter together with oscilloscopes
- Measurement accuracy and calculation uncertainty
- Be able to use software for calculation of different electrical
signals in simple electrical circuits
Competences
- Be able to handle simple development-oriented situations
related to electric circuits and laboratory setups in study or work
contexts
- Be able to independently engage in disciplinary and
interdisciplinary collaboration with a professional approach in the
area of basic DC circuit theory
- Be able to identify one´s own learning needs and to structure
one’s own learning in basic circuit theory and electrical
engineering laboratory
Type of instruction
Lectures with exercises, possibly supplemented with e-learning
as stated in § 17 in the BSc curriculum and §18 in the BE
curriculum.
Extent and expected workload
Since it is a 5 ECTS course, the work load is expected to be 150
hours for the student.
Exam
Prerequisite for enrollment for the exam
- The lectures in connection with laboratory tests are mandatory,
and it is mandatory to hand in all written laboratory
reports.
Exams
Name of exam | Introduction to Electrical Engineering |
Type of exam | Written exam
4-hour examination. |
ECTS | 5 |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | Internal examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |