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 digital 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 digital calculations 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
via digital platforms 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.
- If the student does not participate in all laboratory exercises
or does not hand in the written laboratory reports, the student
must participate in an extraordinary laboratory exercise, which
takes place before the re-examination is held.
Exams
Name of exam | Introduction to Electrical Engineering |
Type of exam | Written exam
4-hour examination. |
ECTS | 5 |
Permitted aids | With certain aids:
For more information about permitted aids, please visit the course
description in Moodle. |
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 |