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ECE 3301 - General Electrical Engineering

Designation

Non-major course

Catalog description

ECE3301. General Electrical Engineering (3:3:0). Prerequisite: MATH 1352. Analysis of electric circuits. Introduction to electronic instrumentation and electromechanics. For non-majors only.

 

Prerequisite(s)

MATH 1352  

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

 Hambley, Allan R., Electrical Engineering – Principles and Applications, fourth edition, Prentice Hall, 2008. Lindeburg, Michael R., FE Review Manual, 2nd Edition, Professional Publications, 2006 (recommended)

 

Course objectives

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to analyze linear electric circuits to determine DC, AC, and basic transient response, in terms of voltage, current, power, and energy.  They should also have a basic knowledge of digital logic circuits, electronic instrumentation, and electric machines. 

 

Topics covered

Electric-circuit fundamentals— 3 hours  

Resistive networks, DC analysis— 8 hours  

Capacitance and inductance— 3 hours  

AC analysis— 8 hours 

Transient analysis— 3 hours  

Transformers— 1 hour 

Operational amplifiers— 3 hours  

Digital logic circuits— 3  hours  

Topics in electronic instrumentation— 3 hours 

Introduction to electric machines— 3 hours 

Tests and reviews— 4 hours  

 

Class/laboratory schedule

Class meets 15 weeks, 3 times per week for 50 minutes or 2 times per week for 80 minutes.

 

Contributions to professional component

This course prepares students with the basic skills of electric-circuit analysis and with a basic knowledge of electronic instrumentation and electric machines. It also prepares them for the EE part of the FE Exam.  

Relationship of course to program outcomes

This course is not taken by students in the EE and CompE programs. 

 

Prepared by

Ronald H. Cox

Coordinator  

Thomas Trost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                    January 20, 2006 

 

Features of candidate textbooks for EE3301: 

 

 

Rizzoni (2007) 

 

1.  Chapter on power electronics 

2.  Chapters on communication systems 

3.  Section on stepper motors 

4.  Appendix on FE Exam 

 

 

Kerns and Irwin (2004) 

 

1.  Section on power electronics 

2.  Tear-out formula cards 

 

 

Hambley (2002) 

 

1.  One page on stepper motors 

2.  Appendix on FE Exam 

 

 

 

 

 

Questions regarding the syllabus topics: 

 

 

1.  Should we cover frequency response? 

 

2.  Should we cover power electronics? 

 

3.  Should we cover electronic instrumentation? 

 

4.  Should we cover stepper motors?  (Section in Rizzoni and page in Hambley) 

 

5.  Should we cover feedback control?  (In none of these books) 

 

6.  Should we have two hours for “selected current topics”?