ENGR
201 - ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS I
Fall 2006
Instructor:
Dr. Jimmy Eggerton
Office: 3023 Kelley Engineering
Center
E-mail:
eggerton@N0SPAM.oregonstate.edu
(Replace NOSPAM
with eecs)
Tel: 541-737-8926
Office Hours: Mon
& Wed 1PM to 3PM; Tues & Thur 10:00 -11:30 AM
Teaching Assistants:
Joseph Monsanto -
monsantj@NOSPAM.oregonstate.edu
Hector Oporta -
oporta@NOSPAM.oregonstate.edu
Jacky Wong
-
wongo@NOSPAM1.orst.edu
Charles York -
york@NOSPAM1.orst.edu
MJ Bustamante -
bustamam@NOSPAM2.orst.edu
Jon Guerber
-
guerberj@NOSPAM2.orst.edu
Paul Dorner
-
dornerp@NOSPAM1.orst.edu
Kevin Buck
-
buckke@NOSPAM2.orst.edu
(Replace
NOSPAM with eecs,
NOSPAM1 with engr, NOSPAM2 with onid)
Syllabus:
syllabus.pdf
Textbook:
Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, by C. K. Alexander, M.
N.O. Sadiku, McGraw-Hill, 2005. Third Edition.
Topics Discussed:
DC
Circuits
1. Circuit Variables - (Ch.
#)
2. Circuit Elements - (Ch.
#)
3. Simple Resistive
Circuits - (Ch. #)
4. Techniques of Circuit
Analysis - (Ch. #)
5. The Operational
Amplifier - (Ch. #)
6. Inductance, Capacitance, and Mutual Inductance - (Ch. #)
7. Response of First-Order RL and RC Circuits - (Ch. #)
Exams:
(Graded
by TAs and Prof)
Midterm #1
- Thursday, October 19 th (Chapters #1, 2,
and 3)
Midterm #2
- Thursday, November 9 th (Chapters #4 and 5)
Final
- Friday, December 8 th - 7:30 AM to 9:20 AM,
(Comprehensive- Ch. #1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
**** I do curve test grades if class average is below 72 ****
Homework:
(Graded
by TAs)
- Homework sets are to be
collected at the
BEGINNING of the lecture class on the assigned date. 
- NO
late homework will be accepted.
- Staple your
homework together.
-
Solutions will be provided after you turn in the homework.
-
Work together, but do not copy someone else's paper.
-
If copies are turned in of the same work, each grade will be
zero (0) for the first occurrence.
-
The second occurrence will result in an F for the course.
-
I will penalize those who are not willing to work.
Each problem
- 10 points
Each hw assignment (7 problems) - 70
points
Total (7 homework sets)
- 490
points
-
If you make 25% on homework, you will receive 25/100 as your
grade.
- I do NOT curve the
homework grade.
HW assignments
and due dates:
HW #1 Due
2PM, 3 Oct 06 - 1.8,
1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.20, 1.23, and 1.27.
HW #2 Due 2PM, 10 Oct 06
- 2.13, 2.14, 2.23, 2.47, 2.52, 2.53, and 2.57.
HW
#3 Due 2PM, 17 Oct 06 - 3.4, 3.14,
3.23, 3.30, 3.42, 3.50, and 3.55
HW #4 Due 2PM, 31 Oct 06
- 4.18, 4.24, 4.39, 4.52, 4.60, 4.61, and 4.70
HW #5 Due
2PM, 7 Nov 06
-
HW #6 Due 2PM,
21 Nov 06
-
HW
#7 Due 2PM, 28 Nov 06
-
Labs: 
(Graded by TAs)
-
Lab experiments must be typed, stapled, and turned in to TA.
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Labs are done in teams of 2 students - help each other but
do
not copy each other's work.
- The lab
experiments can be found at http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/education/classes/engr201/index.html
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A sample lab report is displayed at that web site.
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Grade Sheet used by TA is
also shown at that web site.
Experiments 1,2,3,4,5 - 25 points each
Experiment 6
- 50 points
Quiz 1 and 2
- 15 points
each
Total
- 205 points
Help Session:
I will have a
homework problem session each Monday from 6 to 6:50PM in KEC 1003.
This is optional –
only for those who need help on homework.
Grading:
Midterm #1 - 20% - 100
points
Midterm #2 - 20% - 100
points
Lab
- 20% - 100
points
Homework - 20% -
100 points
Final Exam - 20% -
100 points
Total
500 points
Course grade:
94 - 100 = A
90 - 93 = A-
87 - 89 = B+
84 - 86 = B
80 - 83 = B-
77 - 79 = C+
74 - 76 = C
70 - 73 = C-
67 - 69 = D+
64 - 66 = D
60 - 63 = D-
< 60 = F
NOTE:
- The final course grade is fixed - I do NOT
curve or
shift people up or down based on how good looking they are, how
wealthy, etc.
- I do NOT give extra credit during the course or
after
the end of the course to help pull your grade up - don't ask.
- I do NOT substitute the final for a bad midterm
test
score - do not ask.