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Sep 20, 2026
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EECT 113 - Introduction to DC Circuit Analysis
PREREQUISITES/COREQUISITE: Demonstrated readiness in TECH, STEM, or CALC MATH
PROGRAM: Electronics and Computer Technology
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 2 CREDIT HOURS MAX: 2
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 1.5 LECTURE HOURS MAX: 1
LAB HOURS MIN: 1 LAB HOURS MAX: 1.5
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS MIN: 40 TOTAL CONTACT HOURS MAX: 40
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall 2022
Voltage, current, resistance, Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, resistance combinations, and Thevenin’s, Norton’s, and superposition theorems are studied. DC circuits are studied and utilized with basic DC terminology described. Fundamental analog electronic circuits are utilized in the lecture and laboratory to enhance the understanding of basic laws and theorems.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Recognize and apply basic electrical/electronics units and terminology, including prefix notation, charge, current, voltage, resistance, conductance, energy and power
- Utilize the scientific calculator to solve electronics circuit problems.
- Identify and apply electronic devices and their corresponding schematic symbols, including voltage and current sources (DC), resistors, potentiometers.
- Calculate node voltage, convert DC voltage sources to bubble notation, and distinguish between electrical, common, and chassis ground.
- Distinguish between real and ideal voltage and current sources and properly model real sources.
- State, apply and discuss the historical significance of the laws and rules of electrical/electronic circuit analysis including: Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s Voltage and Current Laws, the power rule, the voltage divider rule, and the current divider rule.
- State and apply maximum transfer loading effects in transferring maximum voltage, current, or power.
- Apply the principles of circuits analysis to series circuits, parallel circuits, series-parallel circuits, and basic analog electronic circuits; principles include the use of resistor reduction, source conversion, superposition, Thevenin’s Theorem, and Norton’s Theorem.
- Apply basic laws to electronics circuits.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Circuit grounding
- Ohm’s law
- Kirchhoff’s laws
- Power rule
- Series circuits
- Parallel circuits
- Superposition
- Norton’s theorem
- Thevenin’s theorem
- Series-parallel circuits
- Node voltage calculations
- Basic electrical/electronic units and terminology
- Calculate and solve electronics circuits problems
- Electronics components identification
- Schematic symbols and diagrams
- Real and ideal voltage and current sources
- Circuit breadboarding and construction
- Voltage and current divider rules
- Maximum transfer loading effects
- Ideal transformer parameters
- Basic analog electronics circuits
- Test equipment and instruments
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