Course Description:
<br>  From this course, you will learn the basic concepts of electric circuits and the skills in analyzing these circuits. This is an elementary course, thus you must work hard to build a solid foundation in order to pass.
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<br>Text book: “Electric Circuits”, 8th ed., by J. W. Nilsson and S. A. Riedel, Pearson.
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<br>Teaching Method: Lectures in English.
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<br>Course Outline: 
<br>1. Circuit variables and elements.
<br>2. Kirchhoff's Voltage Law and Kirchhoff's Current Law.
<br>3. Basic analytical technique, the node analysis and the mesh analysis techniques.
<br>4. Linear circuit theorems, superposition, Thevenin's and Norton's equivalent.
<br>5. Operational amplifiers and Two-port circuits
<br>6. Capacitance, Inductance, and Mutual Inductance 
<br>7. First-Order and Second-Order Circuit Analysis 
<br>8. Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis 
<br>9. Sinusoidal Steady-State Power Calculations 
<br>10. Balanced Three-Phase Circuits 
<br>11. The Laplace Transform and its application in circuit analysis.
<br>12. Fourier Series and its application in circuit analysis.
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<br>Grading policy: 
<br>Assignments and quizzes (40%)
<br>Midterm exam 1 (20%) 
<br>Midterm exam 2 (20%)
<br>Final exam (20%)
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