====== Course Outline ======

The course outline is a guideline to topics that will be discussed in the course, and when they will be discussed:

===== Week 1, Sept. 10 =====

Chapter 1 Introduction

Reading: Text book Chapter 1, Sections 1.2-1.6

===== Week 2, Sept. 14-18 =====

Chapter 2 Circuit Elements

Reading: textbook Chapter 2, Section 2.1 - 2.5

Chapter 3 Simple Resistive Circuits

Reading: textbook Chapter 3, Section 3.1 - 3.4

===== Week 3, Sept. 21-25 =====
Chapter 3 Simple Resistive Circuits (Continue)

Reading: textbook Chapter 3 Section 3.5 to 3.7.

Chapter 4 Techniques of Circuit Analysis

Reading: textbook Chapter 4 Section 4.1-4.4.


Lab starts this week for Lab Groups 1 and 2.

First assignment due on Sept. 23.


===== Week 4, Sept. 28-Oct.2 =====

Chapter 4 Techniques of Circuit Analysis (Continue)

Reading: textbook Chapter 4 Section 4.5-4.11.

Chapter 5 Part 1: Capacitance and RC Circuits 

Reading: textbook Chapter 6 Sections 6.2-6.3 and Chapter 7 Sections 7.2-7.3

Quiz 1 on Oct. 1 covering Chapters 1 - 3.

Lab starts this week for Lab Groups 3, 4, and 5.

Assignments 2 and 3 due on Sept. 30.

===== Week 5, Oct. 5-9 =====
Chapter 4 Techniques of Circuit Analysis (Max power & Superposition)

Reading: Textbook Chapter 4 Sections 4.12-4.13

Chapter 5 Part 2: Inductance and RL Circuits

Reading: Textbook Chapter 6 Sections 6.1,6.3,6.4 and Chapter 7 Sections 7.1,7.3

Lab 2 for Lab groups 1 and 2.

===== Week 6, Oct. 12-16 =====

Chapter 5 Part 2: Inductance and RL Circuits

Reading: Textbook Chapter 6 Sections 6.1,6.3,6.4 and Chapter 7 Sections 7.1,7.3

Chapter 6 Natural and Step Responses of RLC Circuits

Reading: Chapter 8 Sections 8.1-8.4

Assignment4 due on Oct. 15

Lab 2 for Lab groups 3, 4, and 5.

===== Week 7, Oct. 19-23 =====

Chapter 6 Natural and Step Responses of RLC Circuits (Continue)

Reading: Chapter 8 Sections 8.1-8.4

Quiz 2 on Oct. 22 (covers Chapter 4). 6 marks and you are given 45mins for 2 questions.

Lab 3 for Lab groups 1 and 2.

===== Week 8, Oct. 26-28 =====

Chapter 7 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis

Reading: Textbook Chapter 9 Sections 9.1-9.11

Lab 3 for lab group 3 on Oct. 28.

===== Fall Reading Day, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1 =====

===== Week 9 Nov. 2-6 =====

Introduction to Spice.

Midterm test on Nov. 5. (Midterm covers lecture notes Chapters 1 to 5)

Lab 3 for Lab groups 4 and 5 on Nov. 6.

===== Drop Deadline, Nov. 9 =====

===== Week 10, Nov. 9-13 =====

Introduction to Pspice.
Quiz 3 on Nov. 12 (Covers Chapter 6 and Spice). 6 marks and you are given 45mins for 2 questions.

Lab 4 for Lab groups 1 and 2.

===== Week 11, Nov. 16-20 =====

Chapter 7 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis (Continue)

Lab 4 for Lab groups 3, 4, and 5.

===== Week 12, Nov. 23-27 =====

Chapter 8 Sinusoidal Steady-State Power Calculations

Lab 5 for Lab groups 1 and 2.

===== Week 13, Nov. 30-Dec.4 =====

Chapter 8 Sinusoidal Steady-State Power Calculations (Continue)

Lab 5 for Lab groups 3, 4, and 5.

===== Final Exam, Dec. 11 =====

Time: 2-4pm
Venue: LAS C