PHY 232 - Introduction to Electric Circuits

This is a basic course to develop in students the skills, background and understanding necessary for using and designing electrical circuits in the fields of electrical, mechanical, industrial and computer engineering. Topics covered include electrical quantities and waveforms, Kirchhoff’s laws, Electrical Networks, Nodal and Mesh analysis, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits, Sinusoidal Steady State responses, Filters, the Laplace Transform, Three Phase AS Power, and Boolean/combinational logic circuits as well as sequential circuits.
Prerequisite(s): MTH 215 and PHY 122 or PHY 222
3 credits plus 1 contact hour = 2 lecture, 2 laboratory