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Chabot College Fall 2010 Replaced Fall 2011 Course Outline for Engineering 43 ENGINEERING CIRCUIT ANALYSIS Catalog Description: 43 - Engineering Circuit Analysis 4 units Introduction to basic electrical circuit analysis. DC and AC circuit analysis methods, network theorems, voltage and current sources, resistors, operational amplifiers, capacitors and inductors. Natural and forced response of first and second order circuits. Steady-state sinusoidal circuit analysis, and power calculations. Basic instruments, and experimental techniques in Electrical Engineering: DC current/voltage supplies, analog/digital multiple-use meters, oscilloscopes, AC function generators. Measurements of resistance, inductance, capacitance, voltage, current, and frequency response, Prerequisites: Physics 4A and Engineering 25 (both completed with a grade of C or higher). Strongly recommended: Physics 4B (concurrent enrollment encouraged). 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory. [Typical contact hours: lecture 52.5, laboratory 52.5]. Prerequisite Skills Before entering the course, the student should be able to: analyze and solve a variety of problems often using calculus in topics such as: addition, subtraction, dot product and cross product of vectors; linear and rotational kinematics; dynamics; momentum; work, kinetic energy, and potential energy; rotational kinematics and dynamics; statics; gravitation; oscillations; operate standard laboratory equipment; analyze laboratory data; write comprehensive laboratory reports; analyze engineering/science word problems to formulate a mathematical model of the problem; express in MATLAB notation: scalars, vectors, matrices; perform, using MATLAB or EXCEL, mathematical operations on vectors, scalars, and matrices addition and subtraction; multiplication and addition; exponentiation; compute, using MATLAB or EXCEL, the numerical-value of st