Course Title: Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
EEET2249	City Campus	Undergraduate	125H Electrical & Computer Engineering	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2006, Sem 2 2007, Sem 2 2008, Sem 2 2009, Sem 2 2010, Sem 2 2011, Sem 2 2012, Sem 2 2013, Sem 2 2014, Sem 2 2015, Sem 2 2016
EEET2249	City Campus	Undergraduate	172H School of Engineering	Face-to-Face	Sem 2 2017, Sem 2 2018, Sem 2 2019, Sem 2 2020, Sem 2 2021, Sem 2 2022
EEET2603	RMIT University Vietnam	Undergraduate	172H School of Engineering	Face-to-Face	Viet1 2019, Viet2 2019, Viet3 2019, Viet1 2020, Viet3 2020, Viet1 2021, Viet3 2021, Viet2 2022, Viet3 2022, Viet1 2023

Course Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Alan Wong

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2101

Course Coordinator Email: alan.wong@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 10.08.18

Course Coordinator Availability: Email for appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Pre-requisites:

None

Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities:

You are expected to be capable of solving basic algebraic equations, set of Linear Equations, and be familiar with fundamentals of geometry and calculus.

It is also expected that you will have a fundamental knowledge of physics including basics of mechanics and basic particles such as electron and electric charges.

Course Description

The aim of this course is to make you competent in analysing electrical circuits and performing basic electrical measurements to verify circuit concepts experimentally.

In this course, you will be introduced to the concepts and definitions of charges, currents, voltages, power, and energy. You will learn the voltage- current relationship of basic circuit elements – resistors, inductors, capacitors, dependent and independent voltage and current sources; apply Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws to circuits in order to determine voltage, current and power in branches of any circuits excited by DC voltages and current sources. Apply simplifying techniques to solve DC circuit problems using basic circuit theorems and structured methods like node voltage and mesh current analysis. The goal also includes derivation of the transient responses of RC and RL circuits, steady state response of circuits to sinusoidal excitation in time domain, application of phasors to circuit analysis, introduction to non-linear electronic devices such as diodes.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) for:

BH068 Bachelor of Engineering (Adv Manufacturing and Mechatronics) (Honours)
BH069 Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering) (Honours)
BH073 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Computer Systems Engineering) (Honours)
BH075 Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) (Honours)

On completion of this course, you should be able to:

1. Identify the main circuit elements and apply Kirchhoff’s Laws to calculate currents, voltages and powers in typical linear and nonlinear electric circuits using a variety of analytical methods for DC, AC, transient and nonlinear networks.
2. Reduce more complicated circuits into the Thevenin’s and Norton’s equivalent circuits.
3. Describe the operation and v-i characteristics of a diode and the operation of diode circuits.
4. Describe circuit elements in phasor domain and perform steady-state analysis using phasors.
5. Connect correctly an electrical circuit according to a given circuit diagram and use the analogue and digital multimeters and oscilloscope to display and measure basic electrical signals.
6. Write reports on laboratory experiments.

Overview of Learning Activities

The typical learning activities included in this course are:

• Weekly lectures which will introduce you to important principles and concepts. It also gives you many practical hints for using appropriate problem-solving techniques. 
• The laboratory work which will help you to connect theory with practice and will reinforce the principles and concepts learned in the class. 
• The tutorial classes which provide opportunity to learn many useful numerical techniques used to solve circuit problems which can be learned only through repeated practice. It also provides opportunity to develop your communication and leadership skills by interacting with staff and fellow students in a smaller group.

Overview of Learning Resources

Prescribed text book

Lecture Notes / Lab Notes

Course materials are available through RMIT’s online systems.

Overview of Assessment

☒This course has no hurdle requirements.

☐ All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).

There are 4 assessment methods applied in this course:

• Laboratory exercises
• Formative Quizzes
• Mid-Semester Test
• End-of-Semester Test

Assessment tasks Task 1: Laboratory Exercises Weighting 20% These assessment tasks support CLOs 1,2,3,4,5,6 Task 2: Formative Quizzes Weighting 20% These assessment tasks support CLO’s 1,2,3,4 Task 3: Mid-Semester Test  Weighting 30% This assessment task supports CLO’s 1,2,3,4. This test will be a 1-hour test that may be taken any time within a 24-hour period.  Task 4: End-of-Semester Test Weighting 30%   This assessment supports CLOs 1,2,3,4. This test will be a 1-hour test that may be taken any time within a 24-hour period.