PHYS 3710 - Electric Circuits

(3) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PHYS 2212K with a minimum grade of a C
Co-requisite: MATH 3100
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: (1) Analyze a DC resistive circuit using Kirchoffs Laws, Thevenins Law, Superposition, Nodal and Mesh Analysis and Nortons Theorem; (2) Determine the optimum size resistive device for maximum power transfer between circuit elements; (3) Determine the response for a RC and RL Network; (4) Determine the response for a RLC network; (5) Determine the complex response of elements in an AC steady state circuit; (6) Determine power dissipated by elements in an AC circuit; (7) Correct the power factor in a RLC AC network; and (8) Determine the power being dissipated in a Y or delta-configuration.