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Physics II

  • Course name: Physics II
  • Course number: XYZ
  • Knowledge area: Mathematical Physics

Administrative details

  • Faculty: Computer Science and Engineering
  • Year of instruction: 2nd year of BS
  • Semester of instruction: 1st semester
  • No. of Credits: 4 ECTS
  • Total workload on average: 144 hours overall
  • Frontal lecture hours: 2 per week
  • Frontal tutorial hours: 2 per week
  • Lab hours: 2 per week
  • Individual lab hours: 0
  • Frequency: weekly throughout the semester
  • Grading mode: letters: A, B, C, D

Prerequisites

Course outline

This course provides the fundamentals of electric circuits.

Expected learning outcomes

  • Become familiar with the scope and general nature of the fields of electric circuits
  • Become aware of the relevance of the study of electric circuits to engineering
  • Understand the fundamental laws of electrical circuit theory such as Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, mesh analysis, and nodal analysis to solve simple circuit problems
  • Understand the concepts of maximum power transfer and of source transformation
  • Are able to determine individual linear responses using the superposition theorem
  • Are able to obtain Thevenin?s and/or Norton?s equivalent circuit models for active, one port networks
  • Are able to identify and apply the most appropriate circuit analysis techniques and/or theorems for specific types of circuits
  • Analyze and determine the complete response of RL, RC and RLC circuits
  • Are able to identify the frequency, amplitude, and phase of a sinusoidal voltage or current.

Expected acquired core competences

  • Circuit analysis
  • Energy storage
  • Frequency Response
  • The Laplace Transform
  • Fourier Series and Fourier Transform

Textbook

Reference material

Required computer resources

No special needs.

Evaluation

  • In-class participation 1 point for each individual contribution in the lab class but not more than 10 points in total,
  • in-class tests up to 15 points (for each test),
  • mid-term exam up to 40 points
  • final examination up to 50 points.