National University

of Computer & Emerging Sciences

Course Outlines of BS Electrical Engineering Degree Program

Course Title
Pre-requisite(s)

Circuit Analysis-I
None

Text Book(s)

Title
Author
Publisher

Electric Circuits, 8th Edition

J.W. Nilsson and Susan A. Riedel
Pearson Education

Ref. Book(s)

Title

Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, 8th Edition

Author

J.Erwin & R. Nelms

Objective:

Week
01

02-03

04-05

06-10

11

12-13
14-16

Course Code
Credit Hrs

EE216
3+1

To understand and apply circuit analysis techniques to analyze DC circuits with

multiple energy sources (independent and dependent) and transient analysis of
first order circuits.

Course Contents/Topics
Chapter
An overview of electrical engineering and circuit analysis, international
system of units, voltage and current, ideal basic circuit element, power and
1
energy
Voltage and current sources, resistance (Ohms law), construction of a circuit
model, Kirchhoffs laws, analysis of a circuit containing dependant sources
2
Resistors in series and parallel, current divider rule, voltage divider rule,
measuring voltage and current, Wheatstone Bridge, delta-to-wye equivalent
circuits
Introduction to node-voltage method, node-voltage method and dependant
sources, introduction to the mesh-current method, mesh-current method and
dependant sources, special cases of node-voltage and mesh-current methods,
source transformations, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, maximum power
transfer theorem, superposition
Basics of operational amplifier (OP-AMP), analysis of circuits containing OPAMP, inverting amplifier circuit, summing amplifier circuit, non-inverting
amplifier circuit, difference amplifier circuit
Basics of inductor and capacitor, series-parallel combinations of inductance
and capacitance
Natural response of RL circuit, natural response of RC circuit, step response of
RL and RC circuits, general solution for step and natural responses

5
6
7

Evaluation Criteria:
Quizzes: 10%, Assignments: 10%, Midterm Exam: (15+15)%, Final Exam: 50%

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