COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: CIRCUIT THEORY

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ECE 203	B	3	3	0	2	4	7

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Prof.Dr. Gëzim Karapici gkarapici@epoka.edu.al , By appointment
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	M.Sc. Genti Rustemi grustemi@epoka.edu.al
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered)	Bachelor in Electronics and Digital Communication Engineering (3 years)
Classroom and Meeting Time:	not available yet
Code of Ethics:	Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:	Please refer to Epoka Regulations.
Course Description:	The aim of this course is to analyse electrical circuits, and to perform electrical measurements to verify basic circuit concepts such as voltage, current, resistance, impedance, Ohm's and Kirchoff's law experimentally.
Course Objectives:	The objective of this course is to equip the students with the basic theoretical and practical tools to understand and to study electrical circuits and electronic circuits & devices. At the end of the course, student should be able to analyze and/or to design a small electrical circuit, or electronic circuit & device based on diodes, transistors and Operational amplifiers for analog and digital devices.

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	This course provides the students with fundamental understanding of electric and electronic circuits.
2	Units of Measurement, Scientific Notation, Engineering Notation and Metric Prefixes, Metric Unit Conversions;
3	Voltage and Current Sources, Resistors; Ohm’s Law; Jule’s Law: Energy and Power
4	Resistors in Series; Resistors in Parallel; Series-Parallel Resistive Circuits
5	Source Conversions, Superposition Theorem, Thevenin’s Theorem, Norton’s Theorem
6	Alternating Current; Capacitors and inductors; RC, RL and RLC Series and Parallel circuits; Series-Parallel RLC Circuits, Bandwidth of Resonant Circuits; Passive filters.
7	Transient analysis of general dynamic circuits. Network functions: impedance, admittance and transfer functions
8	Natural frequencies and stability.
9	Circuit equations in sinusoidal steady state (AC), symbolic analysis, phasors.
10	AC power

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Octave - Open-Source Software for Electrical Engineering Basic Concepts – Octave open source – equivalent of Matlab – Basic Functions – Curve Plotting – Matrix and Vector Calculations – Symbolic Math
2	Part 1 DC Circuits I. Basic Concepts – Systems of Units – Charge, Voltage, Power & Energy – Circuit Elements
3	Part 1 DC Circuits II. Basic Laws – Ohm’s Law – Kirchhoff’s Law – Series, Parallel & Wye-Delta Transformations
4	Part 1 DC Circuit III. Methods of Analysis – Nodal Analysis – Mesh Analysis – Octave Application to DC Circuit Analysis
5	Part 1 DC Circuit IV. Circuit Theorems – Thevenin’s & Norton’s Theorems – Maximum Power Transfer
6	LTSpice - Open-Source Software for Electrical Circuit Analysis LTspice XVII Application to DC Circuit Analysis
7	Part 1 DC Circuits V. Operational Amplifiers – Introduction to Operational Amplifiers – Ideal Op Amp – Inverting & Noninverting Amplifiers – Difference Amplifier – Cascaded Op Amp Circuits – Op Amp Analysis with LTSpice
8	Midterm Exam
9	Part 1 DC Circuit VI. Capacitors and Inductors – Capacitors – Series and Parallel Capacitors – Inductors – Series and Parallel Inductors – RC, RL Circuits Analysis with LTSpice
10	Part 1 DC Circuit VII. 1st Order Circuits – The Source-Free RC Circuit – The Source-Free RL Circuit – RC Circuit Step Response – RL Circuit Step Response – RC, RL Circuits Analysis with LTSpice
11	Part 1 DC Circuit VIII. 2nd Order Circuits – The Source-Free Series RLC Circuit - Step Response – The Source-Free Parallel RLC Circuit- Step Response – Second Order Op Amp Circuit - Step Response – RLC Circuits Analysis with LTSpice
12	Part 2 AC Circuits IX. Sinusoids and Phasors – Sinusoids, Phasors – Phasor Relationships for Circuit Elements – Impedance and Admittance – Kirchhoff’s Laws in the Frequency Domain
13	X. Sinusoidal Steady state analysis of AC Circuits – Nodal Analysis – Mesh Analysis – Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits
14	XI. AC Power Analysis – Instantaneous and Average Power – Maximum Average Power Transfer – Effective or RMS Value

Prerequisite(s):	General Physics I and II
Textbook(s):	• Charles K. Alexander & Matthew N. O. Sadiku, Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 6th Edition 2017, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-13: 978-0-07-802822-9 • James W. Nilsson, Susan A. Riedel, Electric Circuits, 11th Edition 2019, Pearson Education, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-474696-8
Additional Literature:	1. James S. Kang, Electric Circuits: Fundamentals and Applications, 1st Edition, 2018, Cengage Learning, ISBN-13: 978-1-30-563521-0 2. G. Karapici – Lecture notes on Electric Circuit Theory, 2022, EPOKA University
Laboratory Work:	not available yet
Computer Usage:	Octave, LTSpice, Multisim.
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Analyze AC & DC circuits and master the use matrices and vectors phasors
2	Make AC & DC measurements in laboratory and manipulate oscilloscopes well.
3	Design programs in Octave and MULTISIM/LTspice XVII, to analyze Electrical circuits
4	Design basic circuits such as those including among others potentiometers, OA, Filters
5	Illustrate circuit analysis and design procedure in a well-written technical report

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Electronics and Digital Communication Engineering (3 years) Program
1	Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice	3
2	Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations	3
3	Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.	3
4	Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies.	3
5	5 Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions. 4	4
6	6 Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue. 4	3
7	The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence.	5
8	Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language.	3
9	Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology	4
10	10 Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics. 2	2
11	Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues.	2
12	Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	1	10
Midterm Exam(s)	1	10
Project	1	10
Laboratory	1	5
Final Exam	1	60
Attendance		5
Other	No
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	5.5	88
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	3	48
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Assignments	7	2	14
Final examination	1	15	15
Other			0
Total Work Load:			175
Total Work Load/25(h):			7
ECTS Credit of the Course:			7

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

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