1st week	Topics: Using computer algebra packages (Mathematica, Matlab, MathCad) Using an electric circuit simulator (SPICE) Basic Points: Understand the basic SI units and SI prefixes  Learn about the concepts of charge, current, and voltage  Learn about power and energy  Become familiar with the passive sign convention  Learn about the circuit elements including dependent and independent sources    Examples: Applications:  Apply what is learnt to TV picture tubes and electricity bills.
2nd week	Topics: Methodology: Basic Points: Learn about Ohm’s law  Understand the concepts of nodes, branches, and loops  Learn Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws  Learn about combining resistors in series and in parallel  Learn about the principles of voltage division and current division  Become familiar with wye-delta transformation  Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications: Apply what is learnt to lighting systems and design of dc meters
3rd week	Topics: Basic Points: Learn about nodal and mesh analysis  Understand the concept of supernode and supermesh  Be able to use PSpice for nodal analysis  Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications: Apply what is learnt to dc transistor circuits
4th week	Topics:   Methodology: Basic Points: Learn about capacitors and capacitance  Understand how to combine capacitors in series and parallel  Learn about inductors and inductance  Understand how to combine inductors in series and parallel    Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications:  Apply capacitors and inductors in practical circuits such as integrators and differentiators
5th week	Topics: Methodology: Basic Points: Understand what first-order circuits are  Learn about source-free RC and RL circuits  Learn how to find the time-constant of a circuit  Learn about singularity functions such as unit impulse function and unit step function  Learn about step response RC and RL circuits  Understand natural, transient, and steady-state responses  Be able to use PSpice for transient analysis  Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications:  Apply what is learnt to delay circuits, photoflash unit, and automobile ignition circuit
6th week	Topics: Methodology: Basic Points: Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications:
7th week	Topics: Methodology: Basic Points: Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications:
8th week	Topics: Methodology: Basic Points: Understand what operational amplifiers are  Learn about the ideal op amp  Learn some op amp circuits including inverting, noninverting, summing, and difference amplifiers  Be able to use PSpice to analyze op amp circuits  Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications:
9th week	Topics: Methodology: Basic Points: Learn about theorems used for simplifying analysis  Understand the principles of linearity and superposition  Learn of about the concepts of source transformation and equivalence.  Be able to use Thevenin’s theorem to find Thevenin equivalent  Be able to use Norton’s theorem to find Norton equivalent  Understand the concept of maximum power transfer to the load  Verify circuit theorems with PSpice    Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications:
10th week	Topics: Methodology: Basic Points: Become familiar with second-order circuits  Understand how to find initial and final values of circuit variables  Learn about source-free series and parallel RLC circuits  Learn about step response RLC circuits  Learn about general second-order circuits including op amp circuits  Be able to use PSpice to analyze second-order circuits  Become familiar with the concept of duality  Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications:  Apply what is learnt to automobile ignition circuit and smoothing circuits
11th week	Topics: Methodology: Basic Points: Understand the concepts of sinusoids and phasors  Apply phasors to circuit elements  Introduce the concepts of impedance and admittance  Learn about impedance combinations  Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications:  Apply what is learnt to phase-shifters and AC bridges
12th week	Topics: Methodology: Basic Points: Apply previously learn circuit techniques to sinusoidal steady-state analysis  Learn how to apply nodal and mesh analysis in the frequency domain  Learn how to apply superposition, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems in the frequency domain  Learn how to analyze ac Op Amp circuits  Be able to use PSpice to analyze ac circuits  Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications: Apply what is learnt to capacitance multiplier and oscillators
13th week	Topics: Methodology: Basic Points: Know the difference between instantaneous power and average power  Learn the ac version of maximum power transfer theorem  Learn about the concepts of effective or rms value  Learn about the complex power, apparent power and power factor  Understand the principle of conservation of ac power  Learn about power factor correction  Examples: Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications: Apply what is learnt to power measurement and electricity consumption cost
14th week	Review: Topics:   Methodology: Basic Points: Be familiar with different three-phase configurations and how to analyze them  Know the difference between balanced and unbalanced circuits  Learn about power in a balanced three-phase system  Know how to analyze unbalanced three-phase systems  Be able to use PSpice to analyze three-phase circuits  Examples:   Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications:  Apply what is learnt to three-phase measurement and residential wiring
15th week	Review: Topics: Methodology: Basic Points: Examples:   Representative examples from the topic of the week.   Applications:
16th week	Final examination: