PHY 202 — Introduction to Electric Circuits and Electronics
PHY department course · Nigerian universities
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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)
identify circuit diagrams and symbols
determine current flows, potential drops, power, and energy dissipation in circuits using Ohm’s law
simplify series and parallel combinations of resistors
state Kirchhoff’s laws and apply same in solving for currents and voltages in dc. and ac. circuits
apply potential divider and current divider techniques in calculating circuit potential differences and branch currents
state and apply circuit theorems and principles to solve problems
Course contents
D.C. Circuits. Sources of emf and current. Resistor combinations. Kirchhoff’s Laws. Network analysis and circuit theorems. Mesh currents method, Node-voltage, Thevenin and Norton theorem, superposition principle. A.C. Circuits. Sinusoidal wave-forms. RMS and peak values. Power. Resistance, inductance and capacitance in a.c. circuits.
Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PHY 202.