I used to teach these courses. When I taught them, the classes were
separated into ac and dc circuit analysis. The courses were usually titled
Basic Electricity, differentiating them from Electronics courses as there
were no active components involved. So, if you wish to search further than
the links I am icluding, try basic electricty theory and electrical circuit
theory or circuit analysis. Here are a few links:
http://www.rtis.com/nat/user/jfullerton/school/elen214/
http://cleo.murdoch.edu.au/asu/pubs/tlf/tlf98/fung.html for a program
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Vieira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 10:30 PM
Subject: [SaF] Circuity Theory Sites
> Some college classes incorporate the use of a web site into the
> curriculum. For instance, in a chemistry class, I took tests on a site
> called the OWL site (http://owl.chem.umass.edu/, although currently
> nothing is coming up). I've also heard of the COW (Calculus On the Web)
> site (http://fourier.math.temple.edu/).
>
> At the end of the last semester, I was talking to my Circuit Theory
> professor, and he thought it would be a good idea to use a site similar
> to OWL and COW in the course, only it would pertain to circuit theory.
> The problem is, how do you find a site like that?
>
> Circuit theory, as the class is called at my school, is a two semester
> course for computer and electrical engineering majors in the sophomore
> year. Paraphrasing the syllabus, the first semester covers basic theory
> of circuit analysis and time domain solutions of differential equations
> of first and second order. Topics include network theorem review, nodal
> and mesh circuit analysis, dependent sources (including applications to
> transistors and ideal op-amp modeling), time domain solution of first
> and second order networks, applications to transient analysis of
> lossless transmission lines including the effect of mismatches and
> reflections, Thevenin's and Norton's equivalent circuits, natural and
> forced response, rms voltage and current, the maximum power transfer
> theorem, balanced three-phase systems, and power and energy
> computation. The course requires a basic engineering class and physics
> II (electricity and magnetism) as prerequisites and differential
> equations as a corequisite. The second semester covers basic circuit
> theory and design. Topics include applications of Laplace transforms to
> solutions of switched circuits and differential equations with initial
> conditions, impulse response, stability, poles/zeros, frequency
> response, graphical convolution, coupled inductors and ideal
> transformers, Fourier transform, Fourier series, Bode plots, network
> analysis, equivalent circuits, and applications to filter design and
> modulation.
>
> I realize that's quite a description, but I have a feeling that circuit
> theory isn't something that I can just type into a search engine and get
> a good answer. Can anyone help me find a good educational web site for
> this course? Or at least, can you give some search tips that will point
> me in the right direction?
>
>
> Andrew
>
