12/5/2024 8:38:54 PM	ELEC 60L Course Outline as of Fall 2001	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ELEC 60L	Title:  DIR/ALT CURRENT LAB
Full Title:  Direct & Alternating Current Lab
Last Reviewed:7/16/2001

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	2.00	Lecture Scheduled	1.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	17.50
Minimum	2.00	Lab Scheduled	3.00		10 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	1.00			Contact DHR	17.50
		Contact Total	5.00			Contact Total	87.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  35.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 122.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Measurement and analysis of DC and AC circuits. Documentation of results in a lab report format.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion or Current Enrollment in ELEC 60

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Analysis & measurement of DC & AC cir; lab report writing.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion or Current Enrollment in ELEC 60
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:	Fall 2009
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

  The student will be able to:

     1. analyze resistance measurements using a VTVM.

     2. construct circuits following a schematic diagram.

     3. evaluate current through different parts of an electrical

        circuit using an ammeter.

     4. evaluate voltage across different points in an electrical

        circuit using a voltmeter.

     5. use an oscilloscope to compare/contrast DC and AC.

     6. assemble lab results using data tables, schematics, and

        graphs as appropriate.

     7. organize and prepare lab results through written observations.

Topics and Scope

  1.  Resistance measurement (VTVM).

 2.  Circuit connections - use of a springboard.

 3.  Meter reading.

 4.  Meter connections (in circuit).

 5.  Lab report writing.

 6.  Oscilloscope fundamentals.

 7.  Comparison of theoretical (through computation) and measured results

Assignments:

  Lab Reports:

     1. Resistance measurement.

     2. Ohm's Law.

     3. Series circuits.

     4. Parallel circuits.

     5. Series-parallel circuits.

     6. Internal resistance.

     7. Maximum power transfer.

     8. Voltage dividers.

     9. RC time constant.

    10. Oscilloscope measurements.

    11. Series RC (AC).

    12. Series RL (AC).

    13. Series RLC (AC).

 Hands-on Tests

     1. Series circuits and parallel circuits.

     2. Kirchhoff's Law.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 15%
Lab reports
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 70 - 80%
Lab reports
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 30%
HANDS-ON (MANIPULATIVE) TESTS.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Experiments in Basic Electronics, 5th ed., Glencoe-McGraw Hill, 2001.

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