Week in review
Fall 2025
ENSC 220
ELECTRIC CIRCUITS I
September 1, 2025:
Rules and regulations, bill of rights (Canadian way), whom to contact in case there is a misconduct (upward chain of command: instructor, undergraduate curriculum chair, director, student union ombudsperson)
Introduction: pre-requisites and co-requisites, topics to be covered in this course, assignments and labs, on plagiarism.
Textbooks and why are they only recommended for this course. Library reserves. Remarks regarding the old ENSC 220 notes.
ENSC 220 web site, email correspondence, canvas, office hours, audio-recordings of lectures.
Motivation: why should we study electric circuits and learn circuit theory?
Models vs. physical components: how good is a model?
International System (SI) of units
Circuit variables: charge, current, voltage, energy, and power.
Lab:
Forming lab teams (teams of 3)
Lab: Orientation Part 1 - PS and DMM. Lab report due on September 14, 2025 (midnight)
Text:
Thomas/Rosa/Toussaint: Chapter 1, Introduction.
Roland E. Thomas, Albert J. Rosa, and Gregory J. Toussaint,
The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 8e,
John Wiley, 2015.
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Sun 26 Oct 2025 17:34:07 PDT.