Kuwait University

College of Engineering and Petroleum

Electrical Engineering Department
ENGR 205

Electrical Engineering Fundamentals

Fall 2015

Catalog Description: Circuit variables and elements, circuit laws and simple resistive circuits,
Nodal and Mesh analysis, Thevenin theorem, Norton theorem,
superposition theorem, natural and step responses of first order RL and RC
circuits, natural and step responses of series and parallel RLC circuits,
sinusoidal steady state analysis, phasor analysis, power calculations for
single phase circuits.

Nilsson and Riedel, Electric Circuits, Prentice Hall, 9th Edition.

Textbook:

Grading Policy:
Quizzes
First Exam

10%
25%

Second Exam 25%

40%
Final Exam
Exam Schedule:

Exam I
Exam II
Final Exam

Saturday Oct. 31st, 2015 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Chapters 1-4

Monday Nov. 30th, 2015 12:30 - 1:45 pm
Chapters 6- 8
Sunday Dec. 20th, 2015
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Comprehensive

Unified
Unified
Unified

Grades distribution:

A
93

A90

B+
87

B
83

B80

C+
77

C
73

C70

D+
65

D
60

F
< 60

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Assignments and Quizzes:

Homework problems are shown in the following table. The problems are not collected, but the students
are encouraged to solve these assigned problems as they serve as a practice for quizzes and exams.

Homework

Textbook: Nilsson and Riedel, Electric Circuits, Prentice Hall, 9th Edition.

Quiz

1 (Ch. 1-2)

1.10, 1.14, 1.18, 1.19, 1.26, 1.30, 2.18, 2.23, 2.27, 2.28, 2.30

2 (Ch. 3)

3.4, 3.6, using voltage division and/or current division for:[3.10, 3.11, 3.14, 3.25,
3.27], 3.53, 3.54, 3.57

3 (Ch. 4)

4.6, 4.9, 4.12, 4.17, 4.22, 4.28, 4.34, 4.38, 4.42, 4.46, 4.50, 4.52

4 (Ch. 4)

4.60, 4.62, 4.65, 4.66, 4.74, 4.78, 4.87, 4.88, 4.92, 4.94, 4.97

5 (Ch. 6)

6.3, 6.4, 6.9, 6.16, 6.17, 6.18, 6.20, 6.25, 6.27, 6.31

6 (Ch. 7)

7.3, 7.5, 7.6, 7.12, 7.14, 7.24, 7.30, 7.32, 7.42, 7.51, 7.52

7 (Ch. 8)

8.2,8.21, 8.24, 8.27, 8.32, 8.34, 8.37, 8.46, 8.49, 8.53

8 (Ch. 9)

9.4, 9.8, 9.25, 9.27, 9.29, 9.33, 9.35, 9.39, 9.44, 9.46, 9.56, 9.58, 9.63 , 9.66

9 (Ch. 10)

10.5, 10.6, 10.10, 10.16, 10.19, 10.21, 10.27, 10.43(a,b), 10.46

Missing Examination:
If you miss the 1st or the 2nd exam (no replacement for quizzes), please bring a signed letter to the coordinator
(within one week after the original date of the exam) from the Dean of Student showing WHY you didnt
take the exam. There will be no a replacement exam without such a letter. If you are allowed to take the
replacement exam, the dates will be:

Replacement exam. 1

Wednesday: November 11th, 2015

12:30 - 1:45 pm

Ch. 1-4 and 6

Replacement exam. 2

Wednesday: December 9th, 2015

12:30 - 1:45 pm

Ch. 6-9

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Complaints:
Complaints about the grading of the exams should be made only during the reviewing period of the exams.
Complaints about the grading of the quizzes should be made to your instructor within one week after they are
returned to you. No score adjustments will be made after that.

Covered Topics:

Chapter

Covered Sections

Chapter

Covered Sections

Ch. 1

1.1 - 1.6

Ch. 7

7.1 - 7.4

Ch. 2

2.1 - 2.5

Ch. 8

8.1 - 8.4

Ch. 3

3.1 - 3.4, 3.7

Ch. 9

9.1 - 9.9 , 9.12

Ch. 4

4.1 - 4.13

Ch. 10

10.1 - 10.6

Ch. 6

6.1 - 6.3

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