ELEC 101: ABET Course Objectives and Outcomes


ABET program outcomes that we must meet


Course objectives:

Provide an introduction to fundamental analysis and design techniques in electrical engineering. The two main topics are analog circuits containing resistors, operational amplifiers, capacitors, and inductors, and digital systems containing binary logic devices and memory devices.

To achieve the objectives for ELEC 101, we work toward the following course outcomes.

Course outcomes:

At the conclusion of ELEC 101,

  1. I am proficient with electrical instruments such as voltmeters, power supplies, function generators, and oscilloscopes.

  2. I am familiar with electrical devices such as breadboards, resistors, capacitors, inductors, thermistors, op amps, etc.

  3. I can apply fundamental electrical engineering principles such as Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's laws, and nodal analysis to solve simple circuit problems.

  4. I can calculate the power dissipated or supplied by an electrical component given its voltage and current.

  5. I can estimate the charging and discharging times of simple RC and RL circuits (i.e., time constants).

  6. I can identify the frequency, amplitude, and phase of a sinusoidal voltage or current.

  7. I can calculate the impedance of a simple circuit consisting of resistors, inductors, and/or capacitors.

  8. I am familiar with the properties and applications of simple filters consisting of RC and RL components.

  9. I can design op-amp circuits for applications that include signal addition and amplification.

  10. I can construct simple digital circuits using timers, counters, and displays.

  11. I can design combinational logic circuits using truth tables and Boolean algebra.

  12. I can simplify logic expressions using Karnaugh maps.

  13. I can design combinational logic circuits using adders, comparators, multiplexers, and demultiplexers.

  14. I can design sequential logic circuits using state transition tables, state transition diagrams, and flip-flops.

  15. I can design simple digital devices, including counters, registers, and memories.