EL 144 - Basic Electricity and Electronics

Description
This course provides an introduction to electricity and electronics. It includes electric and electronic components, circuits, and devices. Basic applications show the use of these components and devices.

Credit Hours: 4
Contact Hours: 6

School: School of Business & Industry
Department: Applied Technology
Discipline: EL

Major Course Revisions: Prerequisite, N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20240227T21:21:26
Course Review & Revision Year: 2028-2029

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture/Lab - Must meet Lecture & Lab Ratios

General Education Requirement: None
Course Learning Outcomes:

Explain the nature of electricity.
Understand terms, equations, and application of electrical/electronic qualities.
Use rules or frameworks to provide context for and to understand problems or issues.
Understand circuit parameters for series, parallel and series-parallel resistive circuits.
Be able to analyze series, parallel and series-parallel resistive circuits.
Understand and apply common laws and theorems to analyze circuit networks.
Understand the properties of inductors and capacitors.
Be able to analyze circuits using inductors and/or capacitors.
Understand basic semiconductor theory.
Be able to analyze basic semiconductor circuits.
Demonstrate understanding and use of common tools used in the industry
When communicating, use language that is appropriate to the audience.

Approved for Online Delivery?: No

Course Outline:

Nature of electricity
Series and parallel circuits
Network theorems, sources and conductors
Magnetism and alternating current
Inductance, reactance, and RL circuits
Capacitance, reactance, and RC circuits
AC circuits, resonance, and filters
Semiconductor Devices and Circuits

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: Approximately 40-60%

Lab: Approximately 40-60%

Mandatory Course Components:
None

Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: EL 132 (C or Higher) OR TE 103 (C or higher) OR MA 98 (C or higher)
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with IRW: IRW 98, IRW 99
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required

Total Lecture/Lab Hours Per Week: 6
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: None

General Room Request: Classroom and electronics lab.

Maximum Course Enrollment: 20
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit Accepted: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Electrical Controls Engineering Technology, A.A.A.S, Electrical Controls/Mechatronics Certificate, Electronics Engineering Technology Certificate, Industrial Maintenance Technology, A.A.A.S., Industrial Maintenance Certificate, Plastics-Polymer Engineering Technology, A.A.A.S (Ferris State University-Plastics Engineering Technology), Pre-Engineering Design Technology, A.A. (Western Michigan University), Pre-Manufacturing Engineering Technology, A.A. (Western Michigan University),
People Soft Course ID Number: 101427
Course CIP Code: 15.9999

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: Yes
If yes, with which high schools?: Allegan County Area Tech Center, Kent Career Technical Center
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: Yes
If yes, with which Companies?: Industrial Mainentance Pilot Program Training at Autocam, Cascade Engineering, Haworth and Gentex Corporations