10605112AC/DC Electronics 1
Course Information
Description
Covers basic concepts of electric circuits including:  Ohm’s Law; Kirchhoff’s Voltage, and Current Laws; power calculations; and components such as resistors, switches, fuses, conductors, insulators, capacitors, inductors, relays, and other basic electronic components. Also covers use of test equipment.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Adhere to national, state, and local industry established safety procedures
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill demonstration, written and/or oral response
    Criteria
    Locate a first-aid kit in your working environment
    Locate fire extinguishers
    Describe the process to access emergency help
    Adhere to warning labels and signs
    Use OSHA certified PPE

  2. Apply established symbols, standards, conventions, and terminology

  3. Explain basic atomic theory as it applies to electronics

  4. Ascertain the elements and properties of a basic electrical circuit

  5. Examine electrical resistance, resistor types, and resistor characteristics

  6. Measure electrical quantities

  7. Analyze voltage, current, resistance and power relationships using Ohm's and Watt's Laws

  8. Explain Kirchhoff’s Voltage, and Current Laws

  9. Analyze series and parallel resistive circuits

  10. Analyze combination series and parallel resistive circuits

  11. Examine AC voltage and the characteristics of AC voltage sources

This Outline is under development.