EET 3700 - Methods in Circuit Analysis
Fall 2026 Syllabus, Section 01, CRN 41340,
Credit hours: 3
Course Meeting Times
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Instructor
Daniel Opalewski
Email: djopalewski@ysu.edu
Course Description
3700. Methods in Circuit Analysis. Review of circuit analysis techniques using phasor algebra; mesh and nodal analysis; Thevenin and Norton equivalents; superposition theorem; three phase circuits; circuit solutions using matrix methods; and Fourier analysis of periodic waveforms with applications to circuit analysis. Two hours lecture and three hours computational lab per week. Prereq.: Grade of C or better in EET 3710 and EET 3710L and EET 3712 and EET 3712L and EET 3715 and MATH 1570 or MATH 1571. Prereq. or Coreq.: MATH 2670. 3 s.h.
Course Readings
| Group | Title | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 7th ed | Charles K. Alexander, Matthew N.O. Sadiku | 978-1-260-22640-9 |
Or you may get the loose leaf edition...
The course readings are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, research developments, current events, and/or to ensure better learning.
Assignments/Assessments
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Proposed Textbook Chapters
| Day | Date | Reading(s) | Proposed Topic | Due/To Prepare for Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | 8/25 | Basic Concepts, Chpt 1 | SI, Charge and Current, Voltage, Power | |
| Thu | 8/27 | Computational Lab: Intro MatLab | ||
| Tue | 9/1 | Basic Laws, Chpt 2 | Ohm's Law, Kirchoff's Law, Resisters in series and parallel, current and voltage division, delta Wye | |
| Thu | 9/3 | Computational Lab: Kirchoff's laws, Voltage and Current Division | ||
| Tue | 9/8 | Methods of Analysis, Chpt 3 | Nodal, Mesh Analysis | |
| Thu | 9/10 | Computational Lab: Nodal and Mesh Analysis | ||
| Tue | 9/15 | Circuit Theorems, Chpt 4 | Linear Property, Superposition, Source Transformation, Thevenin's Theorem, Norton, Theorem | |
| Thu | 9/17 | Computational Lab for Circuit Theorems | ||
| Tue | 9/22 | Quiz 1 review | ||
| Thu | 9/24 | Quiz 1 | ||
| Tue | 9/29 | Capacitors and Inductors, Chpt 6 | Capacitors, Inductors, series and parallel | |
| Thu | 10/1 | Comp[utational Lab: integrator, Differentiator, Analog Computer | ||
| Tue | 10/6 | Sinusoids and Phasors, Chpt 9 | AC phasorsSeries and parallel combinations, frequency and time domain | |
| Thu | 10/8 | Computational lab: Kirchoff's Laws in Frequency Domain | ||
| Tue | 10/13 | Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis, Chpt 10 | AC, Nodal and Mesh Analysis | |
| Thu | 10/15 | Computational Lab: Superposition, Thevenin and Norton | ||
| Tue | 10/20 | Three-Phase Circuits, Chpt 12 | Three Phase AC, Nodal and Mesh Analysis, Delta Wye | |
| Thu | 10/22 | Computational Lab: Blalanced Wye-Wye, Wye-Delta, Delta-Delta... | ||
| Tue | 10/27 | More Three-Phase Circuits, Chpt 12 | More example of three phase Analysis | |
| Thu | 10/29 | Computational Lab: Three-Phase | ||
| Tue | 11/3 | Quiz 2 Review | ||
| Thu | 11/5 | Quiz 2 | ||
| Tue | 11/10 | Magnetically Couple Circuits | Mutual Inductance, Linear Transforms Ideal and Auto-transformers | |
| Thu | 11/12 | Computational Lab: Magnetic circuits | ||
| Tue | 11/17 | More Three-Phase Circuits, Chpt 12 | AC more Three-Phase circuits with MATLAB | |
| Thu | 11/19 | Computation Lab, MATLAB | ||
| Tue | 11/24 | More Three-Phase Circuits, Chpt 12 | Finish Chapter 12 Three-Phase Circuits | |
| Thu | 11/26 | holiday | ||
| Tue | 12/1 | Final Review | ||
| Thu | 12/3 | Makeup Lab | ||
| Tue | 12/8 | Final Week |
The course schedule, policies, procedures, and assignments in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, by mutual agreement, and/or to ensure better learning.