KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE



KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

CLASS ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE

ELT 102-APPLIED ELECTRICITY

SPRING 2006

INSTRUCTOR: Tom Keena

Office: 5720

Office Hours: As posted and by appointment

Office Phone: 269-488-4166

Office e-mail: tkeena@kvcc.edu

TEXTBOOKS REQUIRED: Delmar’s Standard Textbook of Electricity (third edition)

Stephen L Herman, 2004, Delmar Publishers

A scientific calculator will be needed

PREREQUISITE: Minimum 70% on Math Academic Evaluation #1; Corequisite: Math 106

COURSE ORGANIZATION:

This course meets two times a week for sixteen weeks, with the final exam during the final week. This is a four-credit lecture/lab course in basic electrical theory and practice for the beginning electrician. This course covers: what electricity is, basic AC and DC circuits, Ohm’s law, Kirchoff’s law, inductance, capacitance, reactance, impedance, operation and use of electrical meters, three-phase current, voltage and power. Electrical safety, operation of transformers, energy and power are also covered. Lab experiences reinforce the above concepts.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student:

1. Knows basic concepts of atomic structure.

1. Lists the three main parts of an atom.

2. States the law of charges.

3. States the law of centrifugal force.

4. Describes the difference between conductors and insulators.

2. Knows basic concepts of electronic quantities.

2.1 Defines a coulomb.

2.2 Defines an amp.

2.3 Defines a volt.

2.4 Defines an ohm.

2.5 Defines a watt.

6. Defines a siemen.

7. Defines a joule.

2.8 States Ohm’s law.

2.9 Selects proper Ohm’s law formula from a chart.

3. Knows basic concepts of static electricity.

3.1 Describes static electricity.

3.2 Defines an electroscope.

3.3 Describes static electricity in nature.

3.4 States nuisance static charges.

5. States useful static charges.

4. Applies resistor value concepts.

4.1 Names the major types of fixed resistors.

4.2 Identifies resistor limitations.

4.3 Interprets the proper resistor color code chart.

4.4 Calculates the resistance value, in ohms, of the resistor.

4.5 Calculates tolerance values of the resistor.

4.6 Interprets the proper wattage of the resistor.

4.7 Computes correct values using chart.

5. Knows electrical symbols and schematics.

5.1 Identifies series circuits.

5.2 Identifies parallel circuits.

5.3 Identifies combination circuits.

5.4 Identifies resistors.

5.5 Identifies capacitors.

5.6 Identifies inductors.

6. Recognizes electrical safety.

1. Identifies electrical hazards.

2. Identifies unsafe practices.

3. Identifies safe practices.

7. Knows basic concepts and principles of magnetism.

1. Describes the properties of permanent magnets.

2. Defines electromagnetism.

3. Defines the operation of electromagnets.

8. Knows specific facts about circuits.

1. Identifies a series circuit.

2. States the rules of a series circuit.

3. Identifies a parallel circuit.

4. States the rules of a parallel circuit.

5. Identifies a combination circuit.

6. States Kirchoff’s law.

9. Knows basic circuit rules.

1. States the three rules for solving series circuits.

2. States the three rules for solving parallel circuits.

10. Solves series circuit problems.

10.1 Calculates voltage values.

10.2 Calculates current values.

10.3 Calculates resistance values.

10.4 Calculates power values.

11. Solves parallel circuit problems.

11.1 Calculates voltage values.

11.2 Calculates current values.

11.3 Calculates resistance values.

11.4 Calculates power values.

12. Solves combination circuit problems.

12.1 Calculates values using series and parallel rules.

12.2 Calculates voltage values.

12.3 Calculates current values.

12.4 Calculates resistance values.

12.5 Calculates power values.

13. Knows the basic concepts and principles of conductors and insulators.

13.1 Identifies insulation characteristics.

13.2 Identifies conductor characteristics.

13.3 Determines resistance of long lengths of conductors.

13.4 Selects a conductor from the appropriate wire tables.

14. Comprehends the basic operation of reactive elements in both AC and DC circuits.

14.1 Distinguishes between AC and DC circuits.

14.2 Distinguishes between resistance and reactance.

14.3 Predicts resistance in a DC circuit.

14.4 Predicts reactance in an AC circuit

14.5 Predicts impedance in an AC circuit.

14.6 Predicts peak values for a given sine wave.

14.7 Predicts RMS values for a given sine wave.

14.8 Predicts Average values for a given sine wave.

15. Knows the basic concepts of an electric motor or generator.

15.1 Describes magnetic induction.

15.2 Defines inductance.

15.3 Defines inductive reactance.

16. Applies laws and theories of inductance to practical situations.

16.1 Computes values of inductance.

16.2 Computes values of inductive reactance.

17. Knows the basic concepts of capacitance.

17.1 Defines capacitance.

17.2 Defines capacitive reactance.

18. Applies laws and theories of capacitance to practical situations.

18.1 Computes values of capacitance.

18.2 Computes values of capacitive reactance.

19. Comprehends the basic concepts of power systems.

19.1 Explains a transformer.

19.2 Explains a single-phase system.

19.3 Explains a three-phase system.

19.4 Distinguishes between single-phase and three-phase systems.

19.5 Explains a vector.

19.6 Explains a vector diagram.

20. Applies laws and theories of power systems to practical situations.

20.1 Calculates values for single-phase systems.

20.2 Calculates values for three-phase systems.

COURSE CONDUCT:

The student is expected to attend all class sessions. Homework is due on the assigned date and may also be turned in at the faculty reception desk (make sure they stamp it with the correct date). All tests are closed texts and notes. You may use scratch paper and a calculator. There are NO MAKE-UP TESTS given, except under extremely unusual conditions, and only at my discretion. In this event, a phone call (to my office that same day, or before, with an explanation) is mandatory. Otherwise, if you miss a test, that score will be a zero. If for any reason class is cancelled on the day of a test, the test will be given at the next CLASS meeting. The student is responsible for the completion of all lab work. Please try not to disturb fellow classmates with cell phones, beepers, etc.

LABORATORY CONDUCT:

The student is expected to attend all lab sessions. Students may not leave the laboratory session unless excused by the instructor. Students are responsible for the completion of the project before the end of the laboratory session. There are NO MAKE-UP SESSIONS for the individual labs, but at the end of the semester the lowest score will be eliminated. All tools, wire, trainers, test equipment, etc., must be returned to the proper storage location prior to leaving the laboratory session.

Take home lab tests WILL NOT be accepted unless the electronic lab is completed during the appropriate lab session. All lab tests are due two weeks after the electronic lab is completed unless otherwise noted.

LABORATORY GRADING:

Written tests (take home)…………….50%

Electronic lab (computer graded)……..50%

COURSE GRADE COMPONENTS:

Tests…………….50%

Laboratory ……..40%

Homework………10%

COURSE GRADING CRITERIA:

90-100%= 4.0 70-74% = 2.0

85-89% = 3.5 65-69% = 1.5

80-84% = 3.0 60-64% = 1.0

75-79% = 2.5 0- 59% = 0.0

Be sure you understand the grading policy. If you have any questions, please ask.

If for some reason you are unable to complete this course, please make sure to contact me so that we can discuss all of your available options. Failure to do so will obligate me to assign you a grade of 0.0, which will become part of your permanent record, including your G.P.A.

FINAL DAY FOR WITHDRAWING FROM THIS COURSE: April 21, 2006, by 5:00 p.m.

CHEATING POLICY: See attached K.V.C.C. Academic Dishonesty Policy.

Academic Dishonesty

Students of the College are expected to be honest and forthright in their academic endeavors. To falsify the results on one’s research, to steal the words or ideas of another, or to cheat on an examination corrupts the essential process by which knowledge is advanced.

Students are, of course, expected to do their own work in all assignments and examinations. Dishonesty in academic work is considered a serious offense by the College community.

CHEATING - Cheating is an act of deception by which a student misrepresents that he/she has mastered information on an academic exercise that he/she has not mastered.

Examples:

1. Copying from another student’s test paper.

2. Allowing another student to copy from a test paper.

3. Collaborating during a test with any other person by receiving information without authority.

4. Using specifically prepared materials during a test, e.g. notes, formula lists, notes written on the student’s clothing, etc.

Academic Misconduct - Academic misconduct is the intentional violation of college policies by tampering with grades or taking part in obtaining or distributing any part of an unadministered test.

Examples:

1. Stealing, buying, or otherwise obtaining all or part of an unadministered test.

2. Selling or giving away all or part of an unadministered test including answers to an unadministered test.

3. Bribing any other person to obtain an unadministered test or any information about the test.

4. Changing, altering, or being an accessory to the changing and/or altering of a grade in a grade book, on a test, a “change of grade” form, or other official academic records of the college that relate to grades.

5. Entering a building or office for the purpose of obtaining an unadministered test.

Fabrication - Fabrication is the intentional use of invented information or the falsification of research or other findings with the intent to deceive.

Examples:

1. Citation of information not taken from the source indicated.

2. Listing sources in a bibliography not used in the academic exercise.

3. Inventing data or source information for research or other academic exercise.

4. Submitting as your own any academic exercise.

5. Taking a test for someone else or permitting someone to take a test for you.

Plagiarism - Plagiarism is the use of someone else’s work in writing, speech, program, art, photograph, drawing, chart, or graphic without acknowledging that person’s help.

Any student who fails to give credit for ideas and material taken from others for either written or oral presentation is guilty of plagiarism. Careful acknowledgments of sources enhance course work and are an important value in the academic community.

In writing and speaking - Plagiarism in writing and speech is the use of the words of another (whether quoted exactly or quoted with a few words changed) without telling the reader that those words are not original. Obligation to reveal sources extends beyond the words of another and includes the use of facts, ideas, concepts, analyses, and special methods of organization that have been taken from another source.

In programming - Plagiarism in programming and other computer courses occurs when a student does not use his/her own analogy, algorithms, code or style to produce a computer program. The analogy is the thought process used to solve the problem. The algorithm is the method of writing down the analogy. The code is all of the program language statements that perform the algorithm.

Degrees Of Plagiarism -

1. Attempted but improper methods of recognition (a student has not attempted theft or dishonesty), so, while this is plagiarism, it is not as serious as:

2. Deliberate plagiarism - turning in someone else’s paper, having someone else write substantial parts of the paper, and/or summarizing, paraphrasing or quoting sources without giving credit.

Any student who is found, after appropriate investigation, to have engaged in an act of academic dishonesty will be subject to discipline up to and including suspension.

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