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    Nov 21, 2024  
MCCC College Catalog 2023-2024 
    
MCCC College Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ELEC 125 - Fundamentals of Electricity


Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 4
Prerequisites: MATH 090  and RDG 090  or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests and one year high school algebra.
Session Cycle: FWSU

This course is designed as a survey for electronics majors and non-majors. It covers safety, basic electrical theory (AC and DC), Ohm’s Law, reading schematic drawings, electrical component identification and functions, sources of electrical power, motors, power distribution, and basic solid-state devices. Laboratory exercises will include measurement of resistance, voltage, and current with analog and digital meters, basic oscilloscope use, relays and transformers, circuit design and construction, and component testing. Student must have one year of high school algebra.