3145 - Circuits
Course Description
If you're pursuing a P.Eng. licence in Canada, and are required to pass the technical examination in Circuits, this course will improve your chances. It will also help you to refresh and update your knowledge in the field. You'll cover the entire syllabus in a structured learning environment, led by expert instructors through live interactive online webinars and discussion board. Working with other professionals, you'll learn basic theory and principles, solve problems and answer model questions from past exams. You'll emerge prepared to show your knowledge of circuits and how their components interact.
Financial assistance may be available to eligible Ontario residents through the Ontario Bridging Participant Assistance Program (OBPAP) provided by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU). Please email scs.learnerservices@utoronto.ca for details.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain basic electrical concepts, including charge, current, potential, power and energy.
- Use nodal and mesh analysis to solve circuit problems.
- Analyze circuits using sinusoidal inputs, frequency response and transfer functions.
- Use differential equations to analyse circuits in steady state and transient conditions
- Develop techniques to solve circuits including two-port terminals.
Recommendations
You'll need a working knowledge of differential equations, calculus, complex numbers arithmetic and representations, and the physics of electromagnetic entities. Be prepared to spend at least three hours a week on assignments and class preparation.
Dr. Alireza Siadatan holds a B.Sc, Ph.D, and postdoctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Shahid Beheshti University G.C. in Tehran, and was a visiting Ph.D. student at Wisconsin University, Madison in 2012. From 2018 to 2021, Dr. Siadatan was a visiting professor at University of Toronto.