Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Electric Circuits BMM205 Turkish Compulsory 3. Semester 2 + 2 3.0 5.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Pınar Deniz TOSUN, Öğr. Gör. Gülsüm YILDIRIZ
Instructor(s) Öğr. Gör. Gülsüm YILDIRIZ (Güz)
Goals To help students learn Direct-Current (DC) and Alternative-Current (AC) circuits and basic electric circuits elements along with their characteristics, calculate current and in such electric circuits by using basic electric circuit laws, moreover, help them to learn basic electric circuit elements, measure electrical quantities, such as resistor and capacitors, and voltage, current in Direct-Current (DC) and Alternative-Current (AC) circuits, validate basic electric circuit laws experimentally.
Course Content
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Learning resistor, capacitor and ınductor
2 Learning Direct-Current (DC) and Alternative-Current (AC) circuits and basic electric circuits elements along with their characteristics, calculating current and in such electric circuits by using basic electric circuit laws
3 Learning basic electric circuit elements, measure electrical quantities, such as resistor and capacitors, and voltage, current in Direct-Current (DC) and Alternative-Current (AC) circuits, validate basic electric circuit laws experimentally.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Electrical energy, conductors, insulators, and semi-conductors. Laboratory orientation
2. Week Basic electric circuits elements. Introduction to measuring instruments
3. Week Voltage and current. Short circuit, open circuit and close circuits. Introduction to resistors, capacitors, inductors and measuring their values
4. Week Ohm law. How to use a breadboard
5. Week Serial circuits and Kirchoff voltage law. Creating electric circuits on a breadboard
6. Week Parallel circuits and Kirchoff current law. Validating Ohm Law by measuring voltage and current via a multi-meter
7. Week Serial-parallel circuits. Experimental observation of short-circuit, open circuit, and closed circuit
8. Week Series and parallel circuits, theoretical applications of Kirchoff's Laws
9. Week Voltage and current sources. Validating Kirchoff Voltage Law by measuring voltage in a serial circuit
10. Week Power and energy in DC circuits. Validating Kirchoff Current Law by measuring current in a parallel circuit
11. Week AC circuits, amplitude, frequency and phase difference. Measurements in serial-parallel circuits.
12. Week Effective value and average value. Signal generator and oscilloscope
13. Week Calculation of impedance and reactance in AC circuits. Measuring amplitude, frequency and phase shift through a oscilloscope
14. Week Implementation of Ohm Law in AC circuits Measuring voltage and current in AC circuits
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
No Program Requirements Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 To gain students application skills in the field of Biomedical Engineering by making them use knowledge in health sciences and engineering
2 To provide development and design skills of all components or single component of a medical device, software or product used in medical field to students under the realistic conditions
3 To provide identification, modeling and solving skills by engineering approaches of a problem observed in medicine
4 To use up-to-date hardware and software efficiently.
6 To gain ability of working with health professionals and individually.
8 Awareness of necessity of life-long learning ; to gain ability to reach the knowledge, following the recent developments in science and technology and continously self renovating.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3
PY1 4 4 4
PY2 3 3 3
PY3 3 3 3
PY4 4 4 4
PY6 4 4 4
PY8 4 4 4
Recommended Sources
Ders Kitabı veya Notu
Diğer Kaynaklar
  • .Electric Circuits- Nilsson, Riedel- Palme Yayıncılık
  • Thomas, R. E., Rosa, A. J., ‘The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits’, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1998.
  • Dorf, R. C., Svoboda J. A. ‘Introduction to Electric Circuit’ John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi
Class Hours 14 4 56
Ders Dışı
Preparation, After Class Study 1 15 15
Research 1 7.5 7.5
Practice 5 2 10
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 2 2
Homework 1 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Practice 1 20 20
Total Workload 127.5
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 5.0