ASSIGNMENTS:
Posted weekly by Friday and due by the following Sunday.

MIDTERM EXAM:
Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 13:30 - 14:20, WMC 3520 (revised)
Wednesday, November 15, 2017, 12:30 - 14:20, WMC 3520

LAB TESTS:
Friday, October 27, 2017, 9:30 - 16:50
Friday, December 1, 2017, 9:30 - 16:50

FINAL EXAM:
Saturday, December 16, 2017, 12:00 noon - 15:00 RCB IMAGTH RC Brown

FAS policy on mid-terms and finals is described in Section 5.7 of the FAS Handbook.
Academic honesty and plagiarism

GRADING:
Assignments 15%, Laboratory 15%, Laboratory test no. 1 5%, Laboratory test no. 2 5%, Midterm no. 1 10%, Midterm no. 2 10%, and Final 40%.
Click here to see your grade and midterm exam 1, midterm exam 2, final exam, and the overall scores distribution charts.

TEXTBOOKS:

• Any of the books listed below may be used for the course. They will be available through the library reserve. They are listed in alphabetical order:
  • Norman Balabanian, Electric Circuits, McGraw Hill, New York, NY, 1994. (4 hours)
    Errata page
  • Raymond A. DeCarlo and Pen-Min Lin, Linear Circuit Analysis: Time Domain, Phasors, and Laplace Transforms Approaches, 2/e, Oxford University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001. (4 hours)
  • James W. Nilsson and Susan A. Riedel, Electric Circuits Revisited and PSpice Supplement Package, 10/e, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2015. (4 hours)
  • Michael Reed and Ron Rohrer, Applied Introductory Circuit Analysis, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999. (4 hours)
  • Roland E. Thomas, Albert J. Rosa, and Gregory J. Toussaint, The Analysis and Design of Linear Circuits, 8e, John Wiley, 2015. (4 hours)

• Additional references on the same topic. Listed in alphabetical order:
  • Artice M. Davis, Linear Circuit Analysis, PWS Publishing Co., Boston, MA 1998. (24 hours)
  • Richard C. Dorf and James A. Svoboda, Introduction to Electric Circuits (Fourth edition), John Wiley & Sons, 1998. (24 hours)
  • Joseph Edminster and Mahmood Nahvi, McGraw Hill, New York, NY, 1996. (24 hours)
  • Sergio Franco, Electric Circuits Fundamentals, Oxford University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1995. (24 hours)

• A great source of interesting information:
  • Richard M. White and Roger W. Doering, Electrical Engineering Uncovered, 1/e, Prentice Hall, Englewood, Cliffs, NJ, 1997. (3 days)

Check the status of the books on reserve for ENSC 220.

SCHEDULE:
Lectures:
Monday, 12:30 - 14:20, WMC 3520
Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:20, WMC 3520
Ljiljana Trajkovic ljilja at cs.sfu.ca

Tutorial:
Wednesday, 13:30 - 14:20, WMC 3520
Ljiljana Trajkovic ljilja at cs.sfu.ca

Labs:
ENSC 9800 Laboratories (open lab)
LA01: Thursday, 14:30 - 16:50, Zhida Li, zhidal at sfu.ca
LA02: Friday, 09:30 - 11:50, Mike Hegedus mhegedus at sfu.ca
LA03: Friday, 12:00 noon - 14:20, cancelled
LA04: Friday, 14:30 - 16:50, Devarshi Patel dpa37 at sfu.ca

PROFESSOR:

• Ljiljana Trajkovic
  ASB 9811
  Tel.: (778) 782-3998
  ljilja at cs.sfu.ca
  Office hours:
  Monday, 14:30 - 16:30, Starbucks - West Mall Building
  Tuesday, 17:30 - 19:30, Starbucks - Cornerstone
  Wednesday, 14:30 - 16:30, Starbucks - West Mall Building

TEACHING ASSISTANTS:

• Mike Hegedus
  mhegedus at sfu.ca
  Lab LA02: Friday, 09:30 - 11:50
  Lab assistance: LA04 Friday, 14:30 - 16:50
  Office hours: If you would like to speak to a TA or have any questions, please contact Mike (mhegedus at sfu.ca). Please suggest a time you are available, and he willl meet you in person at your convenience. His office is located in ASB 8848, and he is generally free all week, excluding Tuesday afternoons.

• Zhida Li
  zhidal at sfu.ca
  Lab LA01: Thursday, 14:30 - 16:50
  Lab assistance: None
  Office hours: Tuesday, 17:00 - 18:00; Thursday, 17:00 - 18:00 (Lab)

• Devarshi Patel
  dpa37 at sfu.ca
  Lab LA04: Friday, 14:30 - 16:50
  Lab assistance: None
  Office hours: Monday 9:30 - 11:30 (Lab)

LABORATORY STAFF:

• Laboratory Technician:
  Fred Heep
  ASB 9856
  Tel.: (778) 782-4629
  heep at sfu.ca
  Store hours: M - F 9:00 - 10:0, 11:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 16:00.

LABORATORIES:

The Labs were adopted (with minor changes) from the old ENSC 125 course.
Credits for their design are due to the past instructors of ENSC 125.

TUTORIAL:

PUZZLES:

Please let me know if you have a puzzle of your own and I will gladly add it to the list.

WEB SITES OF INTEREST:

INFO:

• AUDIO RECORDING of ENSC 220 LECTURES:
  Audio and video recordings of ENSC 220 lectures are available online.

• ENSC 220 NOTES:
  Lecture notes will be made available in Fall 2017. Students taking the course are also kindly advised to refer to the recommended texts.

• ENSC 220 URL:
  http://www.ensc.sfu.ca/people/faculty/ljilja/ENSC220/

• ENSC 220 MAILING LIST:
  ensc-220 at sfu.ca

• ENSC 220 CANVAS:
  ENSC220_Fall_2017

• SAMPLES of PAST ENSC 220 EXAMS:
  List of PDF files