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- Effective Term:
- Spring 2017 through Summer 2021
- Course Number:
- DS 104
- Course Title:
- Fundamentals of Electricity & Electronics
- Credit Hours:
- 6
- Lecture Hours:
- 15
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 90
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students should be able to:
- Apply basic theory of automotive electricity, components, schematics, and controls and how they all relate to make a complete system.
- Diagnose and repair electrical circuits.
- Conduct repairs in an ethical and professional manner, respecting industry safety and environmental guidelines.
- Communicate with coworkers, customers, management and general public in a professional and knowledgeable manner.
Course Activities and Design
This is an outcome-based course utilizing a lecture/lab format. This course includes videos, work books, demonstrations, lectures, and hands on learning.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
• Written multiple choice, true/false and short answer tests.
• Hands on practical tests.
• Daily/weekly/term project portfolio.
• Attendance
• Work ethics
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Acquire knowledge of how and why automotive electricity works.
• Learn automotive electric history and theory.
• Learn how magnetism relates to electricity.
• Learn the relationship of resistance, current, and voltage.
Learn about tools and materials.
• Learn about different meters, test and repair tools.
• Learn and demonstrate the proper care and use of electric diagnostic tooling used in the diesel field.
Learn to identify and read electrical schematics, diagrams and drawings.
• Learn to identify and use diagnostic schematics.
• Learn to identify and use component location drawings.
• Learn to identify and use system diagrams.
Skills in electrical failure diagnosis.
• Learn to recognize failures and their causes.
• Learn the resources available to the technician for research and failure identification.
Practice personal safety.
• Learn and practice personal safety by wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Learn and practice shop cleanliness.
• Learn and practice tool maintenance and safety.
Related Instruction
Computation
Hours: 57- Basic theory of automotive electricity, components, schematics, controls and how they all relate to make a complete system.
- Diagnose and repair electrical circuits.
Activities:
Content (Activities, Skills, Concepts, etc.): provide details or specifics
- Ohm’s law (E=IxR)
- Calculate circuit resistance, amperage and voltage drops.
- Watt’s law (P=IxE )
- Calculate power of a component or circuit.
- Series Circuits
- Parallel Circuits
- Compound Circuits
- Math formulas involved in computing voltage drop, amperage, total resistance and power in different types of electrical circuits for construction or diagnosis.
Communication
Hours: 6Communicate with coworkers, customers, management and general public in a professional and knowledgeable manner.
Activities:
Content (Activities, Skills, Concepts, etc.): provide details or specifics
Develop a portfolio of all work and projects
- Maintain a daily log of activities, classroom lecture notes, lab projects and hand-outs.
Cummins Electronic Engine controls and diagnosis.
- The Cummins engine control project is a team project using two or more students to an engine. They must work together sharing information and work load.
Digital multimeters and attachments
- The digital multimeter project is a team project including work book and hands on tasks.
- These projects include a verbal explanation by the instructor of the project requirement and a verbal explanation by the student of what the project accomplished, the procedure used and where the specifications were found.
- Students are required to contact the dealer involved to research parts or service.