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Course Outlines
Course Outlines

Math for Electricians — MATS 1205

  1. Course Description
    • Credits: 3.00
    • Lecture Hours/Week: 3.00
    • Lab Hours/Week: 0.00
    • OJT Hours/Week: 0
    • Prerequisites: None
    • Corequisites: None
    • MnTC Goals: None
    A first-semester course for students in the Electrical Construction program. Derivation and application of power-wheel formulas; significant figures and engineering notation; circuit analysis using Kirchhoff's laws and systems of equations; right triangle trigonometry with applications; vectors and vector addition; AC sine waves; phasor analysis of an RLC circuit; binary, octal, and hexadecimal number systems; signal distribution; direct and inverse proportions. Prerequisite: MATS0075 or see course details in eServices for more prerequisite information. Attention: This course does not fulfill the union requirement of a year of high school algebra. Students looking to fulfill this requirement should enroll in MATS1300 or MATS1340.
  2. Course Effective Dates: 8/1/02 – Present
  3. Outline of Major Content Areas
      As noted on course syllabus
  4. Learning Outcomes
    1. Apply electrical formulas.
    2. Use engineering notation in electrical calculations with proper consideration of significant figures.
    3. Apply Kirchhoff's laws and system of equations to circuit analysis.
    4. Solve right triangles.
    5. Add vectors, with particular attention to phasor analysis of AC circuits.
    6. Convert among binary, octal, hexadecimal, and decimal numbers.
    7. Work with deciBels to calculate signal losses in cables.
  5. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Goal Area(s) and Competencies
  6. Learner Outcomes Assessment
      As noted on course syllabus
  7. Special Information
      None noted