Development and Delivery of an Electric Circuits Course Featuring Competency Based Assessment for First Year Engineering

• DOI: 10.24908/pceea.vi.15962
• Publication Date: 2022-11-10T15:14:23Z
• Authors: Joel Frey; Elizabeth Adams; Shaobo Huang; Christopher Elash
• Keywords: Network Analysis; Abstraction; Course (navigation)

Most common-core first year engineering programs in Canada include an introduction to electric circuits and electromagnetic physics. The launch of the RE-ENGINEERED program at University Saskatchewan has provided opportunity try something different this arena. includes a “spine” circuit analysis related physics that runs through both semesters year.
 modular highly integrated structure allowed for accelerated courses take advantage timely learning other courses. In fall term, students are introduced direct-current, resistive six-week, fifteen-contact-hour module. winter they experience course which covers electricity, magnetism, capacitance, inductance concepts often taught tandem with basic analysis. then finish term intensive on alternating-current analysis.
 fully adopts competency based assessment system program, uses in-house-developed quizzes tutorials most calculations scaffold solving more complex problems. forgoes hands-on lab component focuses simulation using open-source package. Concurrent math MATLAB introduce required linear algebra just time use problems.
 This paper describes development delivery course, including how outcomes were synthesized used as basis all aspects ensure constructive alignment. Instructor student impressions presented along lessons learned will be applied modify future offerings.