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Electricity and MagnetismLaajuus (3 cr)

Code: TKV22EL01

Credits

3 op

Objective

The student:
- knows the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism
- knows how to analyze simple DC circuits.

Content

Charges, Coulomb's law and electric fields
Potential and voltage
Current, resistance, Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws
Electrical power and energy
Potential in electrical circuits
Voltage sources

Application according to specific education may occur.

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

- Knows the interactions between electricity and magnetism
- Knows how voltage sources and resistors act in a circuit
- Can calculate the resistance of a conductor
- Can calculate the heat effect in a resistor
- Can calculate currents and voltages in simple circuits
- Can calculate voltage and current using resistances

Assessment criteria, good (3)

- Can calculate resistance for serial and parallel connections
- Can take into account the internal resistance in a voltage source
- Can calculate potential in circuits
- Can calculate currents with the help of Kirchoff laws.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- Can calculate currents in a circuit with the help of superposition of voltage sources
- Can calculate currents and voltages for Y- and deltaconnected resistances
- Can optimize power for DC-circuits.

Materials

Course notes or similar material with theory and exercises
Course literature

Enrollment

01.12.2024 - 02.03.2025

Timing

03.03.2025 - 04.05.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

Teaching languages
  • Svenska
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Civil and Construction Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Mechanical and Production Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering and Automation
  • Degree Programme in Industrial Management
Teachers
  • Jan Berglund
Teacher in charge

Kaj Rintanen

Groups
  • MAP24D-V
    Ingenjör (YH), maskin- och produktionsteknik, 2024 dagstudier

Objective

The student:
- knows the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism
- knows how to analyze simple DC circuits.

Content

Charges, Coulomb's law and electric fields
Potential and voltage
Current, resistance, Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws
Electrical power and energy
Potential in electrical circuits
Voltage sources

Application according to specific education may occur.

Materials

Course notes or similar material with theory and exercises
Course literature

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

- Knows the interactions between electricity and magnetism
- Knows how voltage sources and resistors act in a circuit
- Can calculate the resistance of a conductor
- Can calculate the heat effect in a resistor
- Can calculate currents and voltages in simple circuits
- Can calculate voltage and current using resistances

Assessment criteria, good (3)

- Can calculate resistance for serial and parallel connections
- Can take into account the internal resistance in a voltage source
- Can calculate potential in circuits
- Can calculate currents with the help of Kirchoff laws.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- Can calculate currents in a circuit with the help of superposition of voltage sources
- Can calculate currents and voltages for Y- and deltaconnected resistances
- Can optimize power for DC-circuits.

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

01.12.2024 - 02.03.2025

Timing

01.03.2025 - 23.04.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

Teaching languages
  • Svenska
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Civil and Construction Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Mechanical and Production Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering and Automation
  • Degree Programme in Industrial Management
Teachers
  • Jan Berglund
Teacher in charge

Niklas Kallenberg

Groups
  • PRE24D-V
    Ingenjör (YH), produktionsekonomi, 2024 dagstudier

Objective

The student:
- knows the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism
- knows how to analyze simple DC circuits.

Content

Charges, Coulomb's law and electric fields
Potential and voltage
Current, resistance, Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws
Electrical power and energy
Potential in electrical circuits
Voltage sources

Application according to specific education may occur.

Materials

Course notes or similar material with theory and exercises
Course literature

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

- Knows the interactions between electricity and magnetism
- Knows how voltage sources and resistors act in a circuit
- Can calculate the resistance of a conductor
- Can calculate the heat effect in a resistor
- Can calculate currents and voltages in simple circuits
- Can calculate voltage and current using resistances

Assessment criteria, good (3)

- Can calculate resistance for serial and parallel connections
- Can take into account the internal resistance in a voltage source
- Can calculate potential in circuits
- Can calculate currents with the help of Kirchoff laws.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- Can calculate currents in a circuit with the help of superposition of voltage sources
- Can calculate currents and voltages for Y- and deltaconnected resistances
- Can optimize power for DC-circuits.

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

30.11.2023 - 03.03.2024

Timing

04.03.2024 - 05.05.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

Teaching languages
  • Svenska
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Civil and Construction Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Mechanical and Production Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering and Automation
  • Degree Programme in Industrial Management
Teachers
  • Jan Berglund
Teacher in charge

Kaj Rintanen

Groups
  • MAP23D-V
    Ingenjör (YH), maskin- och produktionsteknik, 2023 dagstudier

Objective

The student:
- knows the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism
- knows how to analyze simple DC circuits.

Content

Charges, Coulomb's law and electric fields
Potential and voltage
Current, resistance, Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws
Electrical power and energy
Potential in electrical circuits
Voltage sources

Application according to specific education may occur.

Location and time

Period 4 academic year 2023-2024

Materials

Compendium.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Practical calculation
Simulations
Self studies

Exam schedules

April 2024.

Completion alternatives

Written exam.

Student workload

Altogether 81 hours, of which 36 hours are given as classroom education.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

- Knows the interactions between electricity and magnetism
- Knows how voltage sources and resistors act in a circuit
- Can calculate the resistance of a conductor
- Can calculate the heat effect in a resistor
- Can calculate currents and voltages in simple circuits
- Can calculate voltage and current using resistances

Assessment criteria, good (3)

- Can calculate resistance for serial and parallel connections
- Can take into account the internal resistance in a voltage source
- Can calculate potential in circuits
- Can calculate currents with the help of Kirchoff laws.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- Can calculate currents in a circuit with the help of superposition of voltage sources
- Can calculate currents and voltages for Y- and deltaconnected resistances
- Can optimize power for DC-circuits.

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam consists of questions from the different sections.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Less than 33,3 % points from the written exam.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Grade 1: 33,3 % - 47,2 % of total points.
Grade 2: 47,3 % - 61,1 % of total points.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Grade 3: 61,2 % - 74,9 % of total points.
Grade 4: 75,0 % - 88,8 % of total points.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

88,8% of total points or more.

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

03.02.2024 - 03.03.2024

Timing

03.03.2024 - 05.05.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

Teaching languages
  • Svenska
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Civil and Construction Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Mechanical and Production Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering and Automation
  • Degree Programme in Industrial Management
Teachers
  • Jan Berglund
Teacher in charge

Jan Berglund

Groups
  • PRE23D-V
    Ingenjör (YH), produktionsekonomi, 2023 dagstudier

Objective

The student:
- knows the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism
- knows how to analyze simple DC circuits.

Content

Charges, Coulomb's law and electric fields
Potential and voltage
Current, resistance, Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws
Electrical power and energy
Potential in electrical circuits
Voltage sources

Application according to specific education may occur.

Location and time

Period 4 academic year 2023-2024

Materials

Compendium.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Practical calculation
Simulations
Self studies

Exam schedules

April 2024.

Completion alternatives

Written exam.

Student workload

Altogether 81 hours, of which 36 hours are given as classroom education.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

- Knows the interactions between electricity and magnetism
- Knows how voltage sources and resistors act in a circuit
- Can calculate the resistance of a conductor
- Can calculate the heat effect in a resistor
- Can calculate currents and voltages in simple circuits
- Can calculate voltage and current using resistances

Assessment criteria, good (3)

- Can calculate resistance for serial and parallel connections
- Can take into account the internal resistance in a voltage source
- Can calculate potential in circuits
- Can calculate currents with the help of Kirchoff laws.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- Can calculate currents in a circuit with the help of superposition of voltage sources
- Can calculate currents and voltages for Y- and deltaconnected resistances
- Can optimize power for DC-circuits.

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam consists of questions from the different sections.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Less than 33,3 % points from the written exam.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Grade 1: 33,3 % - 47,2 % of total points.
Grade 2: 47,3 % - 61,1 % of total points.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Grade 3: 61,2 % - 74,9 % of total points.
Grade 4: 75,0 % - 88,8 % of total points.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

88,8% of total points or more.

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

01.12.2022 - 06.03.2023

Timing

06.03.2023 - 30.04.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

Teaching languages
  • Svenska
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Civil and Construction Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Mechanical and Production Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering and Automation
  • Degree Programme in Industrial Management
Teachers
  • Jan Berglund
Teacher in charge

Kaj Rintanen

Groups
  • MAP22D-V
    Ingenjör (YH), maskin- och produktionsteknik, 2022 dagstudier

Objective

The student:
- knows the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism
- knows how to analyze simple DC circuits.

Content

Charges, Coulomb's law and electric fields
Potential and voltage
Current, resistance, Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws
Electrical power and energy
Potential in electrical circuits
Voltage sources

Application according to specific education may occur.

Location and time

Period 4 academic year 2022-2023

Materials

Compendium.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Practical calculation
Simulations
Self studies

Exam schedules

April 2023.

Completion alternatives

Written exam.

Student workload

Altogether 81 hours, of which 36 hours are given as classroom education.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

- Knows the interactions between electricity and magnetism
- Knows how voltage sources and resistors act in a circuit
- Can calculate the resistance of a conductor
- Can calculate the heat effect in a resistor
- Can calculate currents and voltages in simple circuits
- Can calculate voltage and current using resistances

Assessment criteria, good (3)

- Can calculate resistance for serial and parallel connections
- Can take into account the internal resistance in a voltage source
- Can calculate potential in circuits
- Can calculate currents with the help of Kirchoff laws.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- Can calculate currents in a circuit with the help of superposition of voltage sources
- Can calculate currents and voltages for Y- and deltaconnected resistances
- Can optimize power for DC-circuits.

Assessment methods and criteria

The written exam has four questions with six points each. A total of 24 points. All questions are calculations.
Six points in a task require complete calculation with the right values ​​and the right answer.
Points are given for correct thinking, carelessness gives deductions.
The home exercises can give a maximum of six points extra.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Less than 33,3 % points from the written exam.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Grade 1: 33,3 % - 47,2 % of total points.
Grade 2: 47,3 % - 61,1 % of total points.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Grade 3: 61,2 % - 74,9 % of total points.
Grade 4: 75,0 % - 88,8 % of total points.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

88,8% of total points or more.

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Enrollment

01.12.2022 - 03.03.2023

Timing

04.03.2023 - 30.04.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

Teaching languages
  • Svenska
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Civil and Construction Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Mechanical and Production Engineering
  • Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering and Automation
  • Degree Programme in Industrial Management
Teachers
  • Jan Berglund
Groups
  • PRE22D-V
    Ingenjör (YH), produktionsekonomi, 2022 dagstudier

Objective

The student:
- knows the basic concepts of electricity and magnetism
- knows how to analyze simple DC circuits.

Content

Charges, Coulomb's law and electric fields
Potential and voltage
Current, resistance, Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws
Electrical power and energy
Potential in electrical circuits
Voltage sources

Application according to specific education may occur.

Location and time

Period 4 academic year 2022-2023

Materials

Compendium.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Practical calculation
Simulations
Self studies

Exam schedules

April 2023.

Completion alternatives

Written exam.

Student workload

Altogether 81 hours, of which 36 hours are given as classroom education.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

- Knows the interactions between electricity and magnetism
- Knows how voltage sources and resistors act in a circuit
- Can calculate the resistance of a conductor
- Can calculate the heat effect in a resistor
- Can calculate currents and voltages in simple circuits
- Can calculate voltage and current using resistances

Assessment criteria, good (3)

- Can calculate resistance for serial and parallel connections
- Can take into account the internal resistance in a voltage source
- Can calculate potential in circuits
- Can calculate currents with the help of Kirchoff laws.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- Can calculate currents in a circuit with the help of superposition of voltage sources
- Can calculate currents and voltages for Y- and deltaconnected resistances
- Can optimize power for DC-circuits.

Assessment methods and criteria

The written exam has four questions with six points each. A total of 24 points. All questions are calculations.
Six points in a task require complete calculation with the right values ​​and the right answer.
Points are given for correct thinking, carelessness gives deductions.
The home exercises can give a maximum of six points extra.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Less than 33,3 % points from the written exam.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Grade 1: 33,3 % - 47,2 % of total points.
Grade 2: 47,3 % - 61,1 % of total points.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Grade 3: 61,2 % - 74,9 % of total points.
Grade 4: 75,0 % - 88,8 % of total points.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

88,8% of total points or more.

Qualifications

No prerequisites