Introduction to Electrical Engineering
7.5 ECTS creditsInstruction is in the form of lectures, supervised exercises and seminars, laboratory sessions and a project.
The basics of electrical engineering
a) Electricity: Coulomb's law, special cases of Gauss's law, potential and capacitance, energy in capacitors, current and resistance, direct current circuits.
b) Magnetism: Definition of magnetic fields, magnetic forces on an electric conductor, torque on a current loop, special cases of Biot-Savart's law, Ampère's law, and Gauss's law.
c) Electromagnetism: Special cases of Faraday's law, self inductance, mutual inductance, energy in inductors, oscillation in a circuit with condensators and inductors.
- a group project on electrical engineering, presented orally and in writing
- measuring principles and measuring methods with electrical instruments
- processing of measurement data
- introduction to different subject areas included in the concept of electrical engineering
- introduction to mechanics from the perspective of electrical engineering, for instance motion in one and two dimensions, laws of motion, and energy and the energy principle
The professional role
- sustainable development and ethics in relation to the professional role of the engineer
- the basics of common digital tools for word processing, calculation and data processing, and presentations
- laboratory work and lab reports
- presentation techniques and report writing
- workplace visits and meetings with working engineers
Study techniques
- introduction to study techniques for the academic level
- the basics of group dynamics and project methodology
- overview of systems for administration and collaboration
The basics of electrical engineering
a) Electricity: Coulomb's law, special cases of Gauss's law, potential and capacitance, energy in capacitors, current and resistance, direct current circuits.
b) Magnetism: Definition of magnetic fields, magnetic forces on an electric conductor, torque on a current loop, special cases of Biot-Savart's law, Ampère's law, and Gauss's law.
c) Electromagnetism: Special cases of Faraday's law, self inductance, mutual inductance, energy in inductors, oscillation in a circuit with condensators and inductors.
- a group project on electrical engineering, presented orally and in writing
- measuring principles and measuring methods with electrical instruments
- processing of measurement data
- introduction to different subject areas included in the concept of electrical engineering
- introduction to mechanics from the perspective of electrical engineering, for instance motion in one and two dimensions, laws of motion, and energy and the energy principle
The professional role
- sustainable development and ethics in relation to the professional role of the engineer
- the basics of common digital tools for word processing, calculation and data processing, and presentations
- laboratory work and lab reports
- presentation techniques and report writing
- workplace visits and meetings with working engineers
Study techniques
- introduction to study techniques for the academic level
- the basics of group dynamics and project methodology
- overview of systems for administration and collaboration
Progressive specialisation:
G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements
General admission requirements and upper secondary level Mathematics 3c/Mathematics D, Physics 2, and Chemistry 1, or equivalent
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Electrical Engineering (studied during year 1)