ELECTRONICS

TECHNICIAN
Bugema University Digital Transformation Center of Excellence
Certification Description

This certificate covers a practical understanding of basic electrical concepts and circuits. Emphasis
placed on the application of the theories that govern electrical and electronic systems. The wide
application possibilities for electrical and electronic systems means that there are a wide range of
physical problems that could be solved with proper design and implementation of electronic circuitry.
Electronic circuitry is widely used in systems such as computers, communication equipment,
automation, transportation, medicine, and consumer electronics. This certification allows certified
electronic technicians the ability to solve simple problems related to the systems listed above.

Objectives

The objective of the certificate is to provide students with the following skillsets:

1. a thorough understanding and practical application of the measurement and instrumentation

systems utilized in this field,
2. a thorough understanding and practical application of Ohm law as it pertains to:
a. voltage,
b. current, and
c. resistance
3. a thorough understanding and practical application of the concepts of energy and power,
4. a thorough understanding and practical application of resistive circuits and their two basic
forms:
a. series,
b. parallel,
5. a thorough understanding and practical application of alternating current and voltage,
6. a thorough understanding and practical application of phasors and complex numbers,
7. a thorough understanding and practical application of passive electrical components:
a. resistors,
b. capacitors,
c. inductors,
8. a thorough understanding and practical application of self-inductance and mutual
inductance,
9. a thorough understanding and practical application of resistive-capacitive (RC) circuits,
10. a thorough understanding and practical application of resistive – inductive (RL) circuits,
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11. a thorough understanding and practical application of resistive – inductive – capacitive (RLC)
circuits.

Content Coverage Timeline

Week Topic(s) Assignment/Lab

1 Assignment –
Instrumentation in the metric
system Lab #1 – Electrical and Electronic
Components and Instrument Identification

2 Assignment –
Fundamental principles of
electricity Lab – Measuring the electrical properties
of components

3 Assignment –
Ohm’s law Lab – Measuring and Calculating current,
voltage, and resistance using Ohm’s Law

4 Assignment –
Energy and power
Lab – Power Supply

5 Assignment –
Series circuits
Lab – Series Circuit

6 Assignment –
Parallel circuits
Lab – Parallel Circuits

7 Assignment –
Series-Parallel circuits
Lab – Series–Parallel Circuits

8 Assignment –

The properties of magnets and

magnetism
Lab – Application of Electromagnetic
Induction
Week Topic(s) Assignment/Lab

9 Assignment –
Alternating current and voltage
Lab – Alternating Current and Voltage

10  Graphical representations Assignment –

of sine wave voltage and
Lab – Lab #10- First order/series RC
currents
circuits
 Capacitors
 First order/series RC
circuits

11  Inductors Assignment –
 First order/series RL
Lab – First order/series RL circuits
circuits

12  First order/parallel RC Assignment –

circuits Lab – First order/parallel RC circuits

13  First order/parallel RL Assignment –

circuits Lab – first order/parallel RL circuits

14 Assignment –
 Second Order/Series-
parallel RLC circuits Lab – Second Order/Series-parallel RLC
circuits

15 REVIEW AND FINAL EXAM