Introduction to basic electrical concepts and laboratory techniques. Topics include voltage, current, resistance, and power; Ohm’s law; and analysis of series, parallel, and series-parallel resistive circuits. Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws are applied to basic circuit evaluation. Students are introduced to elementary mesh and nodal analysis for simple resistive networks. Additional topics include loading effects of meters, capacitors and inductors, DC transients, and RC/RL time constants. The course also provides an introduction to AC fundamentals including sinusoidal waveforms, frequency, average and RMS values, and a conceptual introduction to phasors and the j-operator. Laboratory work emphasizes proper measurement techniques, use of standard test equipment, circuit breadboarding, and the use of a circuit simulation package to analyze DC and introductory AC circuits. Corequisite: MA-112. (2-2-3)