IAM 1040 - Ohms Law & The Power Formula

Clock Hours: 54

Prerequisites: IAM 1030

Course Description:
Course is a study of Ohms and Watts laws, electrical terms, series circuits, parallel circuits and combination circuits. Meters, some laws of magnetism, and AC/DC circuits are studied in this portion of the course.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

Recognize electron theory and Kirchoff’s current laws.
Solve problems of resistance using the resistor color code.
Recognize and state ohms law. Solve ohms law problems.
Recognize terms and definitions used in ohms law problems.
Change amps to milliamps and micro amps, and change ohms to kilohms.
Use powers of ten solving ohms law problems.
Solve problems of resistance using the resistor color code.
Recognize watts law. Demonstrate knowledge solving watts law problems.
Recognize terms and definitions used in watts law problems.
Describe power wheel and its relationship to watts and ohms law.
Identify the six laws of a series circuit.
Solve series circuit problems using series circuit laws, Ohms law and Watts law.
Demonstrate knowledge of a series circuit with hands on exercise calculating all voltage, current and resistance values and using meter to measure those values