AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY, OYO
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS)
Course Structure for 200 Level 2024/2025 Session
First Semester
COURSE PRE- HOURS
COURSE TITLE STATUS UNITS
CODE REQUISITE L T P
ENT 211 Entrepreneurship and Innovation C 2 - - 2
GET 201 Applied Electricity I C 3 3
ACU-GET Applied Electricity I Laboratory or C - 3 1
231 Basic Electrical Laboratory
GET 203 Engineering Graphics and Solid E 1 - 3 2
Modeling II
GET 205 Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics C 3 - 3
GET 207 Applied Mechanics C 3 - 3
GET 209 Engineering Mathematics I C 3 - 3
GET 211 Computing and Software Engineering C 2 0 3 3
ACU-EE 203 Fundamentals of Electrical and -
C 2 1 3
Electronics Engineering
Total 19 0 6 23
Second Semester
COURSE PRE- HOURS
COURSE TITLE STATUS UNITS
CODE REQUISITE L T P
GST 212 Philosophy, Logic and Human C 2 0 - 2
Existence
ACU-GST Introduction to Social Sciences C 2 - 2
2204
ACU-GST West African People, Cultures and C 2 - 2
2208 Languages
EEE 202 Applied Electricity II C 2 3 3
ACU-EEE 232 Applied Electricity II Laboratory or C 0 3 1
Basic Electrical and Electronics 0
Engineering Laboratory
GET 204 Students Workshop Practice C 1 3 2
GET 206 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics C 3 - 3
GET 210 Engineering Mathematics II C 3 0 0 3
EEE 204 Electrical Engineering Materials E 3 0 0 3
GET 299 SIWES I: Students Work Experience C 9 Weeks 3*
Scheme
Total 0 9 21
18
* To be credited in the 2nd Semester of 400-level
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Dr. O.A. Ajeigbe
Ag. HOD
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
COURSE CONTENTS AND LEARNIBG OUTCOMES
200 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER
ENT 211: Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2 Units C: LH 30)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. explain the concepts and theories of entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, opportunity seeking, new value
creation and risk-taking;
2. state the characteristics of an entrepreneur;
3. analyse the importance of micro and small businesses in wealth creation, employment generation and
financial independence;
4. engage in entrepreneurial thinking;
5. identify key elements in innovation;
6. describe the stages in enterprise formation, partnership and networking, including business planning;
7. describe contemporary entrepreneurial issues in Nigeria, Africa and the rest of the world; and
8. state the basic principles of e-commerce.
Course Contents
The concept of entrepreneurship (entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship/corporate entrepreneurship); theories,
rationale and relevance of entrepreneurship (Schumpeterian and other perspectives, risk-taking, necessity and
opportunity-based entrepreneurship, and creative destruction); characteristics of entrepreneurs (opportunity
seeker, risk-taker, natural and nurtured, problem solver and change agent, innovator and creative thinker);
entrepreneurial thinking (critical thinking, reflective thinking and creative thinking). Innovation (The concept
of innovation, dimensions of innovation, change and innovation, knowledge and innovation). Enterprise
formation, partnership and networking (basics of business plan, forms of business ownership, business
registration and alliance formation, and joint ventures). Contemporary entrepreneurship issues (knowledge,
skills and technology, intellectual property, virtual office and networking). Entrepreneurship in Nigeria
(biography of inspirational entrepreneurs, youth and women entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship support
institutions, youth enterprise networks and environmental and cultural barriers to entrepreneurship). Basic
principles of e-commerce.
GET 201: Applied Electricity I (3 Units C: LH 45)
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
1. discuss the fundamental concepts of electricity and electrical d.c. circuits;
2. state, explain and apply the basic d.c. circuit theorems;
3. 4. explain the basic a.c. circuit theory and
5. apply to solution of simple circuits.
Course contents
Fundamental concepts: Electric fields, charges, magnetic fields. current, B-H curves Kirchhoff’s laws,
superposition. Thevenin Norton theorems, Reciprocity, RL, RC, RLC circuits. DC, AC bridges, Resistance,
Capacitance, Inductance measurement, Transducers, Single phase circuits, Complex j - notation, AC circuits,
impedance, admittance, and susceptance.
ACU-GET 231 - Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory (0-0-3) (Compulsory)
Course contents
This course consists of experiments designed to familiarize the students with the use of electrical measuring
instruments like ammeters, voltmeters, ohmmeters, flux meters, oscilloscopes and bridges for direct current
(D.C) as well as alternating current (A.C) circuits. The experiments will also acquaint the students with the
use of power and signal sources like power supplies, sinewave oscillators and pulse generators. - 1
Credit
GET 203: Engineering Graphics and Solid Modeling II (3 Units E: LH 30; PH 45)
Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to:
1. apply mastery of the use of projections to prepare detailed working drawing of objects and designs;
2. develop skills in parametric design to aid their ability to see design in the optimal specification of materials
and systems to meet needs;
3. be able to analyze and optimize designs on the basis of strength and material minimization;
4. get their appetites wetted in seeing the need for the theoretical perspectives that create the basis for the
analysis that are possible in design and optimization, and recognize/understand the practical link to excite
their creativity and ability to innovate; and
5. be able to translate their thoughts and excitements to produce shop drawings for multiphysical,
multidisciplinary design.
Course Contents
Projection of lines, auxiliary views and mixed projection. Preparation of detailed working production drawing;
semi-detailed drawings, conventional presentation methods. Solid, surface and shell modeling. Faces, bodies
and surface intersections. Component-based design. Component assembly and motion constraints.
Constrained motions and animation. Introduction to electronics modeling. Electronics board layout
preparation, Component libraries and Schematic design. Parametric modeling and adaptive design. Simulation
for material optimization. Designing for manufacturing. Additive and subtractive manufacturing. Production
for 3-D printing, Laser cutting and CNC [Link] of engineering components to form a
working plant (Assembly Drawing of a Plant).
GET 205: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (3 Units C: LH 45)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the students should be able to :
1. explain the properties of fluids;
2. determine forces in static fluids and fluids in motion;
3. determine whether a floating body will be stable;
4. determine the effect of various instruments, (valves, orifices, bends and elbows) on fluid flow in
pipes;
5. measure flow parameters with venturi meters, orifice meters, weirs and others;
6. perform calculations based on principles of mass, momentum and energy conservation;
7. perform dimensional analysis and simple fluid modelling problems; and
8. specify the type and capacity of pumps and turbines for engineering applications.
Course Contents
Fluid properties, hydrostatics, fluid dynamics using principles of mass, momentum and energy conservation
from a control volume approach. Flow measurements in pipes, dimensional analysis, and similitude, 2-
dimensional flows. Hydropower systems.
GET 207: Applied Mechanics (3 Units C: LH 45)
Learning Outcomes
Students will acquire the ability to:
1. explain the fundamental principles of applied mechanics, particularly equilibrium analysis,
friction, kinematics and momentum;
2. identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of
engineering, science, mathematics and applied mechanics;
3. synthesize Newtonian Physics with static analysis to determine the complete load impact (net
forces, shears, torques, and bending moments) on all components (members and joints) of a given structure
with a load; and
4. apply engineering design principles to produce solutions that meet specified needs with
consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and
economic factors.
Course Contents
Forces, moments, couples. Equilibrium of simple structures and machine parts. Friction. First and second
moments of area; centroids. Kinematics of particles and rigid bodies in plane motion. Newton's laws of
motion. Kinetic energy and momentum analyse
GET 209: Engineering Mathematics I (3 Units C: LH 45)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
1. solve qualitative problems based on vector and matrix analyses such as linear independence and
dependence of vectors, rank etc;
2. describe the concepts of limit theory and nth order differential equations and their applications to
physical phenomena;
3. solve the problems of differentiation of functions of two variables and know about the
maximization and minimization of functions of several variables;
4. describe the applications of double and triple integration in finding the area and volume of
engineering solids, and explain the qualitative applications of Gauss, Stoke’s and Green’s theorem;
5. explain ordinary differential equations and applications, and develop a mathematical model of
linear differential equations, as well as appreciate the necessary and sufficient conditions for total
differential equations; and
6. analyse basic engineering models through partial differential equations such as wave equation,
heat conduction equation, etc., as well as fourier series, initial conditions and its applications to different
engineering processes
Course Contents
Limits, continuity, differentiation, introduction to linear first order differential equations, partial and total
derivatives, composite functions, matrices and determinants, vector algebra, vector calculus, directional
derivatives.
GET 211: Computing and Software Engineering (3 Units C: LH 30; PH 45)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
1. describe and apply computing, software engineering knowledge, best practices, and standards
appropriate for complex engineering software systems;
2. develop competence in designing, evaluating, and adapting software processes and software
development tools to meet the needs of an advanced development projectthrough practical object-oriented
programming exposure taught in concrete terms with a specific modern language – preferable selected
from Python, Java or C++;
3. use widely available libraries to prepare them for machine learning, graphics and design
simulations;
4. develop skills in eliciting user needs and designing an effective software solution;
5. recognise human, security, social, and entrepreneurial issues and responsibilities relevant to
engineering software and the digitalisation of services; and
6. acquire capabilities that can further be developed to make them productively employable by means
of short Internet courses in specific areas.
Course Contents
Introduction to computers and computing; computer organisation – data processing, memory, registers and
addressing schemes; Boolean algebra; floating-point arithmetic; representation of non-numeric information;
problem-solving and algorithm development; coding (solution design using flowcharts and pseudo codes).
Data models and data structures; computer software and operating system; computer operators and operators
precedence; components of computer programs; introduction to object oriented, structured and visual
programming; use of MATLAB in engineering applications. ICT fundamentals, Internet of Things (IoT).
Elements of software engineering.
ACU-EEE 203 - Fundamentals of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (2-1-0) (Compulsory)
Elementary treatment of semiconductor devices such as p-n junction diode, Zener diode and the bipolar
transistor, their characteristics and their applications, e.g. p-n junction as a rectifier, the Zener diode as a
regulator and the transistor as an amplifier. Brief discussion of other semiconductor devices like variac diode,
light emitting diode (LED), field effect transistor (FET), unijunction Transistor (U.J.T.) and integrated circuits
(ICs). Introduction to logic gates and digital circuits: AND gate, OR GATE, NAND gate, NOR gate, and
EXCLUSIVE OR gate, their characteristics, realization and applications. (3 Units)
200 LEVEL FIRST SEMESTER
GST 212: Philosophy, Logic and Human Existence (2 Units C: LH 30)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
1. know the basic features of philosophy as an academic discipline;
2. identify the main branches of philosophy & the centrality of logic in philosophical discourse;
3. know the elementary rules of reasoning;
4. distinguish between valid and invalid arguments;
5. think critically and assess arguments in texts, conversations and day-to-day discussions;
6. critically asses the rationality or otherwise of human conduct under different existential conditions;
7. develop the capacity to extrapolate and deploy expertise in logic to other areas of knowledge, and
8. guide his or her actions, using the knowledge and expertise acquired in philosophy and logic.
Course Content
Scope of philosophy; notions, meanings, branches and problems of philosophy. Logic as an indispensable
tool of philosophy. Elements of syllogism, symbolic logic— the first nine rules of inference. Informal
fallacies, laws of thought, nature of arguments. Valid and invalid arguments, logic of form and logic of content
— deduction, induction and inferences. Creative and critical thinking. Impact of philosophy on human
existence. Philosophy and politics, philosophy and human conduct, philosophy and religion, philosophy and
human values, philosophy and character molding, etc.
ACU-GST 2204:
ACU-GST 2208:
EEE 202: Applied Electricity II (3 Units C: LH 45)
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
1. differentiate between various d.c. and a.c. machines;
2. explain the principles of operation of machines;
3. explain the operation of basic semiconductor devices and their basic applications; and
4. explain the principle of operation of communication systems with examples.
Course contents
Basic machines – DC, synchronous alternators, transformers, equivalent circuits. Three- phase balanced
circuits, PN junction diode, BJTs, FETs, thyristors, communications fundamentals, introduction of TV, Radio,
Telephone systems.
ACU-EEE 232 – Basic Electrical and Electronics Laboratory (0-0-3) (Compulsory)
Course contents
This course is designed to familiarize the students with the characteristics and the use of simple Electronics
devices such as diodes, transistors and integrated circuits in various applications. Simple experiments are also
to be carried out on logic gates to determine their TRUTH tables. Students will be expected to design,
construct and test some simple circuits of their choice.
GET 204: Students Workshop Practice (2 Units C: LH 15; PH 45)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
1. identify various basic hands and machine tools, analogue and digital measurement devices and
instruments, and acquire skills in their effective use and maintenance;
2. practically apply basic engineering technologies, including metrology, casting, metal forming and
joining, materials removal, machine tooling (classification, cutting tool action, cutting forces, non-cutting
production) and CNC machining technology;
3. master workshop and industrial safety practices, accident prevention and ergonomics;
4. physically recognise different electrical & electronic components like resistances, inductances,
capacitances, diodes, transistors and their ratings;
5. connect electric circuits, understand different wiring schemes, and check ratings of common
household electrical appliances and their basic maintenance; and
6. determine household and industrial energy consumption, and understand practical energy
conservation measures.
Course Contents
The course comprises general, mechanical and electrical components: supervised hands-on experience in safe
usage of tools and machines for selected tasks; Use of measuring instruments (calipers, micrometers, gauges,
sine bar, wood planners, saws, sanders, and pattern making). Machine shop: lathe work shaping, milling,
grinding, reaming, metal spinning. Hand tools, gas and arc welding, cutting, brazing and soldering. Foundry
[Link] safety and accident prevention, ergonomics, metrology. Casting processes. Metal forming
processes: hot-working and cold-working processes (forging, press-tool work, spinning, etc.). Metal joining
processes(welding, brazing and soldering). Heat treatment. Material removal processes. machine tools and
classification. Simple theory of metal cutting. Tool action and cutting forces. Introduction to CNC machines.
Supervised identification, use and care of various electrical and electronic components such as resistors,
inductors, capacitors, diodes and transistors. Exposure to different electric circuits, wiring schemes, analogue
and digital electrical and electronic measurements. Household and industrial energy consumption
measurements. Practical energy conservation principles.
GET 206: Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (3 Units C: LH 45)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
1. describe basic concepts of thermodynamics, quantitative relations of Zeroth, first, second and third
laws;
2. define and explain system (surrounding, closed and open system), control volume and control
mass, extensive and intensive properties;
3. calculate absolute and gage pressure, and absolute temperature, calculate changes in kinetic,
potential, enthalpy and internal energy;
4. evaluate the properties of pure substances i.e. evaluate the state of the pure substances such as
compressed liquid, saturated liquid-vapour mixture and superheated vapour using property diagrams and
tables; arrange the ideal and real gas equations of state,
5. formulate the first law of thermodynamics for a closed system i.e. organize the change in energy
in the closed systems via heat and work transfer;
6. distinguish heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation, and calculate the amount of heat
energy transferred;
7. calculate the changes in moving boundary work, spring work, electrical work and shaft work in
closed systems;
8. apply the first law of thermodynamics for closed systems and construct conservation of mass and
energy equations;
9. formulate the first law of thermodynamics to the open systems i.e. describe steady-flow open
system, apply the first law of thermodynamics to the nozzles, diffusers, turbines, compressors, throttling
valves, mixing chambers, heat exchangers, pipe and duct flow;
10. construct energy and mass balance for unsteady-flow processes;
11. evaluate thermodynamic applications using second law of thermodynamics;
12. calculate thermal efficiency and coefficient of performance for heat engine, refrigerators and heat
pumps; and
13. restate perpetual-motion machines, reversible and irreversible processes.
Course Contents
Basic concepts, definitions and laws (quantitative relations of Zeroth, first, second and third laws of
thermodynamics). Properties of pure substances: the two-property rule (P-V-T behaviour of pure substances
and perfect gases); state diagrams. The principle of corresponding state; compressibility relations; reduced
pressure; reduced volume; temperature; pseudo-critical constants. The ideal gas: specific heat, polytropic
processes. Ideal gas cycles; Carnot; thermodynamic cycles, turbines, steam and gas, refrigeration. The first
law of thermodynamics – heat and work, applications to open and closed systems. The steady flow energy
equation (Bernoulli’s equation) and application. Second law of thermodynamics, heat cycles and efficiencies.
GET 210: Engineering Mathematics II (3 Units C: LH 45)
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
1. describe physical systems using ordinary differential equations (ODEs);
2. explain the practical importance of solving ODEs, solution methods, and analytically solve a wide
range of ODEs, including linear constant coefficient types;
3. numerically solve differential equations using MATLAB and other emerging applications;
4. perform calculus operations on vector-valued functions, including derivatives, integrals, curvature,
displacement, velocity, acceleration, and torsion, as well as on functions of several variables, including
directional derivatives and multiple integrals;
5. solve problems using the fundamental theorem of line integrals, Green's theorem, the divergence
theorem, and Stokes' theorem, and perform operations with complex numbers;
6. apply the concept and consequences of analyticity and the Cauchy-Riemann equations and of results
on harmonic and entire functions of complex variables, as well as the theory of conformal mapping to
solve problems from various fields of engineering; and ;
7. evaluate complex contour integrals directly and by the fundamental theorem, apply the Cauchy integral
theorem in its various versions, and the Cauchy integral formula.
Course Contents
Introduction to ordinary differential equations (ODEs); theory, applications, methods of solution; second order
differential equations. Advanced topics in calculus (vectors and vector-valued function, line integral, multiple
integral and their applications). Elementary complex analysis including functions of complex variables, limits
and continuity. Derivatives, differentiation rules and differentiation of integrals. Cauchy-Riemann equation,
harmonic functions, basic theory of conformal mapping, transformation and mapping and its applications to
engineering problems. Special functions.
EEE 204 Electrical Engineering Materials (3 Units E: LH 45)
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
1. discuss electron conduction mechanisms in semiconductors;
2. explain transport phenomena in semiconductors; and
3. describe semiconductors device fabrication techniques.
Couse contents
Free electron motion in static electric and magnetic fields, electronic structure of matter, conductivity in
crystalline solids. Theory of energy bands in conductors, insulators and semiconductors: electrons in metals
and electron emissions; carriers and transport phenomena in semiconductors, characteristics of some electron
and resistors, diodes, transistors, photo cell and light emitting diode. Elementary discrete devices fabrication
techniques and IC technology.
GET 299: Students Industrial Work Experience I (3 Units C: 9 weeks)
Learning Outcomes
SIWES I should provide opportunity for the students to:
1. acquire industrial workplace perceptions, ethics, health and safety consciousness, inter-personal
skills and technical capabilities needed to give them a sound engineering foundation;
2. learn and practise basic engineering techniques and processes applicable to their specialisations;
3. build machines, devices, structures or facilities relevant to their specific engineering programmes
and applications; and
4. acquire competence in technical documentation (log-book) and presentation (report) of their
practical experiences.
Course Contents
Practical experience in a workshop or industrial production facility, construction site or special centres in the
university environment, considered suitable for relevant practical/industrial working experience but not
necessarily limited to the student’s major. The students are exposed to hands-on activities on workshop safety
and ethics, maintenance of tools, equipment and machines, welding, fabrication and foundry equipment,
production of simple devices; electrical circuits, wiring and installation, etc. (810 weeks during the long
vacation following 200 level).
