Alternating Current (AC) Basics

Course code ELRT 1001

Credit 3.0

Length 70.0 hours

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A study of the fundamentals of alternating current including series and parallel AC circuits, phasors, capacitive and inductive networks, resonance, and transformers.

Prerequisites

ELRT 1002.

Course type

This course is offered as part of a VCC program and cannot be taken individually.
International students: Eligibility is determined at the program level. Visit the program page for international student requirements and application information.

  • Sinusoidal alternating waveforms
  • Voltage, current and phasor
  • Other alternating waveforms
  • Capacitors and inductors review
  • Circuits with Resistors, Capacitors and Inductors
  • Power
  • Resonance
  • Filters and Bode Plot
  • Transformers

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
70748 October 13, 2026
to November 13, 2026
Shop/Teaching Kitchen
Lecture
VCC Broadway Building A See full schedule
72949 October 13, 2026
to November 13, 2026
Lecture VCC Broadway Building A See full schedule

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How to take this course

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Contact us

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VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples who have been stewards of these lands since time immemorial.