Reformations and teaching practices of the circuit principle course in an undergraduate curriculum

This paper presents reformations and teaching practices of circuit principle courses for Physics, Computer Science and Technology, Electronic Information Science and Technology, Communication Engineering, and Electrical Engineering and Automation undergraduate programs at Ningbo University to meet the current development of the information science and technology. The circuit principle courses are divided into two parts, named as Circuit Principle (A) and Circuit Principle (B). The Circuit Principle (A) is used for all undergraduate students of Physics, Computer Science and Technology, Electronic Information Science and Technology, Communication Engineering, and Electrical Engineering and Automation specialties, while the Circuit Principle (B) is only used for Electronic Information Science and Technology, Communication Engineering, and Electrical Engineering and Automation specialties because of their demands for further circuit theory and skills. The teaching content, teaching methods, and experiment contents of the Circuit Principle (A) and Circuit Principle (B) courses are explored and developed at Ningbo University according to demands of these undergraduate programs. The reformations and teaching practice results have some value for other similar universities and colleges.