Introduction to Electrical Engineering

CCRI  ENGR-2150-104  

Spring 2008

Prerequisites

              MATH‑1910 Calculus I MATH‑1920   Calculus II concurrently

 Course Policies

1. The class will be a cell phone free environment. Phones must be on vibrate and if you must take a call, it must take outside the classroom.
2. Unless specified, all homework assignments are due one week after assigned.
3. Homework will be accepted up to one week after the due date with a maximum of 50% of the normal grade. No assignments will be accepted after a one week.

Lectures

 Students are expected to attend and be on time for all scheduled lectures and are encouraged to ask questions and participate in the discussion. Different approaches to the theory and problem solving will be presented, and techniques discussed in class may not be covered in the text. Students are responsible for all material discussed during class time, and exams will be designed accordingly.

 Homework

 1.         Homework problems will be assigned once per week and will be due one week later. The principle purpose of the homework problems is to improve your problem solving skills and is an indispensable part of the preparation for exams.

2.         Homework assignments will be completed over the internet using a program called Mastering Physics at http://www.masteringphysics.com. Mastering Physics provides instant feedback by providing you with sub-problems and hints when you get wrong answers to the problems. Some problems provide tutorial help when requested. You will be graded based on how often answers are wrong and how often you request tutorial help, so you should do as much of the work as possible before requesting help. Assignments completed after the deadline date will lose up to 25% of the credit for that assignment, depending on the time of completion. In order to use Mastering Physics, you must register online. You will need a valid email address, the course ID (ENGR21502008), your student ID (use your college ID number), and a student access code (included with the Mastering Physics access kit supplied with the textbooks). If you do not have a student access kit, you can use a credit card to purchase access on line by going to http://www.masteringphysics.com. More details about the software will be explained in class.

 Examinations

 1.         There will be two one-and half-hour exams during the course and a three-hour final exam at the end of the course.

 2.         All exams will be closed book unless otherwise specified. Copies of the slides will be allowed. Use of calculators is ac­ceptable. No other aids can be employed unless specified prior to the exam. Students must bring their own calculators. Exchange of material during exams is not permitted. All cell phones must be turned-off during an exam.

 3.                  Grading of exams will place a heavy emphasis on a demonstration of a clear understanding of the theory and the method of solu­tion. Exams should include:

 1)         A diagram showing known data and unknown variables.

2)                  All equations necessary for the solution, the value of each variable in the equations, and each step in the solution.

3)                  Units of final answer (volts, amperes, coulombs, etc.).

 NOTE ‑ IMPORTANT

 IF THERE IS DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING THE THEORY OR DOING THE HOMEWORK PROBLEMS, THE PROBLEM MAY BE MISSING BACKGROUND (USUALLY MATH), AND/OR WRONG STUDY TECHNIQUES. PLEASE CONSULT THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY (EARLY IN SEMESTER) IF THIS IS A PROBLEM, SO THAT CORRECTIVE MEASURES MAY STILL BE OF SOME BENEFIT. THE SOLUTION MAY INVOLVE A SIMPLE CASE OF OBTAINING ADDITIONAL MATH BACKGROUND BY WORKING WITH THE MATH DEPARTMENT. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS BE DONE EARLY TO AVOID FALLING BEHIND.

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