INSTRUCTORS: David G. Long, 447 CB, email: long@ee.byu.edu

                                                Don Comer, 459A CB, email: dtc3@ee.byu.edu

 

OFFICE HOURS: TBD for each instructor

                                                Other times by appointment.  Scheduling an appointment can be done by email.

 

TEXTBOOK:                       Giorgio Rizzoni, Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering,  5th Edition Available in the Bookstore.

 

EXAMINATIONS:              Two midterm exams and a comprehensive final will be given in the Testing Center on the dates shown below in the course outline.  Ten quizzes will be given on Fridays during the Winter Semester. All examinations will be closed book and will be given in the Testing Center.  The final examination cannot be given early.  Please take this into account when making travel plans.

 

GRADING:                            Homework                                                             15%

Quizzes                                                                  10%

Midterms                                                               30%

Laboratories                                                          20%                                       

Final Exam                                                             25%  

 

HOMEWORK                      Homework assignments should be turned in at the ECEn homework deposit box (located near the passenger elevator on the 4th floor of the Clyde Bld.) by 4:00 PM on the due date given for the homework assignment.  Late homework turned in within 7 days will be given half credit.  It is your responsibility to make sure the grader knows when you have turned in a late assignment. You are encouraged to discuss homework with other students or to work together on solutions but be sure what you turn in is your work and that you understand what you have done when you turn it in. Afterall, a lot of the test questions will come from homework.

 

LABORATORY:                 The laboratory is held in room 428 CB and lasts for 3 hours each week.  The lab time for each section is as follows as given in the University Class Schedule:

 

Section 001        Monday         2:00 - 4:50 pm            428 CB

Section 002        Tuesday        12:00 - 2:50 pm          428 CB

Section 003        Thursday       9:00 - 11:50 am           428 CB

 

The laboratories are designed to give you hands on experience with the concepts covered in class.  You will need to purchase a basic lab kit and lab instructions from the ECEn stockroom in room 416 CB.  Any additional equipment you will need will be available in the lab room 428 CB or for checkout from the ECEn stockroom in 416 CB.

 

You will work in teams of two in the laboratory.  However, each person must keep and submit an individual laboratory write up for grading.  A Teaching Assistant must sign off on each person=s laboratory by the due date.  Write ups will be due before the start of the next lab.  Laboratory assignments turned in late will receive a 10% penalty for each day it is late for a maximum penalty fo 50% for being 5 or more days late.  As with homework, it is your responsibility to make sure the grader knows exactly when you have turned in a late laboratory  assignment.  No homework or laboratory assignments will be accepted for grading after 5:00 pm on the last day of class.

 

THE COURSE:                     The course will consist of two lectures per week in 381 CB (Mon and Wed 1:00 - 1:50 pm).  A recitation class will be held each week in 381 CB on Friday 1:00 - 1:50pm to cover laboratory information and questions and as a help session for any questions on homework and subject matter.  The recitation class will be conducted by the Teaching Assistants and those in charge of the laboratory.  The quizzes will be given in the recitation class.

  

HONOR CODE                    All work submitted toward the requirements of this course must be that of the individual student submitting the work.  Honor code violations include but are not limited to copying in any form or way someone else's work and submitting it as your own.

 

TEACHING ASSISTANTS:  Office hours for additional help and consultation are posted here.

 

 

PREVENTING SEX DISCRIMINATION OR HARRASSMENT

 

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination against any participant in an educational program or activity that receives federal funds. The act is intended to eliminate sex discrimination in education. Title IX covers discrimination in programs, admissions, activities, and student-to-student sexual harassment. BYU's policy against sexual harassment extends not only to employees of the university but to students as well. If you encounter unlawful sexual harassment or gender based discrimination, please talk to your professor; contact the Equal Employment Office at 422-5895 or 367-5689 (24-hours); or contact the Honor Code Office at 422-2847.

 

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

 

Brigham Young University is committed to providing a working and learning atmosphere that reasonably accommodates qualified persons with disabilities. If you have any disability that may impair your ability to complete this course successfully, please contact the University Accessibility Center (422-2767). Reasonable academic accommodations are reviewed for all students who have qualified documented disabilities. Services are coordinated with the student and instructor by the UAC. If you need assistance or if you feel you have been unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of disability, you may seek resolution through established grievance policy and procedures. You should contact the Equal Employment Office at 422-5895, D-282 ASB.


 

HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS

 

Alert your class and/or lab instructor through email or by telephone if you have the flu or are showing signs of the flu. You should not come to class or go to the testing center if you are or are becoming ill, since your attendance will risk further spread of a serious virus. You can coordinate with other students to collect any special notes and make up missed work and labs without attending class if needed.  Note that lecture notes are posted online.  Contact your TA or lab instructor to make up quizzes or labs prior to the period should you become ill and cannot attend the lab or recitation section.  Keep up with the text book reading if you are or think you may become ill.  Plan on taking exams early during the scheduled time so you don’t have to worry about in case you become ill.  If you are ill an unable to take the exam on schedule contact your instructor before the close of the schedule exam period.