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EM Curriculum and Prerequisites
The core areas of the ECE Department are signals and systems, electromagnetics, microelectronics and VLSI, and computer engineering. Because EM theory is the foundation of circuit analysis and communications, this discipline is important to all of these areas. Prerequisites for this course are ECEn 212 (circuits), Math 334 (ordinary differential equations), and Math 214 (multivariable calculus). The figure below is a flowchart for the EM curriculum.
Course Format
The general format of this class consists of in-class lectures, additional recitation hours, and the optional laboratory, ECEn 361. Graded class work includes quizes, homework, midterms, and a final exam. The lectures will include treatments of material and derivations, illustrations and examples, demonstrations, and class discussions. Come prepared to think about the material, participate in discussions, answer questions, and work in-class concept problems and quizes. You will be greatly aided if you read the text before class.
Sections and Recitations
This course includes four hours of classroom instruction and two additional hours of optional recitations per week. For the purpose of the recitations, the course is divided into two sections, so that each session is attended by half of the class. The recitations are intended to provide rehearsal of the lecture material, additional illustrations and examples, help with specific homework questions, and practice problems for exam preparation.
Teaching Assistants
Students can obtain homework and class help from the TAs during the recitations or individually during office hours. Homework will be graded by the TAs for this course. Please provide feedback throughout the semester to let us know what we can do to help you better understand the material. Also, be sure to let the TAs know what would be most helpful to you to spend time on during the recitations.
Weekly Schedule and Contact Information
The instructor and teaching assistants will be available during regular office hours each week, as listed below. Other consultation times can be arranged by appointment. Please come in to visit with the instructor at least once early in the semester. Also, if you are struggling with the material, do not wait until the end of the semester to contact the instructor. Come in as soon as you can. Often, it is easy to identify the source of the problem and improve the situation, if you are willing to take a few minutes to come in.
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Class Text: F. T. Ulaby, Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics, Prentice Hall, 5th Edition.
ECEn 362 - Transmission Line Fundamentals
Students registered for ECEn 362 attend class only on Thursdays, which will be taught by Dr. Selfridge. Homework and exams will be assigned by Dr. Selfridge. In addition, students in 362 complete all of the ECEn 361 labs.
Assignments and Exams
Homework: Homework assignments will be assigned on a weekly basis, and will be due each Thursday evening in the ECEn 360 homework box by 11:59pm. Solutions will be posted on the course schedule webpage after the due date. Homework help and partial solutions can be obtained from the instructor or TA during office hours or at recitation sessions.
Exams: Two midterm exams and a final will be given. The midterm exams will be administered in the testing center on the days indicated in the course schedule. Midterms are closed book and notes, with a 3"x5" note card allowed. The final will be in class at the scheduled time given in the university bulletin, and will be a multiple choice, comprehensive examination.
Quizzes: Occasionally the class will receive a bonus quiz. The value of these is announced when they are handed out.
Grading:
Homework (t-lines)-----------4%
Homework (non t-lines)----11%
Midterm 1---------------------20%
Midterm 2---------------------20%
Final Exam (t-lines)---------20%
Final Exam (non t-lines)----25%
For ECEn 362, the grading scheme will be determined by Dr. Selfridge.
Letter grades will be assigned according to the scale 90-100% A/A-, 80-90% B+/-, 70-80% C+/-, 50-70% D, below 50 E.
Extra Credit: One optional extra credit assignment is available, as follows: A university is a place of a thousand opportunities. During the semester, branch out and try something new: join a club, serve on the College of Engineering student council, apply for a leadership position in an honor society, find a service project, attend a play or performance, read a work of great literature, take an honors class or join the honors program, or write an essay for a contest. Submit a short paragraph on something of this nature that you do during this semester that was not part of another assignment or class before the final exam for extra credit equal to a full score on one homework assignment.
Late work and missed exams: Except in unusual circumstances, exams and due dates cannot be missed for full credit unless prior arrangements for make-up work have been made.
Attendance: Lecture hours are not mandatory. A passing grade might be attained by self study alone. A portion of the material may be presented in-class only, including motivation and demonstrations. All students are responsible to learn the material whether or not they attend the lectures.
Study Techniques
The material covered in this course is mathematically intense and involves deep physical concepts. Grasping the material and learning to apply it requires a significant investment of time. Here is a secret for success in this course: read the text, study the lecture material, and work through in-class derivations and examples on your own before doing the homework. Most students adopt by default the following cramped and abbreviated learning model:
Following the principle that "repetition is a law of learning," a better learning model is this:
The first approach takes more time, because you are unprepared to learn from the homework. With the second approach, you have three exposures to the material before beginning the homework assignments, so that you can complete them more quickly and efficiently and with more productive learning results. By the time the exam comes around, most of the studying is already done.
Web Pages
Be sure to check the course website regularly, particularly the schedule page. It will be regularly updated with class notes, solutions, and other helps.
Honor Code Standards
In keeping with the principles of the BYU Honor Code, students are expected to be honest in all of their academic work. Academic honesty means, most fundamentally, that any work you present as your own must in fact be your own work and not that of another. Violations of this principle may result in a failing grade in the course and additional disciplinary action by the university. Students are also expected to adhere to the Dress and Grooming Standards. Adherence demonstrates respect for yourself and others and ensures an effective learning and working environment. It is the university’s expectation, and my own expectation in class, that each student will abide by all Honor Code standards. Please call the Honor Code Office at 422-2847 if you have questions about those standards.
Preventing Sexual Discrimination or Harassment
Sexual discrimination or harassment (including student-to-student harassment) is prohibited both by the law and by Brigham Young University policy. If you feel you are being subjected to sexual discrimination or harassment, please bring your concerns to the professor. Alternatively, you may lodge a complaint with the Equal Employment Office (D-240C ASB) or with the Honor Code Office (4440).
Students with Disabilities
If you have a disability that may affect your performance in this course, you should get in touch with the office of Services for Students with Disabilities (1520 WSC). This office can evaluate your disability and assist the professor in arranging for reasonable accommodations.
Other information related to this and other courses is available on
the ECEn Department syllabus
webpage.
Last updated Jan. 7, 2009, GN
