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Grading
Midterms:
Homework & Quizzes
Final
Total:
1 unit each
1 unit
1 units
Average of all above
Final Percentage:
100% - 90%
89% - 80%
79% - 70%
69% - 60%
< 59% E
A
B
C
D
Grading will be on a straight scale to encourage working together. My objective is to see that everyone learns the material.
If the class studies together and everyone gets a 90% average, I'd gladly give all A's. (After all, your competitors are at
schools like UCLA, Michigan, etc. - they're not your classmates.)
Policies:
A student may take a makeup exam if he/she misses an exam due to an emergency, illness, or plant trip and notifies me in
advance of the exam. Late homework will not be accepted once the solutions are posted online. All questions on the grading
of a particular exam must be resolved within a week of returning the exam.
Quizzes: Each Friday, there will be a short 15 minute quiz. The topics cover what we're doing in class or the prerequisites
of ECE 461 (namely calculus, circuits, and signals and systems). The quizzes are closed book, closed note, no calculator.
Topics that are fair game for any quiz are:
ECE 343:
Fourier Transforms: Be able to determine the spectral content of a square wave, etc.
LaPlace Transforms: Be able to find the inverse LaPlace transform of ⎛⎝ s(s+10) ⎞⎠ or similar
20
Z transform: Be able to find the inverse z-transform of ⎛⎝ z(z+10) ⎞⎠
20
ECE 311:
Find the transfer function of an op-amp circuit with resistors, inductors, and capacitors
Design a circuit with a gain of +10 or -10.
Homework: Homework is graded as
80%: You attempted the problem with an organized approach I can follow.
20%: You got the right answer.
Homework is practice using the tools being presented. Copying someone else's homework is sort of like watching someone
else exercise. You need to do it yourself. Similarly, with grading I care most that you attempted the problem and thought
about it.
Labs: Labs are a part of the homework sets (For example, problems 7-10 might be finding the transfer function for a motor
you'll find in the lab.) To get credit for those homework problems, you have to attend lab.