DEGREES AREN'T GRANTED.  DEGREES ARE EARNED!

The computer engineering faculty expects that students will:

• Watch the instructor presentations during lecture and laboratories.
• Take notes during presentations so that the material can be reviewed during study.
• Read the assigned textbook chapters. The reading supplements the instructor presentations and rounds your exposure to an engineering discipline that has matured over a century.
• Practice the course material by working practice problems and laboratory exercises. Practice reinforces the key concepts and helps form questions.
• Simulate example digital circuits using the classroom software. Simulation builds software skills, reinforces key concepts, and helps form questions.
• Question the instructor during lecture, laboratory, or office hours. Questions improve the learning process by helping learners remove doubts about classroom material.
• Submit all work by the due date. Learners build organization and professionalism by meeting due dates.

The computer engineering faculty will:

• Start class promptly and end on time.
• Post office hours on their door or the web.
• Attend posted office hours for student questions.
• Work examples of class material in every class.
• Integrate practice problems into every laboratory handout to help students practice the material during their study time.
• Return graded items within two lecture periods.
• Add comments to graded items to help students improve their work.
• Communicate clear expectations for student work.
• Communicate mid-quarter (midterm) grades to students at the end of week 5.

COURSE POLICIES : COMPUTERS

• Use your laptop computer in lecture for appropriate activities such as notetaking and classroom examples.
• Use your laptop computer to complete laboratory assignments.
• Use your laptop computer during your study times to practice course material and simulate example circuits.
• Do not instant message, manage Facebook accounts, or play games during lecture or laboratory. These activities are important parts of modern life but distract other students around you. There are more appropriate times for these activities.
• Note that your instructor may prohibit the use of computers during lecture.

COURSE POLICIES : EXAMS

• Complete the weekly comprehensive quiz given during the first 15 minutes of each laboratory period. Unexcused absences will result in a 0% grade.
• Complete the comprehensive final exam given during the CE1900 common final exam time in week 11. Unexcused absences will result in a 0% grade.
• Do not use calculators during quizzes or the final exam.
• Do not use equation sheets or note sheets during quizzes or the final exams.
• Note that no mid-term exam will be given.

COURSE POLICIES : LABORATORIES

• Complete all pre-lab activities written in the laboratory exercise sheets before attending lab. Use study time at home, in EECS Tech Support, or at your favorite study location.
• Demonstrate your laboratory solution during the laboratory period.
• Laboratory grades are calculated based on the quality of your solution and demonstration success.
• Failure to demonstrate your laboratory work on time will result in a reduced grade of 25% per academic day.

COURSE POLICIES : FINAL GRADES

• Note that your lowest quiz score and your lowest lab scores will not be dropped before calculating your final grade.
• Average your quiz, lab, and final exam percentages to determine your course grade. In other words, each component contributes one-third of your final grade.
• Use the official MSOE grading scale to determine your letter grade based on your course average.