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 all
assigned 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.
- 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 CE3200 final exam time in week 11.
Unexcused absences will result in a 0% grade.
- 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 exercises
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 : GRADING
- Questions are encouraged! Ask
during lecture or during office hours.
- Graded course activities include weekly
comprehensive quizzes,
weekly laboratory exercises, and a comprehensive final exam.
- Quizzes will be given during the first 20
minutes of each laboratory period. Quizzes help students verify they
are mastering the learning objectives of the course. Unexcused
absences will result in a 0% grade. Request TRIO or
LRC accomodations before the
first quiz.
- Laboratories reinforce the lecture material,
provide practice problems for self-study, and require students to
develop working embedded system hardware and software.
- Each graded component is weighted equally at 90
quality points. It is possible to earn a maximum of 10 quality points
on each of the nine quizzes, 10 quality points on each of the six
laboratories, and 90 quality points on the comprehensive final exam.
Item |
Total Number |
Quality Points Each |
Item Points Possible |
Quizzes |
9 |
10 |
90 points |
Laboratories |
9 |
10 |
90 |
Final Exam: |
1 |
90 |
90 |
Total: |
|
|
270 |
- Use the official MSOE
grading scale to determine your letter grade based on
your course average.