Dr. Russ Meier, Ph.D., Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Milwaukee School of Engineering Library Building L349 1025 N. Broadway Milwaukee, WI 53202 USA Tel: (414) 277-2243 meier@msoe.edu IGIP International Engineering Educator Honoris Causa (ING.PAED.IGIP h.c.) MSOE Distinguished Teaching Professor

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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 reading assignments. The reading supplements the instructor presentations and rounds your exposure to an engineering discipline that has matured over many decades.
• Practice the course material by working practice problems and assigned homework problems. Practice reinforces the key concepts and helps form questions.
• Simulate example circuits using the simulation 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.

• 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.

• Graded course activities include written homework assignments, quizzes, a term paper, and a comprehensive final exam.
• Homework problems will be due on Friday of weeks 2, 4, 6, and 8. The problems are designed to give you a deeper study of the lecture material. The problems will be graded and can be used as a study resource when preparing for exams.
• Quizzes will be given during the first 20 minutes of class on Friday of weeks 3, 5, 7, and 9. Request RCAS accomodations for quizzes before the first quiz.
• Questions are encouraged! Ask during lecture or during office hours.
• Each graded component is weighted equally at 100 points. Each homework problem set is 25 points and each quiz is 25 points.

  Item	Total Number	Quality Points Possilbe	Item Points Possible
  Homework	4	25	100
  Quizzes	4	25	100
  Term Paper	1	100	100
  Final Exam	1	100	100
  Total			400 points

• Note that your lowest homework score and your lowest quiz score will not be dropped before calculating your final grade.
• Note that quiz and homework percents will be scaled to 100 points if four quizzes or four homeworks are not assigned. In other words, suppose three quizzes are given and you achieve scores of 20, 20, 20 for a total of 60/75 points. This is 80%. Your quiz percent will be converted to 80 points to match the initial syllabus point distribution.
• Calculate your current grade during the quarter by summing the total points achieved so far and dividing by the total points possible so far.
• Calculate your final grade at the end of the quarter by summing the total points achieved and dividing by 300 total points.
• Use the official MSOE grading scale to determine your letter grade.