ECE 211 Circuit Analysis I
Fall 2001
NTU Course BE 312A
Homework Assignments and Solutions
Supplemental Notes and Examples
Frequently Asked Questions
| Admission to ECE 211 | ||
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| This course is open only to those students who have been admitted to the EE or CSE majors. | ||
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| If you have met the catalog requirements to become an EE or CSE major (grade of C or better in Math 132 or Math 136; and in Physics 151, etc.), you need to make sure that you have applied for a change of major from ENGIN to EE or CSE. See Pat Moriarty or Baird Soules in Marcus 210E for further information. | ||
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| If you didn't make the requirements for an EE or CSE major (e.g. you made a CD in Math 132), you will be dropped from ECE 211. You must re-take the course(s) where there is a deficiency, and enroll in ECE 211 in the Fall 2002 semester. | ||
| Laboratory | ||
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| If you took ECE 211 in the Fall 2000 semester and passed the lab, you do not have to take the lab again this semester. If you passed the ECE 211 lab in the Fall 1999 or earlier semesters, you do have to take the lab again, since it is completely different from those earlier labs. | ||
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| All the CIRCUITS labs meet in Marston Hall Room 221 from 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. You have been assigned to either Section 1, 2, or 3. Section 1 meets Monday afternoon, Section 2 Tuesday afternoon, and Section 3 Thursday afternoon. The PC (PSPICE) Labs are virtual labs and do not meet in Marston 221; you may use the ECS PC Lab facilities in Marston 307 or Marston 112, 114 or 134 for these lab assignments. To find out more about these laboratory meeting dates, click on the link About the Laboratory and explore the related web page links. These contain a wealth of information about both the CKTS and PC labs. | ||
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| In addition to the CKTS O Lab (Soldering School and DMM construction), there are 5 other CKTS (circuits hardware, measurement) labs and 5 PC (PSPICE software) labs. You must complete all laboratory experiments. Click here to get an overview of the ECE 211 lab. A description of the CKTS and PC labs is given on the ECE 211 Lab Experiments web page. | ||
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| Good performance in the lab is extremely important in passing ECE 211. You MUST pass the lab (grade of 70% or higher) in order to pass ECE 211. The lab grade itself counts as 15% of your total course grade. | ||
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| Attendance of all CKTS labs is MANDATORY! If you miss a lab, you will receive an automatic zero grade for that lab. We do not check attendance at the PC labs, but you should attend this lab at the regularly scheduled time (2:30 - 5:30) so you can work with your lab partner at the PC. | ||
| Homework | ||
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| No you cannot turn in your HW for grading and credit. However you can use the HW solutions posted on the web to grade yourself and check your comprehension of the HW material. It is critical that you work all assigned HWs and check each of your solutions against the posted solution key. | ||
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| Yes, you are encouraged to work homework problems in groups. However, your HW solution must be written individually, in your own style, and must not be a line-by-line copy of your partner's solution. It is very important that you understand the principles and methods behind your homework solution. | ||
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| First, use the Homework Solution Help section of this web site to see if you can find a similar problem that's worked out. You will find a number of worked problems in the Supplemental Notes and Examples section. Second, use additional example problems that are available in the textbooks on reserve in the Physical Sciences Laboratory. Third, you can ask Professors Carver or Kelly or TA's for help at the regular posted office hours | ||
| Lecture Notes | ||
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| Almost all of the lecture notes will be available on the Lecture Schedule part of this web site as PDF documents, readable by Adobe Acrobat. You should download and print out these notes before class, and bring them with you to class. | ||