Dr. Aleksander Malinowski, office JOBST 328, phone: 677-2776,
E-mail: olekmali at bradley dot edu,
http://gdansk.bradley.edu/olekmali/.
Office hours are posted on the web site and by appointment.
The course has its web page located at
http://gdansk.bradley.edu/olekmali/courses/ee-tnp-05/.
The current course web page is hosted at at http://blackboard.bradley.edu/ - homework assignments, source code examples and more.
You are responsible for arranging and maintaining a reliable e-mail account at Bradley University and checking your e-mail daily. On campus students must also establish a BlackBoard account. Some class announcements, homework solution tips and homework grades will be posted only on BlackBoard or only distributed by e-mail. Replies to your e-mail, in general, will go to the return address specified in your message. In no case instructor is responsible for not received e-mail due to full mailbox error or your choice of forwarding it to an off-campus location. Bradley University cannot guarantee privacy of email that is by your choice sent or forwarded to an off-campus location.
In general, mailboxes have certain maximum capacity that can be reached easily if you do not download your messages off the server. In no case instructor is responsible for you not receiving e-mail due to full mailbox error.
There will be about 13 assignments or small projects. Short theoretical questions will be asked in parallel with short programming assignments in C. Homework will be posted on the course web site and mentioned in the class. Usually they will be due by e-mail on Wednesdays by 11:59pm. Keep your homework and a copy of the sent email in your mailbox until the grade is posted. Keep the received back email with grade until the end of the semester. To avoid delays follow the advised subject line and do not use that subject for asking questions. Late submission: submitted later than at 11:59pm the day it is due will be penalized 10% per each started day until 50% is reached. Late submission penalty may be waived for homework received before instructor starts grading the assignment; no credit if submitted after the corresponding exam or after the last day of lectures, or if a sample solution is posted. Some programs will require a quick demo in the lab.
Note: If the course is offered soleley via recorded lectures and self study homework per individual arrangements made at the beginning of the semester may or may not be graded in favor of a larger final project.
There will be three in class exams during the semester and a small final project. All exams will include material covered in class, from covered parts of your textbook and from homework assignments. All exams are open books and open notes but no electronic equipment is allowed including cell phones. The exams enforce textbook ownership policy that is required by publisher in order to use copyrighted presentation materials. If you do not bring your own textbooks to exams, you may expect not to be able to solve some of the exam questions. Makeup exam for valid reasons can be arranged but it may be more difficult. Sample exams from the past will be provided but they do not cover the embedded lab portion.
| Exam 1 | Date T.B.A. |
|---|---|
| Exam 2 | Date T.B.A. |
| Exam 3 | Date T.B.A. |
Homework and exams will contribute to your final grade as follows:
| area | midterm | final |
|---|---|---|
| Homework | 25% | 15% |
| Exam 1 | 75% | 25% |
| Exam 2 | ---% | 25% |
| Final Exam 3 | --- | 25% |
| Project | 25% | 10% |
Your final grade: A, B, C, D and F will be determined by your total amount of points earned during the course using: 90%, 80%, 70% and 60*% limits. Improvement in work and submission of all homework assignments will be used to determine the borderline cases. You can check your progress in building your grade on-line using GradeWatch at any time.
| points | grade |
|---|---|
| 90-100% | A |
| 80-89.9% | B |
| 70-79.9% | C |
| 60-69.9% | D |