ECEN 301 – Elements of Electrical Engineering
• All Sections
MWF 1:00 – 1:50 PM 256 CB
• Lecture: MW
• Recitation: F
• Labs: M or Th
• Instructor: Prof. David Long
Office: CB 447
Email: long@ee.byu.edu
• Office Hours: See door cards
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Course Information
 Text (required): G. Rizzoni, “Principles and Applications of Electrical
Engineering” 5th Ed
 Make use of Blackboard
 Grades
 Labs
 Quizzes
 Course website: http://ece301web.groups.et.byu.net/
 Lecture slides
 Schedule
 Homework Assignments
 Complete assigned reading prior to class and attend class!
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Syllabus
 Class consists of 2 lectures a week:
o Mon and Wed – Lecture
o Reading assignment for each class
o Fri – Recitation
• Homework information session
• Quizzes given
• Lecture/Exam review
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Organization and Grading
This class consists of reading, lecture, quizzes,
homework, labs, midterms, and a final. Each
has a weighted contribution to your final grade.
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Homework: 10%
Labs: 30%
Quizzes: 5%
Midterms: 30%
Final: 25%
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Grades
Grades are assigned on the following scale*
from the composite total of above areas:
A = 93%
C = 73%
A- = 90%
C- = 70%
B+ = 87%
D+ = 67%
B = 83%
D = 63%
B- = 80%
D- = 60%
C+ = 77%
E = below 60%
* Mean may adjusted upward depending on class performance
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Homework
• Homework assignments are designed to reinforce class
material and help in exam preparation, and lab
understanding.
• On the days that homework assignments are due, the
TA will collect them from the homework box (SE
corner on the CB 4th floor) at 4:30 pm.
• Late homework will be given 50% credit within the
first 7 late days.
• Homework is late if it is not handed in before 4:30 pm
on the due date.
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Homework
• You are welcome and encouraged to discuss the
homework with your classmates and others.
However, you must do and submit your own
work. Submitting someone else’s work is
considered cheating for which you will receive
an E grade for the class and be reported to the
Honor Code Office.
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Labs
• There are 10 labs designed to emphasize topics
discussed in class
• Run by Lab Instructor (Joe Bussio, office 416 CB)
• Labs are held in 428 CB and last for 3 hours:
 Section 1
 Section 2
Mon 2 pm - 5 pm
Th 3 pm - 6 pm
• You will need to purchase a lab kit and lab
instructions from 416 CB
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Labs
• You will work in teams of 2 in the laboratory
but each person must keep and submit
individual reports
• A TA must pass-off each lab by the assigned
due date
• Write-ups will be due before the start of the
next lab
• Late labs will be penalized 10% per day for up
to 5 days
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Exams (15% per Midterm & 25% Final)
• Midterms are administered in the testing center
• The midterms are available for 4 days
• Two midterms are administered during the
course of the semester
• The final will be given during finals week at the
scheduled time
• Note: university policy forbids giving the exam early – so
don’t bother asking!
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Quizzes
• Quizzes will be administered by TAs on Friday
lectures
• If you have questions about the quizzes please address
them to the TA who administered the quiz
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Grade Verification and Appeals Policy
• It is the student’s responsibility to verify that
scores have been correctly recorded.
• If a lab score is incorrect on Blackboard, then
the student should contact the TA who passed
off the lab and not the instructor.
• The student can appeal a grade on a homework
through email with any TA.
• The student can appeal a grade on an exam
directly to their instructor through email.
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Academic Honesty
• Academic honesty includes completing your own
homework, labs, midterms, and final.
• Students should work together to help each other
understand material, but should always turn in their
own work.
• The first violation of academic honesty standards will
result in the student failing the class.
• All violations of academic honesty are documented
and reported to the Honor Code office.
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Health Considerations
• Alert your class and/or lab instructor through email or by telephone if you
have the flu or are showing signs of the flu
• You should not come to class or go to the testing center if you are or are
becoming ill, since your attendance will risk further spread of a serious virus
• Coordinate with other students to collect any special notes and make up
missed work and labs without attending class if needed. Note that lecture
notes are posted online
• Contact your TA or lab instructor to make up quizzes or labs prior to the
period should you become ill and cannot attend the lab or recitation section
• Keep up with the text book reading if you are or think you may become ill
• Plan on taking exams early during the scheduled time so you don’t have to
worry about in case you become ill
• If you are ill an unable to take the exam on schedule contact your instructor
before the close of the schedule exam period
I Remember…
10% of what I read,
20% of what I hear,
30% of what I see,
50% of what I see and hear,
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70% of what I discuss with others,
80% of what I experience by doing,
95% of what I teach others.
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Miscellaneous…
• TA’s
• Run recitation
• Help sessions
• Discussion board
• Questions?
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