Department of EECS Fall 2008 EE100 42 43 Rev 2 GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION Instructor Dr Leon O Chua Document composed by course coordinator Bharathwaj Bart Simpson Muthuswamy Email corrections suggestions etc to mbharat cory eecs berkeley edu Table of Contents 1 General Course Introduction 2 2 Course Materials 2 3 Enrollment Class Laboratory and Discussion Sections 2 4 Homework Information 3 5 Lab Information 3 6 Exam information and grade breakdown 4 7 Grade corrections 4 8 Resources 4 9 Policy on Cheating 5 10 FAQs 6 1 Department of EECS Fall 2008 EE100 42 43 Rev 2 1 General Course Introduction Welcome to EE100 or EECS 100 or EECS 42 43 for Fall 2008 This document contains very important information pertaining to course logistics Please read this document thoroughly Note The current online version of these course notes has the final say on any course policy http inst eecs berkeley edu ee100 handouts Email corrections in this document to mbharat cory eecs berkeley edu Ever since Summer 05 we are offering both EE100 and EE42 43 as one class This is because of an overlap in the conceptual material refer to the Online Course Catalog for a detailed description of EE100 EE42 and EE43 Please note that EE100 has both the lab and theory in one course EE42 is the course EE43 is the lab We will refer to the course as EE100 from now on The course website is http inst eecs berkeley edu ee100 Please check the website at least once a day There is a bspace site http bspace berkeley edu You should already be able to access the site become familiar with it Please check the bspace site at least once a day 2 Course Materials Book James W Nilsson and Susan A Riedel Electric Circuits 8th Ed buy the edition without the PSPICE supplement Do not use any other edition1 Online supplementary lecture notes to be posted as needed from o L Chua Introduction to Nonlinear Network Theory o L O Chua C A Desoer Linear and Nonlinear Circuits Other handouts You can find these on the EE100 homepage http inst eecs berkeley edu ee100 under handouts Prelabs lab guides and lab reports You can find these on the EE100 homepage under Labs 3 Enrollment Class Laboratory and Discussion Sections Lecture attendance is compulsory If you are waitlisted for the lecture please wait till the end of the second week of class to see you if get in We will try and let everyone into the class If you don t get in by the end of the second week sorry we cannot make any guarantee that you will get in You can wait it out to see if students drop but you are taking a risk Lab section attendance is compulsory you can switch if you have unavoidable circumstances ex class conflict because of graduation is ok World of Warcraft raid is not Please email the lab head TA a petition describing in detail why you want to switch before lab sessions start We will make a decision on a case by case basis Please include in your petition the 1 Note If you already have an older edition of the book use it at your own risk Although the concepts covered may be pretty similar the end of chapter problems will be different Therefore on homework you will have to get the problems from the 8th edition 2 Department of EECS Fall 2008 EE100 42 43 Rev 2 lab section that you are currently enrolled in and the section you want to attend please include section and day time Once you are informed of the decision you can go to your new section You don t have to make the lab section switch on Telebears Make sure you are in groups of two If there are an odd number of students the TA may form group s of three Please refrain from asking HW questions in lab this is what the discussion sections and office hours are for Discussion sections are optional but we highly encourage attending them since you may need all the help you can get 4 Homework Information For detailed homework assignments and other information please check the EE100 homepage under Homework Homework refers to end of the chapter problems and other supplementary problems posted on the homework website Homework should be readable by the reader s If they are not we will not grade them Homework is due on Friday 2 00 PM PST not Berkeley time in the homework boxes labeled EECS 100 in the Cory lounge 240 Cory No late homework will be accepted do not cry or complain Graded homework will be returned during the lab section Be sure to write your name and lab section number in each homework on the front page clearly visible If you do not or enter incorrect information you will loose 10 points HW Homework solutions will be posted on bspace 5 Lab Information For detailed lab assignments prelabs guides reports and project and lab information please check the EE100 homepage under Lab The lab is in 140 Cory Hall A TA must be present in 140 for you to access the lab If you cannot make your scheduled lab session because of a valid reason sickness family emergency etc it is imperative that you let your TA know before the lab starts You can make up your missed lab only within 2 weeks of your scheduled lab session date You can come in to other lab sessions during the week to make up your missed lab If you are making up a lab please let the TA of that lab know that you will be coming to make up a lab before you come to the lab Before coming to the lab please print and read the lab experiment Prelab will be collected 10 minutes after the scheduled lab start time no late submission will be accepted Please come on time After the lab please answer all questions pertaining to the experiment Turn off all instruments on your bench and return components to appropriate locations Clean up your bench and work area Submit lab repot before you leave there is not take home report 3 Department of EECS Fall 2008 EE100 42 43 Rev 2 If you miss a lab for a valid reason illness family emergency etc you have two weeks to make up the lab in any other lab section Same goes to labs that cannot be held due to holidays thanksgiving etc If a lab section is cancelled completely at the start of the semester it is your responsibility to get into another lab section If you can t get into any lab section because of valid reasons talk to Mervin 6 Exam information and grade breakdown For detailed exam information please check the EE100 homepage under Exams If you miss the midterm there will be NO makeup midterm Your final exam will then count for 65 of your score EECS 100 or 75 of your score EECS 42 If you miss the final you get an F in the course The midterm exam will …
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