Course Syllabus
Instructor: William
Seeley
Office: Bowman
Hall, Room 105
Phone: 662-5457
E-mail: w.seeley@mcla.edu
Office Hours: T,
W
Text: Horenstein, "Design Concepts
for Engineers", Prentice-Hall (ISBN 0-13-146499-X). There will also be
assorted handouts and on-line documents to supplement the text.
Attendance: Students
are expected to meet every class, as classroom discussion is a valuable course
component. Not attending means not contributing, and class participation will
be a consideration in grading.
Homework: Homework
assignments will be made throughout the course, and will be part of the grading
process.
Exams and Quizzes: There will be two or three exams during the
semester. These will be announced well in advance. There may also be
occasional, unannounced short quizzes as well. There will be a final exam at
the end of the semester
Team Projects: This course stresses the direct
application of engineering principles to real problems, and so is in large part
project oriented. The lab portion of the course will reflect this by assigning
specific projects to student teams. The successful analysis, planning and
execution of assigned projects, both by the teams and by individual team
members, will constitute an important course component. Most projects will be
done in the lab, but some may require outside work and/or time spent in the
labs outside the regularly scheduled lab times. We will make the labs as accessible
as practical during normal hours (
Laboratory Notebook: A
primary concern to an engineer (and to his/her employer) is the lab notebook.
All your work should be documented in your notebook. It should be your constant
companion as you do your work, whether in the lab, classroom, home or dorm. The
lab notebook is the last line of defense in the matter of intellectual property
disputes, and employers take the matter of proper lab notebook maintenance very
seriously. In this course the lab notebook will be the one most important part
of course grading. (Look in Section 3.3 in the text for some comments on lab
notebooks).
Grading Policy: Grades will be assigned using the
following schedule.
Attendance (including class
participation): 10%
Homework: 10%
Exams and Quizzes: 20%
(Exams will count for 20% of the
course grade - Quiz scores will add to Exam scores.)
Team Projects: 20%.
Lab Notebooks: 20%.
Final Exam: 20%