Syllabus for Computer Tools for Engineers (EGN 2210)

Instructor:

• Ken Christensen
  Office: ENB 319
  Office Phone: 974-4761
  Office FAX: 974-5456
  Home Phone: 991-4401 (not after 10pm, please)
  Email: christen@csee.usf.edu
  WWW: http://www.csee.usf.edu/~christen

Teaching assistants:

• Li Zhou
  Office: ENB 329
  Email: lzhou@csee.usf.edu
  
  
• Sujit Vaidya
  Office: ENB 329
  Email: vaidya@csee.usf.edu

Location and time:

• Lecture - Monday, 11:00am to 12:45pm in ENA 105
• Lab - Tuesday, 10:00am to 11:50am in ENB 116
• Lab - Wednesday, 10:00am to 11:50am in ENB 116
• Lab - Thursday, 10:00am to 11:50am in ENB 116

Faculty and TA availability:

• Office hours for Ken Christensen are 4:00 to 5:00 on Monday through Thursday. Appointments are easily arranged. All email will be answered in 12 hours or less.
• TA's are available during lab hours and during their office hours. TA office hours are MW 5:30pm to 6:30pm and 4:40pm to 5:40pm for Li Zhou and F 11:00am to 3:00pm for Sujit Vaidya. Both Li and Sujit are in ENB 329.

Textbook:

• The required textbook for this course is FORTRAN77 for Engineers and Scientists, fourth edition by Larry Nyhoff and Sanford Leestma.

Prerequisites:

• Calculus 1 is the stated prerequisite for this course.

Grades:

• Lab exercises - - 15% (Total of 6 lab exercises, will drop lowest score)
• Quizzes - - - - - - 35% (Total of 5 quizzes, none will be dropped)
• Exam #1 - - - - - 25% (10/04/99)
• Exam #2 - - - - - 25% (11/29/99)

Final letter grades will be:

• A = 90% through 100%
• B = 80% through 89%
• C = 70% through 79%
• D = 60% through 69%
• F = Less than 60%

Late and missed work policy:

Missed lab session cannot be made-up unless discussed with the instructor prior to the missed session. No missed quizzes or exams will be excused. Truly exceptional circumstances should be discussed with the instructor.

Attendance policy:

The decision to attend a given class or lab is up to you. However, 100% attendance is expected if you are to pass this course. Look at it this way... when you take your first professional job, how many times in three months do you expect to be late and/or absent and still keep your job?

Academic honesty:

If you are dishonest, you will be asked to leave the course and take an "F". On quizzes and exams, you must submit your own work and you may not give or receive help. For laboratory exercises, you must also submit your own work, but may consult with each other during the laboratory session.

Note from the Provost:

"Students who anticipate the necessity of being absent from class due to the observation of a major religious observance must provide notice of the date(s) to the instructor, in writing, by the second class meeting."