Lecture:

Monday and Wednesday
Section 001; 3:00 - 3:50 pm; Owen Hall 102
Section 002: 4:00 - 4:50 pm; Owen Hall 102
Midterm exams are M 7:00-8:20 PM Location Milam Auditorium, MLM 026
Final Exam: Wednesday, March 18th at 7:30 AM, Location is still TBD. Information for the final exam is provided by the registrar.

https://registrar.oregonstate.edu/final-examination-schedule-group-exams-class-meeting-hours

Instructor:

Matthew Shuman
Office: KEC1115
E-mail: shumanm@oregonstate.edu
Office Hours: Listed on website
Website: http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~shumanm/ (Links to an external site.)

Lab Grad TA:

Megan McCormick
Email: mccormeg@oregonstate.edu
OHs: Friday 11AM - 12 PM in DEAR 208 or by appointment

Lecture Grad TA:

Han Jang
Email: jangha@oregonstate.edu
OHs: By appointment

Problem Solving Session TA:

Nicole Dean
Email: deanni@oregonstate.edu
Session Time: Mondays @ 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (starting January 13th)
Session Location: LINC 303

Lab and Office Hours:

Please note that all labs are in DEAR 208 and all TA office hours are in Covel 140.

Class Goals

The goals of ECE 112 are to:
  (1) introduce basic concepts in Electrical and Computer Engineering in a integrated manner,
  (2) motivate basic concepts in the context of a simple student constructed projects, and
  (3) illustrate a logical way of thinking about problems and their solutions.

Lecture Topics

Electrons, Current, Voltage and basic definitions.
Circuit elements and schematics.
Resistors and Ohms law.
Modeling circuits with voltage and current sources.
Power calculations.
Applying Kirchoff's Voltage and Current laws to analyze simple circuits.
Analyzing basic circuits with the circuit simulator SPICE.
Analyzing basic transistor and diode circuits.
Use of software tools and Linux

Reading and Homework

There is no text book to purchase for this class. Notes for each class session are found in the class Canvas under modules. You are expected to read through the material for each class day before the lecture.

Homework will not be collected. A strongly suggested set of problems will be assigned for each week. This homework can be found under the class canvas modules section. We will spend most of our class time working problems together. There may be some inclass work done in groups of 3-4 that will be graded. You will have a short quiz over the previous week's class and lab material in Canvas. These will be due by 9 AM on Monday during most weeks.

Schedule of Assignments

Can be found in "Modules" section of canvas.

Student absences

If you are going to be unable to submit an assignment due to illness, family emergency, or religious observance, notify me as soon as possible. Notifying me and discussing missed work is your responsibility.

In serious situations or when you are unable to contact me, you or family members may contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 541-737-8748 for assistance. The Office of Dean of Students will provide me notification of your absence.

Providing false or misleading information to obtain an excused absence is a violation of student conduct regulations and may result in university student conduct action. See OAR 576-015-0020(6) at: http://oregonstate.edu/admin/stucon/regs.htm (Links to an external site.)

Academic Dishonesty

OSU's Student Conduct code with definitions for academic dishonesty is here: Student Conduct. (Links to an external site.)

If you are found cheating, I will not hesitate to impose any academic penalty up to and including an "F" in the course.

I strongly recommend you take time to read the Testing Agreement (Links to an external site.)

Grading

Class Grading Breakdown
Lab 35%
Canvas Quizzes 10%
Midterm 1 15%
Midterm 2 15%
Final Exam 25%

Quiz Grading Scale
100: Correct and all work shown
75: Going in basically the correct direction but not right
50: Some recognition of what you are doing
0: Clueless or not present

Lab Grading Scale
100: Basically Correct, all work shown, reasonable answers
0: Anything else

You have two weeks to contest a grade. After that, it's too late. This includes missing, or lost work or work you did but we lost. Yes, we do make mistakes sometimes, not often, but it happens. Late quizzes are given a 0% score once the due date has passed.