- TIME:
- MWF 12:30 - 1:20 PM
- PLACE:
- CEC 117
- INSTRUCTOR:
-
Dr. J. P. Havlicek
CEC 415
Tel: 325-4279
Office Hours: MW 1:30 - 2:30 and by appointment
E-mail: joebob@ou.edu
- ASSISTANT:
-
Ngao Douglass Mamuya
CEC 442
Office Hours: R 4:00 - 5:00 and by appointment
E-mail: ngao@ou.edu
- MATLAB ASSISTANT:
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Emily Weisbrook
CEC B20
Office Hours: T 9:15 - 10:15, W 2:30 - 3:30, and by appointment
E-mail:
emilyw@ou.edu
- TEXT & REFERENCES:
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- A. V. Oppenheim and A. S. Willsky with S. H. Nawab, Signals &
Systems, 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1997.
- Matlab. Matlab use is required for this course. The following
toolboxes are also required: Symbolic Math, Signal Processing, and Control
Systems. The student version of Matlab is recommended and endorsed for
this course. It comes with the required toolboxes.
The student version of Matlab does not expire.
The professional version with toolboxes is available on all ECS
computers and can also be purchased through ECS or through the school
of ECE.
- COURSE WEB PAGE:
-
http://coecs.ou.edu/Joseph.P.Havlicek/ece3793/
- PREREQUISITES:
-
ECE 2713, ECE 3723 or ENGR 2613, MATH 3113, MATH 3333 (co-req).
- REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION POLICY:
-
The University of Oklahoma is committed to providing reasonable
accommodation
for all students with disabilities. Students with disabilities who require
accommodations in this course are requested to speak with the instructor as
early in the semester as possible. Students with disabilities must be
registered with the Disability Resource Center prior to receiving
accommodations in this course. The Disability Resource Center is located
in Goddard Health Center, Suite 166, (405) 325-3852 (Tel)
or (405) 325-4173 (TDD only).
- RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS:
-
It is the policy of the University to excuse absences of students that result
from religious observances and to provide without penalty for the
rescheduling of examinations and additional required classwork that may fall
on religious holidays. It is the responsibility of the student to
make alternate arrangements with the instructor at least one week prior
to the actual date of the religious holiday.
- UNIVERSITY POLICY ON ACADEMIC HONESTY:
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http://www.ou.edu/provost/integrity
This page outlines the University's expectations of academic honesty, defines
misconduct, provides examples of prohibited conduct, and explains the sanctions
available for those found guilty of misconduct. Additional information about
the meaning of academic misconduct in this course is provided later
in this syllabus.
The UOSA Statement of Academic Integrity will be used in this course.
- COURSE DESCRIPTION:
-
This course will provide an introduction to the fundamental techniques of
analyzing and designing linear time-invariant systems, including
elementary topics in control and communications, as well as
analog and digital signal processing.
- HOW TO SUCCEED IN THIS CLASS:
-
It is CRITICAL that you pace yourself and KEEP UP. Don't put off assignments
until the night before they are due. Instead, start each assignment early
enough that you can ask questions during office hours if you run into
trouble or have questions. This will save you LOTS of time. If you start
an assignment the night before it is due, and you run into trouble, then
you will have to stay up all night trying to figure out the answers to your
questions. If you start early, you can stop when you have problems
and ask questions during office hours. This approach will minimize the
total number of hours you spend on each assignment.
Try to LEARN DURING CLASS by participating in the
lectures, both intellectually and vocally.
Try to use your time outside
of class to DRILL by working exercises.
The homework assignments will be based primarily on the LECTURES.
The tests and exam will be based primarily on the HOMEWORK.
If you keep up, then you should
be able to understand the lectures and LEARN DURING CLASS.
If you do not understand something in a lecture, then you
should raise your hand and ASK QUESTIONS such as ``I don't understand what
you just said. It confuses me because
" DO NOT BE ASHAMED OR
EMBARRASSED to ask questions!
- HOMEWORK:
-
Homework will be assigned during class.
You are encouraged to
work together on homework, but DO NOT COPY! Each problem solution
that you turn in must be your own;
- if you copy another person's solution and turn it in as your own,
then you are guilty of academic misconduct.
- If you copy an old homework solution without working the problem
yourself and turn it in, then you
are guilty of academic misconduct.
- If you copy an answer from the back of the book and turn it in
without your own
COMPLETE SOLUTION, then you are guilty of academic misconduct.
The lowest one-fourth of your homework grades will be dropped.
Homework solutions will be posted on the course web page.
Working the homework problems on time will help YOU to do well on the tests
and exam.
- MATLAB PROJECTS:
-
There will be special homework projects that will require the use of
MATLAB. These will be graded separately from the regular homework.
NOTE: none of your Matlab project grades will be dropped.
The standards of academic honesty articulated above for homework
apply to Matlab projects as well. In addition:
- All computer codes and results that you turn in as solutions
must be your own original work, except as noted in (4)
below.
- If you obtain code from another person in an electronic format and
incorporate it into the solution that you turn in, then
you are guilty of academic misconduct.
- If you obtain code from another person in electronic or hardcopy
format, type some or all of it in yourself, and then include this
as part of the solution that you turn in, then
you are guilty of academic misconduct.
- In certain cases, it may be acceptable to incorporate existing public
domain and/or library computer algorithms and codes into a solution
that you submit. In such cases, however, you must always obtain prior
authorization from the instructor and you must always document the source
of any algorithms and/or code that is not your own original work.
- TESTS & EXAM:
-
There will be two tests and a cumulative final exam.
Each test will be announced in class at least one
week in advance. Calculators will NOT be allowed on the
tests and final exam.
The tests and the exam are CLOSED BOOK and CLOSED NOTES. Formula sheets
will be provided as part of each test and exam. These formula sheets are
available on the course web page under ``handouts."
Makeup tests will not be given.
If you miss a test and your absence is NOT officially excused,
then you will receive a zero grade for that test.
If you miss a test and your absence IS officially excused,
then your final exam grade will be used in place of the missed test grade.
- GRADING:
-
Your final average will be calculated as shown in the table below.
| What |
Value |
| Homework, best three-fourths |
10% |
| Matlab homework projects |
10% |
| Test One |
25% |
| Test Two |
25% |
| Final Exam |
30% |
These numerical grades will be converted into letter grades using a curve that
I will determine. The same curve will be applied to everyone in the class.
The curve will never hurt you relative to the
standard ten-point grading scale.
