Electronics

PH 305L

Fall 2007

Room 336

9-9:50 a.m., MWF

Instructor:

Dr. Rick Batman

Office:

Room 102, 1st cubicle on the right

Phone:

(318) 357-3174, ext 138

Email:

rbatman@lsmsa.edu

Website:

http://faculty.lsmsa.edu/RBatman/

Textbook:

Guided Study:

Office Hours:

 

Electric Circuits, 2nd ed., R.E. Ridsdale

Wednesday, 4-5:30 p.m., Room 336

M 3-5, T 4-5, W 3-4, Th 1-5, F 3-5 (by appointment only)

Course Goals:

This course will apply principles of basic physics to a theoretical understanding and analysis of the behaviors of various types of electrical circuits.  Circuit theory will be applied to the construction of circuits in the laboratory and to predictions of their behavior.

 

Homework, Quizzes, and Late Assignments:

1.      Sets of homework problems will be assigned and collected regularly.  You will also have assignments for lab.  All assignments are due at the beginning of class (or lab) and it is your responsibility to ensure that the assignment is submitted into my hands.  Do not send your assignment with a friend, or attempt to put it in my mailbox or on my desk, because it may fail to reach me, and you will receive no credit in this case.  Even if it does reach me, it hasn’t been officially submitted until it is in my hands.  If the assignment is submitted after the beginning of class, but within 24 hours afterward, you will lose 10% credit for lateness; if between 24 and 48 hours afterward, 30%; if more than 48 hours afterward, 100%.  (This excludes weekends and holidays.)  This will apply regardless of extenuating circumstances, including any difficulties you might have getting to me.  Exceptions may be negotiated for excused absences, but are not guaranteed.   In any case, no assignments of any kind will be accepted on or after the day that grades are due for the end of a grading period.  If you know ahead of time that you will miss a class for any reason, it is in your best interest to submit the assignment in advance of the time it is due. 

2.      For tests and quizzes, makeups are allowed for excused absences only.  For anticipated absences (track, quiz bowl, etc) the assignment must be completed before you leave.  For unanticipated excused absences in which a test or quiz is missed, it is your responsibility to come to me to make up the assignment.  I will not remind you.  If you do not do this within one week of the absence, you will receive a zero for that assignment.

3.      You are responsible for keeping all your graded work in good condition throughout the semester, just in case I need it later as proof of your performance. 

1.      Please look over your returned exams and assignments and ask questions about your grades during my office hours (not during class) if you think there is a problem, or if you simply don’t understand what you missed.

 

Grading Scale

Components of your lecture grade

A

90-100%

Tests

50%

B

80-90%

Homework

20%

C

70-80%

Quizzes

15%

Failing

Below 70%

Final Exam

15%

 

Your Total Grade: 80% Lecture, 20% Laboratory

 

If you fail the laboratory component, you automatically fail the lecture, and vice versa.

 

Attendance:

Attendance at the lecture and the labs is mandatory.  The student is referred to the student handbook for specific school policies.  In this class, three tardies will equal one unexcused absence. If you are more than 15 minutes late to class (by my watch, which is fairly accurate), you will be counted absent.  If you sleep in class or refuse to actively participate in class, you will be counted absent.  Also, since lab is part of the class, an absence from the laboratory is combined with the absences from lecture when computing total absences per semester.  Four unexcused absences results in a failing grade for the course.  An unexcused absence from the final exam will also result in a failing grade for the course.

 

Honor Code:

All students will be held to the honor code and must sign the honor code to their tests. The student is referred to the student handbook.

 

 

The final exam will be comprehensive.  Each mid-term exam may include any material that has been covered since the beginning of the course, but will emphasize material covered since the previous exam.  This also applies to quizzes. 

 

 

Tentative Exam Dates:

Exam I             W 9/5                                      Exam III           W 10/31

Exam II            W 10/3                                                Final                 TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Electronics Laboratory

     Room 336

    2:30-3:15 T

 

In each lab, you will perform an experiment and collect data.  A lab report will be submitted for this experiment the following week.  Your grade will depend on these things:

1.      Your attendance to the lab and your individual participation in the lab experiment.

2.      The thoroughness with which you collect data (noting observations, careful planning of your experiments, laboratory technique, neatness). 

3.      Keeping and leaving your lab area clean.

If you fail the laboratory component, you automatically fail the lecture, and vice versa.

 

Grading Scale

Components of your lab grade

A

90-100%

Lab Reports

70%

B

80-90%

 

 

C

70-80%

Lab Final

20%

Failing

Below 70%

Lab Notebook

10%

 

 

All your data taken throughout the semester must be recorded in permanent ink in a bound journal dedicated exclusively to the electronics lab.  This notebook will be collected periodically and graded for completeness, good organization, and legibility.

 

You will earn 40% credit in your lab report grade for coming to lab on time, actively participating in the lab activity, following instructor safety precautions, and cleaning and organizing your lab area before you leave the lab.  The additional 60% can be earned by turning in your lab report complete, correct, and on time.  

 

Attendance:

A lab procedure or the lab final may only be made up in the event of an excused absence and must be made up within one week of the absence, or else the grade is zero.  No more than two lab makeups are possible during the semester.  Whether I allow a makeup is left to my own discretion, and no makeup opportunities are guaranteed. 

 

Academic Dishonesty:

You take data with your lab partner; however, your lab write-up must be your own.  You may confer with your lab partner; however, other than your data, nothing else about your lab report should look the same.  If you and your partner turn in the same lab, the grade the lab receives will be cut in half, with each student getting half the grade.  For the second offense, both students will receive a zero for that lab.  On the third offense, you will be reported to the honor court with all the previous offenses being entered into evidence against you.