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Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering

ECE 331
Digital System Design

Fall 2006

Instructor

Office Hours

Lecture

Dr. Ken Hintz
S&T II, Room 225
khintz@gmu.edu

Tues/Thurs 1300-1400
S&T II, room 225

Tuesday & Thursday
1030-1145
Robinson, Room B 201

Email

khintz@gmu.edu is the recommended mode of communications. Answers to technical questions may be redestributed to other students via e-mail. You are expected to have a computer account and a GMU e-mail address for this course.


Recitation Sessions

 

RCT 301, M 1330-1420 Robinson, Room A206

RCT 302, F 1330-1420 Robinson, Room A245

RCT 303, F 1500-1550 Robinson, Room A245

Monday Recitation Instructor and Grader

Prerna Arora
email: parora@gmu.edu
Office: Room 2B, ST-I
Telephone: (703) 993-1600
Office Hours:
Wednesday 1620-1850
Thursday 1200-1330

Friday Recitation Instructor

Ramakrishna Bachimanchi
email: rbachima@gmu.edu
Office: Room 2B, ST-I
Telephone: (703) 993-1600
Office Hours:
Monday 0930-1030 & 1330-1530
Thursday 0840-0940

Attendance

Attendance at recitation is required and will be randomly recorded throughout the semester by the recitation instructor

Attendance is not taken at lecture but will be sampled through unannounced in-class quizzes.

You are responsible for all material presented in class and in the textbook.

Exams

Make-up exams are rarely given. Requests for a delayed Final Exam due to multiple tests (>2) in one day will ONLY be considered if proper forms are completed an in my hands prior to the mid-semester break. Students who are more than 15 minutes late for an exam may not be admitted and will be assigned a grade of zero for the exam.

Previous Exams

Students with Disabilities

If you need special assistance, please inform me soon so that we can work something out.

Honor Code

You are encouraged to discuss homework problems with other students and/or obtain the assistance of the recitation instructor. Nevertheless, please write down your solutions by yourself.

Exams are closed book, closed notes, no use of calculators or other electronic device, and the normal Honor Code applies to all exams.

Textbook

Allen Dewey, Analysis and Design of Digital Systems with VHDL, 1997, PWS publishing, ISBN 0-534-95410-3, TK7868.D5D47.

Grading Policy

Recitation/HW

20%

Midterm Exam

35%

Unannounced in-class quizzes

10%

Final Exam

35%

Calendar

The topics to be covered are shown on the Fall 06 Calendar.

Homework

All homeworks will be accounted for and graded by the recitation instructor. Homeworks late within the first week after they are due will be reduced in grade by 1/2 of their value. Homeworks will not be accepted more than 1 week late and will be assigned a grade of zero.

Classroom Etiquette

Cellphones will be turned off during class. If you have an emergency need to have a cellphone on, speak to me before class.

Lectures may not be recorded without express written permission from the instructor.

CAD Software

Usage covered in ECE 332 Lab

 

Last edit: Sep 6, 2006
khintz@gmu.edu