COURSE PREREQUISITES
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Graduate level status in engineering.
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A good knowledge of engineering
mathematics (e.g., calculus, linear algebra, differential equations).
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A willingness to create web-based projects demonstrating ideas
from systems engineering principles.
TIME AND LOCATION OF CLASS/OFFICE HOURS
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Class. Th, 6.30 pm - 9.10 pm,
Room 2107, A.J. Clark Engineering Building.
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Office Hours. By appointment.
For a quick response to your problems, send me e-mail.
COURSE NOTES/TEXTS
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The class notes will be distributed in two packets.
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The lecture notes are 500 pages, and may be purchased
from the Engineering Copy Center (next week) for $33.00.
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The additional reading section is approximately 450 pages,
and may be purchased from the Engineering Copy Center for $30.00.
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I also recommend that you buy
UML Distilled, Second Edition: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language
(The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) -- Martin Fowler, Kendall Scott; Paperback.
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
There will be two exams:
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Midterm (25%) : Sometime in late October.
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Final (35%) : 2 hrs long. Last day of classes.
Note.
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There will be no midterm or final make-up exams.
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Students may drop the midterm score is they do
better in the final (i.e., the final exam can count for up to 60% of the grade)
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The final exam must count for at least 35% of the final grade.
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Occasional homework assignments will account for 10% of the grade.
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The systems principles project will count for 30% of the grade.
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