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University of California, Santa Barbara
College
of Engineering

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Introduction to C Programming and MatLab

ENGR3 - Summer 2008

Instructor: Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov

Schedule: MTWR 9:30 - 10:50am, HFH 1104

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Announcements

*    9/2/08: Office hours for the week of 9/8-9/11 are as follows:

                          Mon 9/8:  Ilan 9:30am-12:30pm (no class)

                          Tues 9/9:  Antonio 11:00am-1:00pm

                          Wed 9/10: none (Final exam)

                          Thurs 9/11: none

*    9/2/08: Homework 5 and note set 9 have been posted on the class website.

*    8/28/08: Note set 8 has been posted on the class website.

*    8/26/08: Homework 4 and note set 7 have been posted on the class website.

*    8/25/08: Office hours for the week of 9/1-9/5 are as follows:

                          Mon 9/1:  none (University holiday)

                          Tues 9/2:  Ilan 10:45am-1:15pm

                          Wed 9/3: Antonio 12:30-1:30pm

                          Thurs 9/4:  Antonio 11:00am-2:00pm

*    8/25/08: HW 4 will be due on Thurs 9/4.  HW 5 will be due on Tues, 9/9.  Final Exam will be on Wed, 9/10.  All info listed below is now current.

*    8/24/08: Note set 6 has been posted on the class website.

*    8/14/08: HOMEWORK 3 DUE DATE IS EXTENDED TO 5PM ON WED 8/20!!!

*    8/14/08: Note set 5 has been posted on the class website.

*    8/14/08: Office hours for the week of 8/18-8/22 are as follows:

                          Mon 8/18:  Ilan 10:45am-1:00pm

                          Tues 8/19:  Antonio 11:00am-1:00pm

                          Wed 8/20: Antonio 12:30-1:30pm

                          Thurs 8/21:  none

*    8/12/08: Homework 3 and note set 4 have been posted on the class website.

*    8/11/08: Homework 2 and note set 3 have been posted on the class website.

*    8/7/08: Office hours for the week of 8/11-8/15 are as follows:

                          Mon 8/11:  Ilan 12:30-2pm

                          Tues 8/12:  Ilan 10:45am-12:45pm

                          Wed 8/13:  Antonio 12:30-1:30pm

                          Thurs 8/14:  Antonio 11:00am-1:00pm

*    8/6/08: Note: All TA discussion sections are now in PHELPS 1530.  Also, a third discussion section was added from 11am-12:20pm.  All information on calendar below is now current.

*    8/5/08: Homework 1 and note set 2 have been posted on the class website.

*    8/4/08: Additional office hours will be scheduled as necessary throughout the quarter.

*    8/4/08: Welcome to ENGR 3.  Homework 0 and note set 1 have been posted on the class website.

 

 

Syllabus (click here for syllabus in .pdf format)

Time:                       TR 9:30-10:50 a.m.

Place:                      HFH 1104

Instructor:              Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov, ESB Room 2213, ext 5295, ilan[at]engineering.ucsb.edu

Office Hours:         TR 10:50am-11:50am, ESB Room 2213

 

Teaching Assistant:      Antonio Medrano – medrano[at]engineering.ucsb.edu (Send ALL email here)

 

Email policy:   All email regarding the class should be directed to ANTONIO MEDRANO (medrano[at]engineering.ucsb.edu).  Also, we cannot help you write/edit/debug your programs by email – come see us during office hours for this.

 

 

MON

TUES

WED

THURS

FRI

9

00

 

 

 

 

 

30

LECTURE

LECTURE

LECTURE

LECTURE

10

00

 

30

11

00

 

Instructor

TA

Instructor

 

30

Office Hours

Discussion

Office Hours

12

00

 

 

Phelps 1530

 

 

30

TA

1

00

 

 

Office Hours

 

 

30

 

2

00

 

 

TA

 

 

30

Discussion

3

00

 

 

Phelps 1530

 

 

30

TA

4

00

 

 

Discussion

 

 

30

Phelps 1530

* All discussions meet in PHELPS 1530, as listed above.

** All TA office hours meet in HFH room 1111.

 

Required Text:      C How to Program, 5th edition, by H. M. Deitel and P. J. Deitel, ISBN 0-13-240416-8

                                  Introduction to MatLab 7 for Engineers, by W.J. Palm, ISBN 0-07-254818-5

 

Supplementary Text:    Linux in a Nutshell, 5th edition, by Siever, et. al., ISBN 0-596-00025-1

 

Course Format:    There will be 5 homework assignments, one in-class midterm exam on Thursday, August 21st, and a final exam on Wednesday, September 10th in class.  Homework, midterm, and final will each contribute 50%, 25%, and 25% to your final grade.  The final grading scale is curved so that the class average is approximately a C+.

 

Assignments:        The assignments will consist of programs for you to write, both in C language and MatLab.  All assignments will be submitted electronically.  Instructions for electronic submission of programs will be given by your TA in discussion section – make sure to attend section so that you learn how this procedure works.  Late assignments will not be accepted except in extreme circumstances (not registering for an account in time is NOT an extreme circumstance).

 

 

Important Links

IMPORTANT:  When you register for your COE account, you will be asked to choose a login shell.  Make sure to choose tcsh (do not choose bash).  If you did this incorrectly, DON’T PANIC – you can always fix it later, just ask your TA how.

 

Create a COE account: https://accounts.engr.ucsb.edu/create_account.php

 

Click here to download PuTTY.  For instructions on using Telnet/SSH on Mac OS, go to http://acs.ucsd.edu/info/ssh_clients.php

 

For help with your COE account or to report problems, email help@engineering.ucsb.edu

 

Click here to go to the COE web email page.

 

Homework Assignments

Academic Misconduct Policy – READ BEFORE BEGINNING EACH PROJECT

 

Homework 0 – due August 11, 2008, by 5:00pm  --  If you do not complete this assignment on time, your final grade will be reduced by a whole letter grade!!! (i.e. a B+ becomes a C+)

 

Homework 1 – due August 12, 2008, by 5:00pm

 

Homework 2 – due August 14, 2008, by 5:00pm

 

Homework 3 – due August 19, 2008 by 5:00pm**     DUE DATE EXTENDED TO 5PM ON 8/20.

 

Homework 4 – due September 4, 2008 by 5:00pm

 

Homework 5 – due September 9, 2008 by 5:00pm

 

Class Notes (requires password)

 

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