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Course Introduction
(Lecture #0)
ECE 301 – Digital Electronics
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Course Info
Course #: ECE 301 Course Name: Digital Electronics Course Objective:
To analyze and design combinational and sequential logic circuits.
Course website: http://ece.gmu.edu/~clorie/Spring11/ECE-301/
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Instructor and TA's
Instructor: Craig Lorie Email: [email protected] Phone: (703) 993 – 9616 Office: Nguyen Engineering Bldg., Rm. 3221
TA: Aveek Gangopadhyay Email: [email protected]
TA: Abinash Vaseduvan Email: [email protected]
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Textbook
Title: Fundamentals of Logic Design Edition: 6th Authors: Charles H. Roth
Larry L. Kinney
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Office Hours
Instructor: Craig Lorie TBA TBA
TA: Aveek Gangopadhyay TBA
TA: Abinash Vasudevan TBA
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The Labs
Labs performed weekly. A total of eleven labs.
Pre-lab must be completed prior to your lab session.
If you fail to complete the pre-lab you will not be allowed to attend your lab session.
Labs are administered by the TA's.
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Homework Homework will be assigned on a weekly basis. Homework is due at the beginning of class on
the date specified (generally Thursday). No late submissions accepted.
You are encouraged to discuss the homework problems with one another.
However, you must submit your own work. Copying solutions is considered cheating.
Homework is essential to the learning process!
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Exams
Two exams during the semester. Third exam during finals week. All exams are closed-book.
No cheat-sheets. No make-up exams.
In the case of an emergency, see me. Notify me in advance (whenever possible) if
a conflict or problem exists.
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Grading
The final grade will be calculated as follows: Homework 10% Exam #1 25% Exam #2 25% Exam #3 25% Lab 15%
The letter grade assignment is described in the syllabus.
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Attendance
Attending class is in your best interest! I will provide supplemental information to that
which is included in the textbook. I will go over a multitude of examples. I will answer questions.
However, attendance in lecture is NOT mandatory.
Attendance in Lab IS mandatory.
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When emailing me, please format the subject line as follows:
“ECE301 - <last name> <first initial> - <subject>”
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Syllabus
Please see the class syllabus for more details.
(The syllabus can be found on the course webpage)
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Expectations
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You are expected to:
• Attend class (highly recommended).
• Spend a minimum of 9 hours each week outside of class learning the material.
• Read the text book.
• Do the homework.
• Attend the lab and complete all of the lab experiments.
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Questions?