: ENSE 621 : General Information

COURSE PREREQUISITES Graduate level status in engineering. A good knowledge of engineering mathematics (e.g., calculus, linear algebra, differential equations). A willingness to create web-based projects demonstrating ideas from systems engineering principles. TIME AND LOCATION OF CLASS/OFFICE HOURS Class. Th, 6.30 pm - 9.10 pm, Room 2107, A.J. Clark Engineering Building. Office Hours. By appointment. For a quick response to your problems, send me e-mail. COURSE NOTES/TEXTS The class notes will be distributed in two packets. The lecture notes are 500 pages, and may be purchased from the Engineering Copy Center (next week) for $33.00. The additional reading section is approximately 450 pages, and may be purchased from the Engineering Copy Center for $30.00. 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: Midterm (25%) : Sometime in late October. Final (35%) : 2 hrs long. Last day of classes. Note. There will be no midterm or final make-up exams. 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) The final exam must count for at least 35% of the final grade. Occasional homework assignments will account for 10% of the grade. The systems principles project will count for 30% of the grade.

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