Signals and Systems 520.214
Spring 2011
A. Brinton Cooper III

 

Preliminary


Signals and Systems provides the foundation for a wide range of studies in electrical engineering, applied physics, music, and other disciplines.  Important information regarding the course is found on this page, so check here first when you have questions.

It is vitally important that you attend the weekly problem session for which you are registered.  The TAs will be prepared to demonstrate applications, answer questions, and show how to do past homework problems (but not, of course, the current assignment!)

Homework is assigned and collected each Monday and is due by the end of the lecture.   Late homeworks will receive a grade of zero (0), but the TAs will still review and correct the work.

I invite you to take the short self test found here. If you don't essentially get a perfect score, you are not prepared to take the course. In that case consider dropping out. Make sure you don't peek at the answers found at the end of the quiz.

 

Course meetings: 

   Lectures:  MWF 1:30-2:20, 117 Barton Hall

Problem sessions (Please attend only the one for which you are registered.)

 

       2. Th 1:30-2:20 pm, 301 Hodson Hall

       3. T  1:30-2:20 pm, 211 Dunning Hall

Course prerequisites (link)

Award winning signals demos created by Prof. Rugh and his students

 

Course calendar (including weekly homework assignments)

Lecture notes

Text:  none required.  Online lecture notes will be sufficient.

Grading: 

    Homeworks:  20% (The homework with the lowest grade will be omitted.)

    Mid term #1    20%

    Mid term #2    20%

    Final exam      40%

Ethics:

The JHU Undergraduate Ethics Policy is found here. For this course, there will be no

  • collaboration on exams, quizzes, or homeworks
  • direct copying of any assignment from any source
  • interference with any student's work.

     

You may discuss homework with other students, but you may not work on     assignments jointly.  Work that you submit must be yours alone.

 

 

People:

Lecturer:  Prof.  A. Brinton Cooper III

210 Barton Hall, 410-516-7014

Office hours: M & W 3:00-4:00 or by appt.

 

Class Assistants:

Aaron Lampley: aaron.lampley@gmail.com

     Office hours:  Mon: 11:00-12:00, Wed: 11:00-12:00, 223C Barton

 

Hassan Mohy-ud-Din mohyuddin.engineer@gmail.com

     Office hours:  Thu: 4:30-5:30, Fri:  9:30-10:30, 223C Barton

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal note:  This course, with Circuits 520.213, was the vanguard of a major overhaul of JHU's EE curriculum many years ago.  It was conceived by the remarkable and memorable Prof. William H. Huggins.  I was privileged to be a member of the second class in Electrical Engineering Circuits.  It was a major factor in my decision to pursue Electrical Engineering.
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