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University of California, Santa Barbara
College
of Engineering

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Introduction to C Programming and MatLab

ENGR3 - Fall 2006

Instructor: Dr. Ilan Ben-Yaacov

Schedule: MWF 10:00 - 10:50am, HFH 1104 (Formerly ENGR1 1104)

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Announcements

*    12/1/06: Homework 5 has been posted on the class website.

*    11/29/06: Note set 9 has been posted on the class website.

*    11/20/06: Note set 8 has been posted on the class website.

*    11/16/06: Homework 4 has been posted on the class website.

*    11/13/06: There will be no discussion section the week of 11/20-11/24 (Thanksgiving week).  There will also be no lecture or office hours on Wednesday 11/22.

*    11/13/06: Note set 7 has been posted on the class website.

*    11/8/06: Click here for info on COE Matlab workshops.

*    11/8/06: Note set 6 has been posted on the class website.

*    11/3/06: Brendon’s office hours for Monday, November 6 will be from 11am-1pm in HFH 1117.

*    10/27/06: Ilan’s office hours on Monday, Oct 30th are cancelled.  He will instead hold office hours Wednesday Nov 1st after class (11am-noon).

*    10/25/06: MatLab workshops will be held in the Cooper Lab (ground floor of ESB) on Nov 15 and Nov 29 from 3-4pm.  These are not required for this class but are extremely useful if you need extra help with MatLab.

*    10/25/06: Note set 5 has been posted on the class website.

*    10/23/06: Homework 3 and note set 4 have been posted on the class website.

*    10/16/06: Homework 2 and note set 3 have been posted on the class website.

*    10/9/06: Homework 1 and note set 2 have been posted on the class website.

*    10/9/06: Antonio’s office hours on Wednesday have changed to 12-2pm (they were 11-1 before).  The calendar below has been updated accordingly.

*    10/4/06: Ilan’s office hours for Friday 10/6 will be cancelled this week.

*    09/29/06: Please register for a COE computer account ASAP.  When you register, you may leave the section that asks for your campus address and phone number blank.

*    09/29/06: The password for class notes will be given to you in class on Monday, 10/2.

*    09/29/06: During the week of 10/9-10/13, the Tuesday 2pm discussion section will be cancelled, if you normally attend that section please attend a different one that week only.

*    09/25/06: 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:                       MWF 10:00-10:50 a.m.

Place:                      HFH 1104 (Formerly ENGR1 1104)

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

Office Hours:         MF 11:00am-noon, ESB Room 2213

 

Teaching Assistants:    Joe Bingham – jbingham@umail.ucsb.edu (Last name A-K use THIS email)

                                           Brendon Hall – brendon@engineering.ucsb.edu

                                           Antonio Medrano – medrano@engineering.ucsb.edu (Last name L-Z use THIS email)

                                           Will Wolcott – wolcott@umail.ucsb.edu

 

Email policy:   All email regarding the class should be directed to either JOE BINGHAM (if your last name begins with A-K) or ANTONIO MEDRANO (if your last name begins with L-Z).  The instructor will not respond to any direct email.  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

10

00

LECTURE

 

LECTURE

 

LECTURE

30

11

00

Instructor

 

 

 

Instructor

30

Office hours

Office hours

12

00

 

Joe

Antonio

 

 

30

Office hours

Office hours

1

00

Brendon

Joe

Antonio

Disc

 

30

Office hours

Office hours

Office hours

Joe

2

00

Brendon

Disc

Disc

Will

 

30

Office hours

Joe

Antonio

Office hours

3

00

Disc

Disc

 

Will

 

30

Brendon

Will

Office hours

4

00

Disc

Disc

 

 

 

30

Brendon

Will

 * All discussions meet in PHELPS 1525, 1526, or 1529.  Check your schedule for your room number.

** All TA office hours meet in HFH room 1117.

 

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

                                  (note: You may use the 4th edition of this book if you prefer)

 

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

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

 

Course Format:    There will be approximately 4-5 homework assignments, one in-class midterm exam on Monday, November 6th, and a final exam on Tuesday, December 12th from 8:00 – 11:00 am.  Homework, midterm, and final will each contribute 45%, 25%, and 30% 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://www.engineering.ucsb.edu/~admin/computer_accounts/computer_account_request

Click here for detailed instructions.

 

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

 

 

Homework Assignments

Academic Misconduct PolicyREAD BEFORE BEGINNING EACH PROJECT

 

Homework 0 – due October 10, 2006, 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 October 17, 2006, by 5:00pm

 

Homework 2 – due October 25, 2006, by 5:00pm

 

Homework 3 – due November 2, 2006, by 5:00pm

 

Homework 4 – due December 1, 2006, by 5:00pm

 

Homework 5 – due December 7, 2006, by 5:00pm

 

 

Class Notes (requires password)

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