Overview

This is a core engineering course at The University of Iowa. A large number (~ 250) of students enroll in one of two lecture sections (Section AAA or Section BBB) and in one discussion section (Sections A31, A32, A33, A34, B35, B36, B37, or B38). There are two instructors and four teaching assistants. The course is taught synchronized across sections: instructors cover the same material each week, all students are assigned the same homework, students can visit with any available teaching assistant, there is a common class website, and all students take the same midterm- and final exams. However, the instructors have their individual teaching styles, and may have different classroom materials such as slides. Students should attend the lecture- and discussion section they registered for, and should not attend other sessions. Here are the course policies.

Instructors

Instructor Office Hours

Teaching Assistants

The teaching assistants for this class will hold office hours, grade homework, and conduct discussion sessions. The T.A.s are shared across sections. That is, students from any section can visit with any available T.A. during the T.A.'s office hours. However, students should attend the discussion section they registered for, and should not attend other discussion sessions.

T.A. offices are located in 1313 SC.

Homework

Homework problems are assigned every Monday, and are due the Thursday of the following week. In other words, 10 days later. More details are here.

Exams & Grades

The table below shows how course grades are computed. Exams are closed book, closed notes. You can check your grades here. There will be no redo exams.

Text Book

For this class, we use Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, 9th Edition, by J. David Irwin, R. Mark Nelms, Wiley, 2008. Here are your options for the text:

• Option 1. Buy the hardcover book. Durable, traditional. Most expensive.
• Option 2. Buy the binder/loose leaf version. Pull out only those sections we are covering, and you have less weight to lug around, etc. Less expensive that Option 1.
• Option 3. Buy the WileyPlus version, an all-electronic version from the Wiley site. You get
  • Access to a (printable) on-line version of the text,
  • Access to a (printable) on-line problem solving companion,
  • Access to an interactive on-line study helper (JustAsk) - access to on-line videos explaining how to solve selected text problems. Less expensive than Option 1 or 2.
• Option 4. Buy the WileyPlus version, an all-electronic version from the Wiley site. You get all the goodies from Option 3. Wiley will send you a discount coupon so that you can buy the hardcover or loose leaf textbook at a discount.
• Option 5. Shop around for used hardcover or loose-leaf textbooks.