Announcements
   •Class Web Page:
      http://www.egr.msu.edu/~aviyente/ECE 457-05.htm
   •Lectures: M, W, F 10:20-11:10 a.m. 221 Natural 
      Resources Building
   •Office Hours:  W 11:30- 1:00 pm, Th 9:30-11:00 am or 
      by e-mail appointment (2210 EB)
   •Textbook: Principles of Communications, Rodger E. 
      Zimmer and William H. Tranter, John Wiley, 5th  
      Edition, 2002.
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                 ECE 457 and ECE 458
   •ECE 458 is designed to complement this course.
   •ECE 458 focuses on providing practical experience.
   •You will learn material in ECE 457 that is not covered 
      in ECE 458 and vice versa.
   •No labs this week.
   •There is no lab manual this year, everything will be 
      online.
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                  Course Requirements
   • 2 Midterm Exams (50%)
      – February 25, April 8 in class 
   • Final Exam, May 3 (30%)
   • Weekly HW assignments (10%)
      – Will include MATLAB assignments
      – HWs should be your own work (no copying!)
      – Assigned on Fridays due next Friday (except during exam weeks)
      – No late HWs will be accepted.
   • Quizzes (10%)
      – They will be unannounced.
      – Based on HW questions (10-15 minutes long)
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                             Policies
   •Cheating in any form will not be tolerated. This includes 
      copying HWs, cheating on exams and quizzes.
   •You are allowed to discuss the HW questions with your 
      friends, and me. 
   •However, you have to write up the homework on your 
      own.
   •There is no make-up for missed quizzes.
   •If you have an excuse for not being in class, please e-
      mail me before class.
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                        Honors Option
   •Honor credit option is available
   •Typical projects have either a software/hardware 
      implementation component and an oral presentation.
   •Past projects include:
       – Building a FM transmitter
       – MATLAB simulation of digital modulation systems.
   •Please feel free to come and talk to me about your ideas 
      for a possible project.
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