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Week 1 (1/8 & 1/10): Introduction to Plotting
Review sections 4.1 - 4.11
Introduction of writing assignment - Abstract Abstracts Due Monday January 14, 2008
Read sections 4.12 - Plotting
Assignment 1, in pdf format. Assignment due Thursday, January 17, 2008.
Week 2 (1/15 & 1/17): Review Matlab Scripts
Review sections 4.12.1 - 4.12.5
Introduction to Statistical Operations 4.12.6
Introduction to Subplots 4.12.7
Assignment 2, in pdf format. Assignment due Tuesday January 22, 2007
Abstracts Due Monday January 14
Thursday Quiz 1 Review Chapter 4.10 - 4.12
Week 3 (1/22 and 1/24): Linear Regression
Writing tips and guides - Return Abstracts, assign Annotated Bibliography
Introduction to Curve Fitting section 4.13.1
Linear Regression section 4.13.2
Error Analysis 4.13.3
Estimation 4.13.4
Polynomial Curve fitting 4.13.5
Splines 4.13.6
Estimation 4.13.7
Assignment 3, in pdf format. Assignment due Tuesday January 29, 2008
Annotated Bibliography Due Thursday January 31, 2008
Thursday Quiz 2 Chapter 4.12
Week 4 (1/29 and 1/31): Complete Curve fitting
Splines 4.13.6
Estimation 4.13.7
Semi-log 4.13.8
Log-log 4.13.9
Filtering 4.13.10
Annotated Bibliography Due Thursday January 31, 2008
Assignment 4, in pdf format. Assignment due Tuesday February 5, 2008
Quiz 3 Chapter 4.13
Week 5 (2/5 and 2/7): Modular design 4.14.1 & 4.14.2
Writing tips and guides - Return Bibliography and assign Annotated Outline
Modular design 4.14.1 - 4.14.3
Function calls
Assignment 5, in pdf format. Assignment due Tuesday February 12, 2008
Annotated Outline Due February 14
Quiz 4 Chapter 4.13
Week 6 (2/12 & 2/14): Functional Analysis - Sections 4.15
Assignment 6, in pdf format. Assignment due Tuesday February 19, 2008
Annotated Outline Due February 12
Quiz 5 Chapter 4.14
Week 7 (2/19 & 2/21): Programming Applications
In Class programs
Assignment 7, in pdf format. Assignment due Thursday February 28, 2008
Writing tips and guides - Return Outlines and assign Final Papers
Meet with Session Chairs
Papers Due March 6
Quiz 6
Week 8 (2/26 & 2/28): Programming Applications
Meet with Session Chairs
In Class programs
Assignment 8, in pdf format. Assignment due Tuesday March 4, 2008
Final Paper Due March 6 Quiz 7
Week 9 (3/4 & 3/6): Midterm Exam
Midterm
Inclass Test 3/4 - during your class period
Written Test 1 - covering sections 4.12 - 4.15 evening of 3/5 in DL 120, from 7 pm - 9 pm
Final Paper Due Thursday March 6
Writing tips and guides - Peer Review
Peer Review, in pdf format.
Assignment 8 due Tuesday March 18
Week 10 (3/11 & 3/13): Spring Break
No college - Go Home

Week 11 (3/18 & 3/20) Introduction to C Sections 5.1 - 5.3
Introduction to C - Sections 5.1 - 5.4
Meet with Session Chairs
Getting started with C
Data types
Meet with Session Chairs
Mathematical operations
Program Control - Looping and Branching
File I/O
Assignment 9 - First C program, in pdf format. Assignment due Tuesday March 25
Writing tips and guides - Modify Paper
Peer Review Due Tuesday March 18 Revised Paper Due Tuesday April 3
Week 12 (3/25 & 3/27)
Introduction to C - Sections 5.5 - 5.6
File I/O
Functions
Meet with Session Chairs
Revised Paper Due Tuesday April 3
Assignment 11. Assignment due Tuesday March 27
Quiz 8 - Chapter 5.1 - 5.3
Week 13 (4/1 & 4/3)
Review Function Calls
Assignment 12. Assignment due Tuesday April 3
Revised Paper Due Tuesday April 1
Power Point Slides Due midnight Thursday April 3
Quiz 9 - Tuesday Chapter 5.1 - 5.4
Conference Saturday April 5
Week 14 (4/8 & 4/10)
Introduction to C - Sections 5.7
Pointers
Assignment 13 Assignment due Tuesday April 10
Quiz 10 - Chapter 5.4 - 5.5
Week 15 (4/15 & 4/17)
Programming Applications
Prepare for Final
In class assignments
Assignment 14 Assignment due Thursday April 19
Quiz 11 - Chapter 5.6 - 5.7
In class Computer Final on Thursday
Week 16 (4/24)
FINALS WEEK
Final on Thursday April 24 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM in DL120&121,
do not bring a calculator to the test
Copy of a Sample Final
ENGR0012 Syllabus / revised January 1, 2008

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