Pitt HomeFind PeopleContact Us
School of Engineering

Course Syllabus

Week 1 (1/6 & 1/8): Introduction to Plotting
Review sections 4.1 - 4.11
Introduction of writing assignment - Abstracts Due Thursday January 15, 2009
Read sections 4.12 - Plotting
Assignment 1, in pdf format. Assignment due Tuesday January 13, 2009.
Week 2 (1/13 & 1/15): 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 20, 2009
Abstracts Due Thursday January 15
Thursday Quiz 1 Review Chapter 4.10 - 4.12
Week 3 (1/20 and 1/22): 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 27, 2009
Annotated Bibliography Due Friday January 30, 2009
Thursday Quiz 2 Chapter 4.12
Week 4 (1/27 and 1/29): 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 Friday January 30, 2009
Assignment 4, in pdf format. Assignment due Tuesday February 3, 2009
Quiz 3 Chapter 4.13
Week 5 (2/3 and 2/5): 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 10, 2009
Annotated Outline Due February 17
Quiz 4 Chapter 4.13
Week 6 (2/10 & 2/12): Functional Analysis - Sections 4.15
Assignment 6, in pdf format. Assignment due Tuesday February 17, 2009
Annotated Outline Due February 17
Quiz 5 Chapter 4.14
Week 7 (2/17 & 2/19): Programming Applications
In Class programs
Assignment 7, in pdf format. Assignment due Thursday February 26, 2009
Writing tips and guides - Return Outlines and assign Final Papers
Meet with Session Chairs
Papers Due March 5
Quiz 6
Week 8 (2/24 & 2/26): Programming Applications
Meet with Session Chairs
In Class programs
Final Paper Due March 5
Quiz 7
Week 9 (3/3 & 3/5): Midterm Exam
Midterm - covering all of Chapter 4, Matlab
Computer Test Tuesday 3/3 - during your class period
Written Test evening of Wednesday March 4 in DL 120 & 121, from 6 pm - 8 pm

Final Paper Due Thursday March 5
Week 10 (3/10 & 3/12): Spring Break
No college - Go Home

Week 11 (3/17 & 3/19) 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
Mathematical operations
Program Control - Looping and Branching
File I/O
Assignment 8 - First C program, in pdf format. Assignment due Tuesday March 24
Writing tips and guides - Return Paper
Writing tips and guides - Peer Review
Add Sustainability to your paper. Assignment Tuesday March 31
Peer Review Due Thursday March 19
Revised Paper Due Tuesday March 31
Week 12 (3/24 & 3/26)
Introduction to C - Sections 5.5 - 5.6
File I/O
Functions
Meet with Session Chairs
Revised Paper Due Tuesday March 31
Assignment 9. Assignment due Tuesday March 31
Quiz 8 - Chapter 5.1 - 5.3
Week 13 (3/31 & 4/2)
Review Function Calls
Assignment 10. Assignment due Tuesday April 7
Revised Paper Due Tuesday March 31
Power Point Slides Due midnight Thursday April 2
Quiz 9 - Tuesday Chapter 5.1 - 5.4
Conference Saturday April 4
Week 14 (4/7 & 4/9)
Introduction to C - Sections 5.7
Pointers
Assignment 11 Assignment due Tuesday April 14
Quiz 10 - Chapter 5.4 - 5.5
Week 15 (4/14 & 4/16)
Programming Applications
Prepare for Final
In class assignments
Assignment 12 Assignment due Thursday April 16
Quiz 11 - Chapter 5.6 - 5.7
In class Computer Final on Thursday
Week 16 (4/20)
FINALS WEEK
Final on Monday April 20 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, 2009

Benedum Hall

Dedicated in 1971, Benedum Hall is home to exploration and discovery.

You are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Although this site is viewable in all browsers, it will look much better in a browser that supports web standards.