The course content will cover the interesting aspects of analog and digital electronics as perceived by the participants, and will cover all the required learning elements.
2.1. This is the only electronics course in the CS curriculum. With this in mind, the course design and its conduct will be a carefully guided interactive process to set the stage for the participants to enjoy the discovery of electronics.
2.2. The first session is designed for the teacher/facilitator to gain an appreciation of the individual and sub-group interests of the participants. The course and experiments will, then, be designed to cater to these interests.
2.3. The learning elements of the curriculum are given, and are fixed. However, their sequence and treatment will have to respond to the factors discovered above.
3. Outline and Timeframe
3.1. The outline will be made available after the first session.
3.2. The schedules will also be made available after the first session.
3.3. The treatment of electronics in the two sections may not be identical, although each of the sections will have covered all the learning elements one approximately month before the semester comes to an end.
4. Required Readings.
These are specified in the lecture part of the course.
5. Suggested Readings
These are specified in the lecture part of the course.
6. Requirements
6.1. Actual personal work on the laboratory experiments.
6.2. Consultation during scheduled class days and hours, which reveal the student's learning progress
7. Grading System
An "A" grade is indicated by the following measurable and qualitative criteria:
7.1. Measurable
7.1.1. (50%) : Meeting the ALL the functional performance requirements of the circuits.
7.1.2. (20%) : Written reports on specific learnings related to the experiments that they have performed.
7.1.3. (10%) : Written tests.
7.2. Qualitative
The teacher/facilitator provides the remaining (20%) based on his personal appreciation of the combination of the competencies which the student and his group have gained. This will be indicated by
(a) [5%] consultations;
(b) [10%] oral presentations of their experiments, and the
(c) [5%] general diligence with which a particular student performs within the scheduled laboratory period.
8. Classroom Policies
The management of the classroom shall be such as to facilitate the creation of an environment conducive to the person's growth, as well as, unleash and enhance aspects of personality that are helpful to "problem-solving" situations.
Very briefly, this development is expected along the lines of "freedom to think", management of work and learning so as to achieve high levels of motivation at work within the context of group and personal interaction, and the development of participative decision-making skills. The course hopes that the participants experience the joy of being able to contribute and take accountability for a successfully completed job, within the confines of the alloted schedule.
The conduct of the course is "hands-on". At any time, students may, and are encouraged, to ask the teacher/facilitator to come to the group's work bench to consult about any aspect of the group's experiments during scheduled class hours and days. He will, nevertheless, be moving around the different groups anyway.
