Syllabus

Course Meeting Times

Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session

Labs: 1 session / week, 1 hour / session

Prerequisites

Dynamics and Control I (2.003J), Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism (8.02)

Text

Nise, Norman S. Control Systems Engineering. 4th ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2003. ISBN: 9780471445777.

Problem Sets

Problem sets are due in class as shown on the class schedule.

Quizzes

There will be two quizzes as shown on the class schedule.

Final Examination

There will be a three hour final examination (closed book) covering all of the course material during the final examination period; the exact time to be scheduled by the Registrar's Office.

Grading

Homework Grading

3 points/problem: 3=perfect, 2=small mistake(s), 1=major mistake(s), 0=no attempt.

Lab Grading

3 points/lab: 3=exemplary, 2=adequate, 1=fair, 0=inadequate or no show.

Late Policies

20% of the grade will be deducted for every working day past the due date (i.e., no credit after 5 days).

Course Ethics

Collaboration is prohibited in the quizzes and the final examination. You are encouraged to discuss problem sets and lab assignments but you must write the solutions yourselves.

Use of material from previous years is forbidden.

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