ECE 118 Autumn 2025 Introductory Bits

• This is not ECE 101
• Lab times are 5:05 to 6:50.
  • may leave early if finished
  • must be seen by lab guy
  • Labs are in McArthur (Engineering) 304
• lab = assignment, one per week. Labs start next week
• due exactly one week after start of lab it was assigned for
• book: old is fine, not strictly necessary at all, but you might want it
• expecting complete beginners
• neatness, layout, structure, consistency (almost meaningless at start)
• cite everything external, but nothing may be external (except possibly helpful images)
• do it yourself, do it the class way, it is all carefully planned
• in person, attendance required, remote doesn't count except with proper reason
• reach by email or in person, not blackboard, not phone. State name and class
  • in person afternoons and evenings or arrange appointment by email
  • s.murrell@miami.edu, office McArthur Engineering building room 516
• all assignments and stuff appear on rabbit web site (rabbit.eng.miami.edu)
• submit and receive grades on blackboard
• can resubmit quickly if on time
• exactly one week is latest for on time. One week from lab start, not midnight
  • enforced deadlines, each day or part of day another point from 10
  • exceptions only for exceptional circumstances, nobody forces last minute starts
• start last minute asking for trouble
• two mid terms plus final, regular classroom, official time
• incomplete almost never. really good reason out of your control
• windows and a bit of unix, trouble for new macs? Were you warned?
  • laptop possibly essential
• no phone use or web browsing in class
• strictly individual effort
• cheating, collusion, from the web/a book, faked test runs, all zero no resubmissions
• but study groups are good. draw a line, know when to split up
• every assignment involves programming, must submit in word docx:
  • name and assignment at top
  • then anything unusual that the grader should know
  • then your program,
    • neatly and readably presented,
    • no unreasonable gaps
    • plain text, not image
  • test runs: screen shots mostly, but cat and paste (not a typo) for unix
• usual pronouns and things, harassment, offense, honour code, disabilities, religious
  • see syllabus for details.