Text: William D. Callister, Materials Science and Engineering:
An Introduction, 4rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York,
1997.
Class Meetings: Class will meet from 8:30 a.m.
to 9:25 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in Room 1500 Engineering.
No attendance will be taken, but material not in the text will
be presented and will be subject to testing. Each student is
responsible for all material in the lectures and in the relevant
portions of the text unless directed otherwise.
Quiz: Each quiz section will meet every week.
Scheduled quizzes will be given at the beginning of most of these
sessions and will collectively contribute 5% to your final grade.
Therefore, you must attend quiz sessions on a regular basis.
No makeup quizzes will be given, but the two quizzes with the
lowest grades will be dropped. You should attend the quiz session
assigned by the Registrar. Attendance at other times for additional
help is allowed, however you will only be allowed to take a quiz
at your assigned time.
Laboratory: You should have registered for one laboratory
section. The laboratory portion of the course will meet in 2348
Engineering for two hours every other week, as arranged
in lecture. The laboratory will begin the week of September 8th.
A total of six experiments must be performed and a report for
each must be written and submitted. Lab. reports must be typed!! Lab reports will be written as a group (2-3 students) project.
Lab reports will be due one week after the experiment is performed,
except for the Tensile Test experiment. This experiment/lab report
will be completed as a group effort, the report will be counted
double for grading and it will not be due until your next lab
meeting, two weeks later. Additional detail is provided in the
lab manual. Laboratory work (including reports!!!) will constitute
7% of your course grade. Penalties will be applied for late reports
at a rate of two points per week or fraction thereof (Max. score
for a lab report is 10 points). Failure to complete the laboratory
work will result in failure in the course, no matter how good
your exam performance. The $20 material fee must be paid
at your first scheduled laboratory session. No one will be
allowed in the laboratory without a material fee card. Safety
glasses must be worn in the laboratory at all times.
Homework: Homework sets will be assigned regularly during
the semester. Two homework grades will be dropped with the remainder
used to make up 5% of your final grade. Homework sets will be
due at your quiz session. Late homeworks will not be accepted
and will be assigned a grade of zero.
Exams: There will be 5 examenitos
(little exams) scheduled every two to three weeks, and a final
exam this semester. The lowest examenito score will be dropped
and the balance will make-up 66% of the final grade. The final
exam will consitute 17% of the final grade. You are expected
to take the exams at the times and dates specified. The schedule
for the examenitos and the final exam is given below.
Examenito 1: Monday, September 22, 1997
Examenito 2: Monday, October 6, 1997
Examenito 3: Monday, October 27, 1997
Examenito 4: Monday, November 10, 1997
Examenito 5: Monday, December 1, 1997
FINAL EXAM: Friday, December 12, 1997, 8:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Course Grade: Final letter grades will be assigned on
a relative basis (a curve) and will be dependent solely on the
total number of points accumulated (out of a possible 100 points)
from the various portions of the course (exams [possible 83 points],
quizzes [5 points], homeworks [5 points], and labs [7 points])
independent of the distribution between the segments. For example,
a student who received 68 points (82%) from the exams, 0 points
from the quizzes and homeworks, and 3 points (43%) from the labs
would recieve the same final letter grade as a student who earned
54 points (65%) from exams, 5 points (100%) from quizzes, 5 points
(100%) from homework, and 7 points (100%) from labs, since they
both accumulated a total of 71 points out of a possible 100.
However, a third student who also accumulated 71 points but did
not complete six lab experiments and turn in six lab reports would
be assigned a failing grade!
Integrity: Exams, quizzes, homework sets, and laboratory
reports are to be entirely your own work using only the resources
specified. When in doubt ask. Ethical behavior is fundamental
in any professional discipline. Cheating or similar improper
conduct in even the most minor way will result, at minimum,
in a failing grade for the course. Further sanctions are likely
in severe cases.
"Faith of the Engineer" from the Society of Professional Engineers
"I am an Engineer. In my profession I take deep pride, but without vainglory;
to it I owe solemn obligations that I am eager to fulfill.
As an Engineer, I will participate in none but honest enterprises. To him
that has engaged my service, as employer or client, I will give the utmost of
performance and fidelity.
When needed, my skill and knowledge shall be given without reservation for the p
ublic good. From special capacity springs the obligation to use it well in the
service of humanity; and I accept the challenge which this implies.
Jealous of the high repute of my calling, I will strive to protect the interests
and the good name of any engineering that I know to be deserving; but I will no
t shrink, should duty dictate, from disclosing the truth regarding anyone that,
by unscrupulous act, has shown himself unworthy of the profession.
Since the Stone Age, human progress has been conditioned by the genius of my pro
fessional forbears. By them have been rendered usable to mankind nature's vast
resources of material and energy. By them have been vitalized and turned to pra
ctical account the principles of science and the revelations of technology.
Except for this heritage of accumulated experience, my efforts would be feeble. I dedicate myself to the dissemination of engineering knowledge, and especially to the instruction of younger members of my profession an all its arts and traditions.
To my fellows I pledge, in the same full measure I ask of them, integrity and fair
dealing, tolerance and respect, and devotion
to the standards and the dignity of our profession, with the consciousness, always, that our special expertness carries with it the obligation to serve humanity with complete sincerity."
Supplemental Instruction: A supplemental instructor has
been assigned to this course by the University Study Skills Center.
A supplemental instructor is an undergraduate student who has
previously taken a specific course and done well in it. The supplemental
instructor's objective is to show current students how they can
be more successful in a course. He/She organizes and leads study
groups, helps with notetaking skills, and offers studying and
exam taking tips. The supplemental instructor for MSE 130 this
semester is Jeff Roggenbuck.
Exam and Tentative Lecture Schedule:
