Course Coordinator : Prof M R Ravi : Room No. II 257
Course web-page: http://web.iitd.ac.in/ravimr/courses/mel241
Honour Code
1. The instructors are committed to utmost serious efforts to make the course an enjoyable and educating experience.
2. The students are expected to adopt the same level of seriousness with their efforts towards the course. This would mean:
a. Studying the topics taught on the same day, or at best, before the next lecture / tutorial / lab class
b. Coming on time to the classes, both lectures and tutorials / lab.
c. Maintaining their course notebooks and tutorial notebooks upto-date.
d Participating whole-heartedly both in class and outside, with the progress of the course.
e. Studying the self-study material with equal interest, and discussing it with teachers for clarity when needed.
f. No cheating of any kind: no proxying in classes; no cheating of any kind in tests/exams.
3. In case of any violation, accept with no negotiations the decision of the course coordinator on the follow-up action.
Attendance Rule
1. Attendance will be taken by circulating a roll list in all classes, lectures + tutorials / lab classes.
2. Any proxy detected during surprise checks would be reported to Dean Academics for disciplinary action: no negotiations.
3. As per revised senate decision on attendance rule, the following will be adopted:
a. Tutorial / Laboratory marks would be scaled by attendance fraction in tutorial classes: TM(final) = TM(actual) * ntut/14
b. Lecture attendance less than 75% would result in reduction of the grade by ONE: eg, B would become B(-) etc.
c. Lecture attendance less than 50% would result in a penalty of TWO grades: eg, B would become C etc.
d. Lecture attendance less than 75% in audit cases cannot be given NP.
Evaluation
Minor and Major Tests would be for Numerical Aptitude testing. Quizzes would be for testing concepts. Quizzes would also include questions from Self-Study topics. Term-paper would be team exercise (3 students per team). Tutorial / lab evaluation would be for regularity of work, and marks will be scaled by percent attendance in tut / lab sessions.
| Examination | Marks | Duration | Remarks |
| Minor Test I | 30 | 1 hr | |
| Minor Test II | 30 | 1 hr | Closed Books & Open Notes |
| Major Test | 60 | 2 hrs | |
| Quiz 2 @ 20 | 40 | 1/2 hr | Closed Book and Closed Notes |
| Term Paper | 25 | ||
| Tutorials & Lab | 15 | ||
| Total | 200 | ||
| No photocopies of class notes / tutorial notebooks are allowed. |
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Minimum Pass percentage
Minimum Pass percentage in this course would be 35% (70 out of 200)
Minimum equivalent grade for audit pass: C grade