Structural Analysis

CES 3100, Section 001

Dr. Lisa K. Spainhour, Instructor

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering 
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering 
2525 Pottsdamer Road 
Tallahassee, FL 32310 
Telephone: (850) 410-6123 
FAX: (850) 410-6142 
E-mail: spainhou@eng.fsu.edu

 

Syllabus: Spring 2000 Semester

Time: WF 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM (Yes, it is a Wednesday & Friday course)

Room: Room B-136 (New Engineering Building)

Office: Room 130

Office Hours: WF 12:00 - 1:30 PM or by appointment. Office hours begin on 1/19/00. E-mail questions are welcomed.

Teaching Assistant: Isaac Wootton, Help Sessions tentatively scheduled for WF 2:00 - 3:00 PM, or by appointment.

Textbook:

Pre- and Corequisites:

 Tentative Exam Schedule:

  1. Wednesday, February 2, 2000
  2. Wednesday, March 3, 2000
  3. Wednesday, April 7, 2000
  4. Final exam (not cumulative) during scheduled Engineering finals period.

Make-up exams will only be given in cases of extreme emergency, if approved in advance, or in cases of illness, if a note from a doctor is provided. No exceptions will be made.

Policy on Cheating:

Don’t cheat. Cheating is dishonest. It improves neither my opinion nor your classmates’ opinions of your character. It will not help you toward your final goal, which is to become a competent engineer. Cheating implies taking credit for work which is not your own. Cheating on exams and other acts of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be dealt with at my discretion. Severe violations may be punished with a failing grade in the course. Please refer to the Student Handbook of each University for more information.

Policy on Class Attendance:

Do attend class. It is beneficial to attend class. Students who attend class generally understand the material better and receive better grades than those who don’t.

Grading:

Course Topics:

Homework:

Homework will be due by 5:00 PM, one week from the assignment date, unless told otherwise. Late homework will be accepted for one week only. Ten percent will be deducted for the first day late; twenty percent each subsequent day. These time lengths may be shortened immediately before exams. Prior to handing it in, consider making a copy of your homework for your records.

Rules for handing in homework:

  1. Put assignment number and problem numbers on every assignment.
  2. Print full name; social security number is optional.
  3. Use only loose leaf paper, not pages torn from notebooks. Engineering paper or graph paper will be helpful in making drawings, and is preferred but not required.
  4. Write only on one side of the paper.
  5. Write legibly and large enough, use enough steps to clearly explain your procedures. If you use a pen and can't erase mistakes, don't make any. (Ha, ha!)
  6. Draw as many figures as required to work the problem. Draw free body diagrams and other diagrams as appropriate. Neat, understandable drawings will be as helpful to you in doing the problem as they are to the person grading the problem.
  7. In general, if a problem cannot be read and understood, it cannot be graded correctly.

Items 4 through 7 apply to test problems as well.

Notes:

  1. The above exam schedule is tentative and may be altered due to the pace of the classes and/or late notice of class cancellations by the universities.
  2. Incompletes (I grades) are intended for students who are passing but have not completed the coursework due to extreme circumstances. They will not be given as a matter of course to those failing at the semester's end.
  3. The department has a policy of not giving pluses or minuses with final course grades.

 

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