MSIT-431 Web Page for Fall 2009

Office at Room M468
Phone 1-8175
ahaddad@northwestern.edu

Notices Relevant to the Course

Course Outline

Course schedule:

Week #01 on September 26, 2009
Week #02 on October 3, 2009
Week #03 on October 10, 2009
Week #04 on October 17, 2009
Week #05 on October 24, 2009
Week #06 on October 31, 2009; MidTerm
Week #07 on November 7, 2009
Week #08 on November 14, 2009
Week #09 on November 21, 2009
Week #10 on December 5, 2009

Homeworks

Homework #1: due October 3, 2009

Homework #2: due October 10, 2009

Homework #3: due October 17, 2009

Homework #4: due October 24, 2009

Midterm is set for Saturday (first hour only) October 31, 2009
Open books and notes (and minds as well)

Sample Midterm

Review session is set for Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:00 to 8:00 pm in Room M152
(end time is open depending on your questios).

Solution

Homework #5: due November 7, 2009
Problems 4-61, 4-81, 4-100, 4-103, 4-132, 4-146 in M&R textbook(RED)

Homework #6: due November 14, 2009

Homework #7: due November 21, 2009

Solution of Homework #7

Homework #8: due December 5, 2009

Course Notes

Course notes are posted in the form as in a textbook in pdf format.

Notes for Week #1 Pages 1-24

(pages 22-24 defer to Week #2)

Notes for Week #2 Pages 25-41

(pages 38-41 defer to Week #3)

Notes for Week #3 Pages 42-61

(pages 59-61 defer to Week #4)

Notes for Week #4 Pages 62-80

(pages 76-80 defer to Week #5)

Notes for Week #5 Pages 81-95

(pages 90-95 defer to Week #6)

Notes for Week #6 Pages 96-114

(pages 101-114 defer to Week #7)

Notes for Week #7 Pages 115-136

(pages 115-136 defer to Week #8)

Notes for Week #8 Pages 137-156

Power Point Slides for Week #8

(pages 147-156 defer to Week #9)

Notes for Week #9 Pages 157-175

(pages 167-175 defer to Week #10)

Notes for Week #10 Pages 176-197

Evaluation

There will be weekly homework, can be turned in individually or by group.
The homework grade is used to break a tie if one falls between two grades.
Hence it is assigned a weight of just 10% of the grade.

There is an open book MidTerm in class (during week 6, unfortunately, it is on Halloween), and is worth 40% of the grade.

There is a take-home final to be turned in a few days after the end
of the course. It should be done individually and is worth 50% of the grade