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Welcome Back! Professor Shahrokh Valaee Associate Professor Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies Who am I? Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies Oversees and manages the delivery of the UG program Manages and facilitates annual


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Welcome Back!

Professor Shahrokh Valaee Associate Professor Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies

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Who am I?

  • Associate Chair, Undergraduate

Studies

  • Oversees and manages the delivery of the UG

program

  • Manages and facilitates annual undergraduate

teaching assignments for all ECE courses

  • Provides student counselling support
  • I teach ECE361S Computer Networks I
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Who Are We?

Linda Espeut (Manager and Counsellor) Jayne Leake (Administrative Coordinator and Counsellor)

Student Advisors

Karen Irving Mary Miceli

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Where is the Undergrad Office?

Sandford Fleming Building 10 King's College Road Room: Basement 600A Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8:45am‐5:00pm

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Some of the Services we Offer:

  • Questions/concerns about courses and

timetables

  • Academic advice
  • Questions about the 600 Hours Practical

Experience Requirement

  • Questions about graduation

We are here to help you! 

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Need Academic Assistance?

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Academic Assistance

  • ECE Study Room

– Location: BA 1120 – TCard Access only

  • Academic Success Centre

– Location: Koffler Centre (214 College Street) – Workshops include: Time Management, Dealing with Exam Anxiety – More information: http://www.asc.utoronto.ca/

  • Learning Skills Strategist

– Undergraduate Engineering students are now able to access learning skills sessions with U of T Academic Success Centre Learning Strategist Michael Richards.

  • U of T Engineering students can make an appointment at the Registrar’s Office in GB

157 or the First Year Office in GB 170.

  • Counsellor & Wellness Coordinator

– Engineering students are able to access brief, time‐limited counselling services with Laurie Coleman, a registered social worker.

  • Students will need to meet with Linda Espeut to be referred to Laurie.
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Second Year Workload Table

Fall 2013

Week # ECE212H1F Iravani, Reza ECE241H1F Anderson, Jason ECE244H1F Abdelrahman, Tarek MAT290H1F Nachman, Adrian MAT291H1F Pro, Curtis DISCLAIMER: Due to unforeseen circumstances, dates and percentages are subject to change without further notice.

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Sept 9‐15

2

Sept 16‐22

Lab 1 (4%) Sept 20 – Lab (1.7%) Quiz (3%) Quiz (3%)

10 quizzes given, accepting best 8/10

3

Sept 23‐ 29

Lab 1 (4%) Sept 27 – Lab (1.7%) Sept 23 – Lab (4.17%) Quiz (3%) Quiz (3%) 4

Sept 30‐Oct 6

Lab 2 (4%) Oct 4 – Lab (1.7%) Quiz (3%) Quiz (3%) 5

Oct 7‐13

Lab 2 (4%) Oct 9 – Midterm 15% Oct 11 – Lab (1.7%) Oct 7 – Lab (4.17%) Quiz (3%) Quiz (3%) 6

Oct 14‐20

Lab 3 (4%) Oct 15 – Midterm (20%) Oct 18 – Lab (4.17%) Oct 17 – Midterm (30%) Quiz (3%) 7

Oct 21‐27

Lab 3 (4%) Oct 25 – Lab (1.7%) Oct 22 – Midterm (30%) Quiz (3%) Oct 24 – Midterm (30%) 8 Oct 28‐Nov 3 Lab 4 (4%) Nov 1 – Lab (1.7%) Quiz (3%) Quiz (3%) 9

Nov 4 ‐10

Lab 4 (4%) Nov 11 ‐ Midterm 15% Nov 8 – Lab (1.7%) Nov 4 – Lab (4.17%) Quiz (3%) Quiz (3%) 10

Nov 11‐17

Lab 5 (4%) Quiz (3%) Quiz (3%) 11

Nov 18‐24

Lab 5 (4%) Nov 23 – Lab (4.17%) Quiz (3%) Quiz (3%) 12

Nov 25‐Dec 1

Nov 29 – Lab (8%) Quiz (3%) Quiz (3%) 13

Dec 2‐4

Review Dec 4 – Lab (4.17%) Review Review

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ROSI E‐mail Address

Our office sends important information to your ROSI e‐ mail account. Please ensure you check this account regularly. When sending emails to the Undergraduate Office, please use your @mail.utoronto.ca email address.

  • Please also remember to include your:
  • Name
  • Student Number
  • Year of Study
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Lab Access

A listing of labs you have access to can be found at:

http://www.ece.utoronto.ca/lab‐support/lab‐and‐staff‐list/

Strict lab rules are enforced. If you do not abide by the rules, your account will be locked.

Code of Conduct: http://www.ece.utoronto.ca/lab‐support/rules/ No Food or Drinks Policy: http://www.ece.utoronto.ca/lab‐support/no‐food/

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Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan

c: 1480‐1521 First to circumnavigate the earth

What is Magellan?

  • A course selection software tool to help

you plan and verify your program and CEAB requirements

Why Should I Use Magellan?

  • An easy and fast way to verify program

and CEAB requirements

  • Automatically calculating the academic

units (AUs) for your 3rd and 4th year study plans

Information Sessions

  • TBD – Information will be sent out to students
  • Course Selection Sessions – January 2014
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Plagiarism and Academic Integrity

  • Serious crime!!
  • Plagiarism: representing

someone’s else work as your own

  • Example of Academic

Offences:

– Cheating – Using unauthorized aid

  • Serious Academic

Consequences

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Get involved OUTSIDE of the classroom!

Opportunities include:

  • ECE Club
  • Spark
  • IEEE Club
  • LOT
  • WISE

For other Engineering clubs/activities: http://skule.ca/clubs/

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I EEE UofT Student Branch

Welcome Message

Second Year Orientation and BBQ – Sept 6th, 2013

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W hat is I EEE?

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers You probably have used - IEEE Citation Style IEEE – World’s Largest Professional Organization Responsible for

– Industry Standards – Conferences – Publications

400,000+ Members in 160 countries

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I EEE Student Branch @ UofT

Provide professional development opportunities Events we host every year:

9/ 10/ 2013

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Additional Events

Other events and Collaboration

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Special Opportunities

In May 2013, we hosted a conference for undergraduate students, part of which was a $3,000 Design Competition for students across Ontario.

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Take-Aw ay & Contact I nfo

We provide support in Professional Development

– Expand your professional and industry knowledge – Explore various career path after graduation – Establish professional connections

News & Events posted at ieee.toronto.edu Want to get involved? Contact us at:

– I EEE.UT.StudentBranch@Gm ail.com – Post on our wall – Search “I EEE UofT” on Facebook

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Any Other Questions/Concerns?

E‐mail us at askece@ecf.utoronto.ca Have Facebook? Join our page! Electrical & Computer Engineering @ U of T

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Welcome BBQ Lunch Information

Make sure you have a ticket!

If you don’t have a ticket, see Karen or Mary

Location: Bahen Patio

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BBQ Lunch