General Information for 16.31
Subject Requirements and Grading:
Homework Approximately Weekly Quiz 1 Tuesday 7 March 2006 Quiz 2 Tuesday 11 April 2006 Quiz 3 Thursday 11 May 2006 Homework is assigned on Thursdays and is due the following Thursday at the beginning of class. Hand in your homework in class or hand it in to Sally Chapman in 33-309. Homework is graded credit/no credit. There is not credit for homework turned in late.
Quizzes will be approximately hour in class and they will be proctored by Sally Chapman.
Grading Policies:
An excerpt of the MIT grading rules is given below and it will be strictly followed.
Grades at MIT are not rigidly related to any numerical scores or distribution functions, that is, grades are not awarded solely according to predetermined percentages. As can be seen from the following grade descriptions, a student's grade in a subject is related more directly to the student's mastery of the material than to the relative performance of his or her peers. In determining a student's grade, consideration is given for elegance of presentation, creativity, imagination, and originality where these may appropriately be called for.Passing Grades
Undergraduate and graduate students who satisfactorily complete the work of a subject
by the end of the term receive one of the following grades:
- A - Exceptionally good performance demonstrating a superior understanding of the
subject matter, a foundation of extensive knowledge, and a skillful use of concepts
and/or materials- B - Good performance demonstrating capacity to use the appropriate concepts, a
good understanding of the subject matter, and an ability to handle the problems
and materials encountered in the subject- C - Adequate performance demonstrating an adequate understanding of the
subject matter, an ability to handle relatively simple problems, and adequate
preparation for moving on to more advanced work in the field- D - Minimally acceptable performance demonstrating at least partial familiarity
with the subject matter and some capacity to deal with relatively simple problems,
but also demonstrating deficiencies serious enough to make it inadvisable to
proceed further in the field without additional workCollaboration:
Collaboration, such as working with others to conceptualize a problem, define
approaches to the solution, or debug code, is allowed and encouraged as long as it is
identified. Plagiarism, such as copying someone else's solution or MATLAB® code, is
not allowed. The write-ups must always be your own. Modifying someone else's code to
make it your "own" is unacceptable.If you choose to collaborate with other students on the homework problems or the
laboratory assignments, indicate their names and the nature of your joint work. Ensure
that your collaborator does the same on his/her assignment. Violations of these guidelines
will be dealt with as per section 10.2 of the MIT Policies and Procedures.Text and Required Materials
None required. Lecture notes will be handed out in class. But various books available for
reference are:
- Meriam and Kraige. Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics. Wiley.
- Hibbeler. Engineering Mechanics – Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics. Prentice Hall.
- Williams, Jr. Fundamentals of Applied Dynamics. Wiley.
- Greenwood. Principles of Dynamics. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall [RB dynamics].
Sources:
2001 and 2002 16.61 Course Announcements, MIT OCW 16.61 Syllabus.
