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- Seven lectures (lectures 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 17) are presently devoted to the following topics: I-V characteristics, diodes, transistors, and CMOS digital circuits. The committee recommends that the number of lectures on these topics be reduced to 2 or 3. The two reasons for this recommendation is recommendation are (a) to free up time to cover new topics, as listed below, and (b) to reduce the depth to which some of the topics are covered presently. Similarly, the consensus is to remove the coverage of Thevenin/Norton equivalent circuits (lectures 39 and 41). The committee also suggests exploring the possibility of reducing the time devoted to the topics of error detection and correction coding, data compression and cryptography/encryption (lectures 32, 33 and 35)
- The committee recommends adding lectures on Matlab, and problem-solving using Matlab. The intent is to allow the students to become familiar with using Matlab for solving simple numerical problems. Embedding problem-solving using Matlab within discussion of other topics covered in the course (possibly including the labs) is to be explored. The committee also recommends adding a lecture to introduce the students to the internet architecture.
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