TCOM 770 Course Information
Time/Location: Fridays from 1-4pm, Towne 315
URL: www.seas.upenn.edu/~tcom770
Professor: Sanjay Udani (udani@seas)
Office: Levine 603
VA work: 301 608 2778
Office Hours: Fridays 12-1pm, or by appointment
TA: Rahul Gupta (rahulg@seas)
TA Office Hours: TBD
Details:
A course pack (required) is available from the Copy Center in the Moore building. There are no textbooks required for this course as most of the topics discussed are rapidly changing; a significant portion of the course will involve Web-based research. Grading will be based on class participation, weekly paper reviews, current topic discussion, presentations and a final paper.
Assignments:
- The paper(s) selected for each week will be discussed in class and everyone will be expected to participate. Each student will hand in a printed 1-2 page critical evaluation (not summary) of the paper the week it is being discussed.
- One (or more, depending on class size) student per week will be responsible for leading a current topic for discussion in class, and the lead is expected to have read background material on the topic prior to the class. A one-page summary for the class may be useful. The current topic will be selected during the prior week based on class suggestions.
- Each student will also pick two research topics (sample topics are listed on the next page) for which they will make a 20 minute presentation in class as well as write a 10-12 page research paper. Needless to say,copying paragraphs from print/web sources is not allowed(unless used as a quote) for the paper, and any graphics used must be appropriately referenced. The second research paper is due the last day of class; there will be no extensions.
Summary:
The typical class will have three items. First, there will be a paper discussion with participation from the whole class. Second, a student will present a current topic followed by class discussion. Third, another student will make a presentation on their main topic.
There are no midterms or finals planned for this class.
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TCOM 770 - Telecom Seminar
Spring 2011
