Cockrell School of Engineering

General Engineering Supplemental Instruction

GE 207D
Instructor: Janaki Vamaraju (vjanaki@utexas.edu)
Office hours: Held at engineering study tables in Jester West 2
nd
floor cafeteria entrance by
!iano lounge "uesdays# $#%&!m ' (&#%&!m. ")ere *ill al*ays be someone t)ere +on t)ru
")urs $#%&!m to (&#%&!m.
Purpose: "o !rovide t)e student *it) an o!!ortunity to en)ance !roblem,solving skills in t)e
concurrent course t)roug) collaborative learning tec)ni-ues a!!lied to additional !roblems in t)e
subject area. ")is course is ./" a )ome*ork revie* session and students *ill be given in,class
*ork differing from t)e )ome*ork assigned by t)e concurrent instructor.

Course Grade: ")e grade in t)is course is determined by class attendance and !artici!ation.
0artici!ation includes but is not limited to actively contributing to t)e grou! solution for t)e
assigned !roblems !resentation of t)e grou! solution to t)e class individually !resenting self,
generated !roblems to a grou! !artici!ating in 1lackboard online grou!s maintaining a journal
of !roblems etc. 2ailure to !artici!ate may be !enali3ed at t)e discretion of t)e instructor.
ournal: 4ou are ex!ected to maintain a journal of all your class *ork. ")is journal *ill be
collected and revie*ed at t)e instructor5s discretion. ")e journal s)ould contain t)e vast majority
of W/6789 :.9 ;/<V89 !roblems t)at *ere assigned during class. : journal may receive
eit)er a (;)atisfactory or an (=)nsatisfactory. :n (=)nsatisfactory grade is e-uivalent to an
absence.
!ttendance: ")e >8 class is designed around grou!s *orking toget)er. :ttending and being on
time are very im!ortant. ?t is not fair to your grou! for t)e instructor to !ermit absences or
tardiness. :""8.9:.@8 is +:.9:"/64. ")e c)art belo* outlines t)e attendance,based
grading !olicy. =se your absences *iselyA no additional absences *ill be a!!roved.
Grade Absences
A 0-3
B 4-6
C 7-9
D 10-12
F
13 or
more
"ardiness Polic#: ")ree (%) tardy arrivals ((& minutes after class commencement) *ill count as
an absence.
$ome%ork&E'ams: ")ere are no out,of,class assignments neit)er are t)ere tests or exams.
Office of Student !ffairs Contact Information: 0lease contact 0am 9a)l >8 @ourse
@oordinator at !amda)l@mail.utexas.edu *it) -uestions or concerns about t)e >8 course or
instructor.

Special !ccommodation: ")e =niversity of "exas at :ustin !rovides u!on re-uest a!!ro!riate
academic adjustments for -ualified students *it) disabilities. 2or more information contact t)e
9ivision of 9iversity and @ommunity 8ngagement ;ervices for ;tudents *it) 9isabilities at
BC(,D2EF (Video 0)one $DD,%2F,%F$DA "99 BC(,B2B().
Stud# "a(les: ":s *ill be available for -uestions and free tutoring at t)e Jester ;tudy "ables
located in Jester @ity <imits ;unday t)roug) ")ursday $#%&,((#&& !m.
:dditional tutoring available at 7insolving by a!!ointment. "o make a!!ointments go to#
)tt!#GG***.engr.utexas.eduGundergraduateGservicesGtutoringGkinsolving