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LECTURE 0.1
MATSE 081: MATERIALS IN
TODAY’S WORLD
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The book is mandatory, and may
be bought from the PSU
Bookstore on campus or from the
bookstore downtown.
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The course content is found at:
https://courseware.eeducation.psu.edu/courses/matse8
1new/content/home.html
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The course is administered on
ANGEL at: http://cms.psu.edu/
MATSE 081: MATERIALS IN
TODAY’S WORLD
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The “in-class” section of MATSE 081 is a hybrid in-class/online learning environment. Section 1 combines the
convenience of online quizzing using ANGEL with the
“comfort” of in-class lectures.
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Lectures are on Mondays and Wednesdays only.
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Fridays are reserved for completing the end-of-Lesson quizzes,
reading the book, quiet contemplation, etc.
INSTRUCTOR
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Dr. Paul R. Howell, 231 Steidle Bldg. Tel. 863-3363; e-mail:
[email protected]
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You should only need to use this telephone number or e-mail
address in an emergency, e.g., if ANGEL is "down.”
Otherwise, always e-mail me or the TAs using ANGEL.
(Personal office hours: by appointment)
MATSE 081: MATERIALS IN
TODAY’S WORLD
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Teaching Assistants
 Raymond (RJ) DeFrain, 211 Steidle Bldg., Tel. 865-9316
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The “MATSE TA” Office and Office Hours
 211 Steidle Bldg. is open Monday and Wednesday,
11.00 am - 2.00 pm. Other times are by appointment.
Raymond “R.J.”
STEIDLE BUILDING
MATSE 081: MATERIALS IN
TODAY’S WORLD
 Mon.
and Wed.: 10:10 to 11:00 pm
 62 Willard
 No Friday Classes
THE HOMEPAGE OF THE WEB
SITE
THE HOMEPAGE ON ANGEL
THE HOMEPAGE ON ANGEL
LOCKS!
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There are locks on nearly all folders; there is
no lock on “Implied Consent Form and Course
Contract” document.
 You must sign this document before the locks
will turn from black to gray.
 You may then access all the materials.
 If, when you try to open something, it asks for
a password, it means that you have not signed
the required document!
THE HOMEPAGE ON ANGEL
THE LESSONS FOLDER
THE COMMUNICATE TOOL –
USE IT!
CONTACTING THE
INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM
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Use ANGEL e-mail!
 Address your e-mails to “All Faculty”
 THIS IS YOUR LIFELINE!
 DO NOT ADDRESS YOUR E-MAILS TO
prh1 – THEY WILL NOT GET
ANSWERED!
THE COURSE STRUCTURE
The course is “built” around 12 Lessons + 2
orientation weeks.
 Each Lesson will take ~ one week to complete.
 The instructional material for each Lesson can
be found on the course Web site.
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THE GRADING
Category
Points
Point
Total
Percentage (%)
of Grade
Quizzes
2 @ 30
2 @ 70
8 @ 50
Sub -Total, Quizzes
60
140
400
600
600
60
Assignm ents
7 @ 50
350
350
35
Communi cations
50
50
5
TOTAL
1000
1000
100
QUIZZES
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Twelve quizzes are open-Book and unproctored. The quizzes will be taken online.
Each student in the class will receive a
"custom-delivered", unique quiz. The quizzes
are found in the Lesson folders.
 Deadlines for the completion of the quizzes are
given on the Web site.
 All ANGEL quizzes will be available from the
first day of class!
 Students are encouraged to help each other!
THE QUIZZES ARE NOT TRIVIAL!
ASSIGNMENTS
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The seven assignments should be completed individually and
submitted online, on or before the due date given on the Web
site.
 The assignments are thematic, they highlight the structure,
properties, processing and performance of one particular
material.
 You can download the assignments from the Web site. Your
answers to Assignments 1-4, 6 and 7 will be submitted as
ANGEL quizzes.
 You will submit Assignment 5 in a drop box on ANGEL.
COMMUNICATIONS
REQUIREMENT
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2% of total grade is available for
participating in the various surveys, which
will be posted periodically. I will e-mail
you when surveys are available.
E-ETIQUETTE
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All written communications, whether by ANGEL email or on the discussion board, must be
grammatically correct, properly punctuated and free
of spelling errors.
 All written communications must be courteous and
polite. Examples of impolite behavior are posted on
the Web site.
 E-mail is only to be used for communications
between individual students and the faculty.
THE GRADES: I DO NOT “GRADE
ON A CURVE”
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AB+
B
BC+
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D
F
90+
86+
82+
78+
74+
70+
66+
56+
0 - 55.9
THE CLASS RULES
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During Class:
 Extend
Courtesy to Everyone in the Room!
 No Reading Newspapers.
 No Extra-Curricular Conversations.
 No Sleeping.
 No iPods, CD players, Walkmen, etc.
 No cell phones.
MATSE 081: MATERIALS IN
TODAY’S WORLD
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The course content is found at:
https://courseware.eeducation.psu.edu/courses/matse81new/content/home.html
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The course is administered on ANGEL at: http://cms.psu.edu/