BS in Electronic Systems

IIT Madras

September 2024

Grading Document

Table of Contents

Introduction

Sep 2024 term - Important Dates

Assessments, Evaluation and Grading

ASSIGNMENT DEADLINES:

Eligibility to appear for the OPPE 2:

Pass criteria and Grades

Badges - for participation in Discourse forum

Foundation & Diploma level courses

1. English - I

2. Math for Electronics - I

3. Electronic Systems Thinking and Circuits

3.1 Electronic Systems Thinking and Circuits Lab

4. Introduction to C Programming

5. English - II

6. Introduction to the Linux Shell

7. Digital Systems

8. Electrical and Electronic Circuits

9. Electronics Lab

10. Embedded C Programming

11. Math for Electronics - II

12. Signals and Systems

13. Intro to python programming

14. Analog Electronic Systems

15. Analog Electronics Lab

16. Digital Signal Processing

Annexure I

Term Calendar

Introduction

This document provides detailed information about evaluation and grading of courses of BS in Electronic Systems Degree program from IIT Madras. The information includes details of each course such as number of credits, eligibility to write the final exam, eligibility to obtain the final course grade, parameters considered for calculating final score and calculation of final score.

The BS in Electronic Systems Degree program comprises three levels - Foundation, Diploma and BS Degree. The Foundation and Diploma level consists of ten courses each and BS Degree level consists of 12 courses. The BS program has 142 credits in total with 44 credits in Foundation, 42 credits in Diploma and 56 credits in Degree level.

Each course has multiple types of assessments - online weekly assignments, quizzes and an end term (semester) exam. The weekly assignments are generally non-proctored whereas quizzes and end term  exams are proctored and are conducted at designated exam centres.

Students are advised to go through this grading document carefully. Students can contact the support team for any queries related to this document.

Sep 2024 term - Important Dates

*(If required and, we will do a morning session for the quiz)

Assessments, Evaluation and Grading

Evaluation and grading varies from course to course. Generally, most courses have the following types of assessments:  weekly assignments, proctored quizzes, an in-person end term (sem) exam, online proctored programming exam, and lab work. However, some courses may have special types of assessments depending on the type of the course. Please note that the assessments, evaluation and grading varies from course to course.

Details of the types of assessments are mentioned below:

1. Online assignments:

• A 12 week course will have one or more weekly assignments to be submitted online within the due date specified.
• Generally, the average score of the best five out of the first nine weekly assignments given during the course run should be >= 40/100 to be eligible to write the final exam and get the hall ticket for the same.
• Score in any unattempted assignment will be counted as 0.
• Depending on the course, the average of weekly assignment scores may contribute to the total course score and course grade.

2. Two proctored Quizzes

• Two quizzes will be conducted after the end of Weeks 4 and 8 based on the content of Weeks 1-4 and 1-8 respectively.
• These quizzes must be attempted in person in the city chosen
• There will be a single session exam with 4 hours to attempt four subjects, 3 hours to attempt three subjects and 2 hours to attempt one or two subjects.
• The Qualifier score will be counted as Quiz 1 score for the courses registered immediately after the qualifier exam in the same semester.
• The score of a quiz not attempted will be taken as 0. No make-up quiz will be provided.
• Attending one of the two quizzes will be a mandatory condition to be eligible to appear for the final exam, unless stated otherwise.
• These Quizzes are conducted in designated exam centers where students have to physically go and attend.
  

Final exam at the end of the course

• At the end of a semester, there will be a final exam of 1.5 hours duration for each course. (This will ensure exams can be conducted only on Sundays and exams for four courses completed in two sessions of 3 hours each throughout the program.)
• There will be an eligibility criteria defined for every course to obtain the hall ticket for the final exam, announced at the beginning of the semester.
• If the above eligibility is not satisfied, students will not be allowed to write the Semester exam and will have to repeat the course.

3. In person Lab Sessions in IIT Madras

• Some of the courses are accompanied by lab sessions to be done at home with the use of electronic kits as suggested. The cost of the kit is not included in the fee structure given in this document.
• It is mandatory that students travel to IIT Madras campus to demonstrate the lab experiments specified and complete the lab exams in person at the campus. These are planned currently in the months of May-July, September and November-January and may change based on other constraints. The tentative duration for the in person component at IIT Madras is expected to be one week per lab course every semester.

4. Online Proctored Programming Exams (OPPE)

• OPPEs are conducted for certain programming courses. Students can take the exam from their home, unless mentioned otherwise.
• The duration and marks of OPPE varies from course to course. Generally it is a 1.5 or 2 hour exam.

5. Course Participation Marks

• Course Participation Marks are for encouraging and incentivising the students to participate more in the activities of the course.
• These marks will be added ONLY for the students who pass the course and will only impact the course grade, and not the pass criteria. Criteria for course participation marks:
• Marks will be applicable based on availability of mock activities in the course. It can vary from course to course and can range from 0-2.
• If the average of the marks obtained in all the mock tests conducted before Quiz 1 & Quiz 2 >= 40/100, students will get 2 marks. The mock tests have to be done within the time specified.

Assignment deadlines:

NONE OF THE ASSIGNMENT DEADLINES WILL BE CHANGED THIS TIME FROM THE SCHEDULE GIVEN BELOW. THE DATES HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENTLY ADJUSTED FOR ACCOMMODATING THE QUIZZES AND OPPES.

*Date has been changed keeping in mind the quiz on Oct 27 and Diwali on Oct 31.*

*For the weeks 6 and 7, 2 weeks have the same date to make up for the lag.*

*Week 9 - eligibility for final exams for most courses depends on the average assignment scores of best 5 out of the first 9 weeks. The dates are highlighted in green here.*

Week 11 - GAA score for final grade will be taken and calculated

Orientation sessions:

Eligibility to appear for the OPPE 1:

Student has to complete the OPPE System Compatibility Test (SCT) exam

SoP for the SCT Exam is as follows: Click Here for OPPE SCT SoP Document

OPPE1 will not be scheduled for students who fail to complete the OPPE SCT exam.

Eligibility to appear for the OPPE 2:

Most courses have eligibility criteria to attend the final exam.In case you do not become eligible to write the final exam, OPPE2 will also not be scheduled for you as you will be awarded WA/WQ grade and anyway have to repeat the entire course the next time including all assessment components.

Lab Handbook:
Kindly look into the lab handbook, which has been attached here  Lab Handbook

Pass criteria and Grades

Grades:

Total Course Score (T) considers all assessment components in every course as defined in the Grading document of that semester. A candidate is deemed to have passed a course if Total Course Score (T) >=  40/100. This criteria is the same for all learners in the course. An absolute grading system, as described in the following table, will be followed:

To summarize, S,A,B,C,D,E - Pass grade; U- Fail grade, WA/WQ - Learner was not eligible to attempt the end term exam

Supplementary Exam

• If a student is absent in the End Term Exam (ET) alone, they can take up this exam along with end term exams of the subsequent term. All other assessment components will be retained from this term. But if they miss writing the ET exam in the next term, they have to repeat the entire course.

I grade: 

In I grade - there are three types:

1. If you are absent for ET alone with all other assessment components completed (quizzes, OPPEs, project, lab, weekly assignments) - grade will be pushed as I.

Options: You can register to take up the ET exam alone in the subsequent term. OPPE and quizzes will not be scheduled for you. All other marks for Final course score will be taken from the previous run.

2. If you have failed in the OPPE but wrote the ET exam and crossed the cutoff for T as given in the course grading policy, grade = I_OP.

You can register to do the OPPE alone whereby if the course has one OPPE, that will be scheduled. If the course has 2 OPPEs, both will be scheduled for you. You can attempt the OPPE alone. All other mark components of FInal course score will be taken from the previous run. ET and quizzes will not be scheduled for you.

3. If you have failed in the OPPE and absent for ET, then grade = I_BOTH

You can register for ET and OPPEs alone. If the course has one OPPE, that will be scheduled. If the course has 2 OPPEs, both will be scheduled for you. You will attempt the ET and OPPEs. Quiz and GAA and other components will be taken from the previous run and not scheduled.

In all the above cases, you can also choose to repeat the entire course and not just do the ET/OPPE alone if you want to reattempt all assessment components.

Summary Table for course grading

* Make up exam and Supplementary exam are to be finalized

Summary Table for Lab and OPPE related course

• OPPE will not be applicable for the students who registered for repeating ET alone.
• ET will not be applicable for the students who registered for repeating OPPE alone.
• Students who registered for repeating OPPE & ET will have to appear for OPPE1, OPPE2 & ET.
  

Badges - for participation in Discourse forum

We will be looking at active engagement with Discourse in a term and provide badges for participation.

Badges will be given based on the number of hours a student spends on Discourse. A student is expected to spend a minimum of 1 hour per week per course in Discourse reading posts.

Student will get the following badges:

• Read time of up to four hours per course in a term: Badge 1
• Read time of up to eight hours per course in a term: Badge 2
• Read time of up to twelve hours per course or more: Badge 3

(Applicable only after you get the BS student roll number)

Foundation & Diploma level courses

1. English - I

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024           Quiz 2: Dec 1, 2024                   End term: Dec 22, 2024
Above to be attended in person at designated centers.
Prerequisites: None  Credits: 4

Eligibility to write the final exam: 

• Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100
• AND Attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

Final course Score calculation: The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

• GAA = Average score in Best 10 assignments out of first 11 weekly graded assignments
• Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)
• Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)
• F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + max (0.6F + 0.2max(Qz1, Qz2),  0.4F + 0.2Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

2. Math for Electronics - I

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                  Quiz 2: Dec 1, 2024                  End term: Dec 22, 2024
Above to be attended in person at designated centers.
Prerequisites: None   Credits: 4

Eligibility to write the final exam: 

• Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100
• AND Attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

Final course Score T calculation:

• GAA = Average score in Best 10 assignments out of first 11 weekly graded assignments
• Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)
• Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)
• F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + max (0.6F + 0.2max(Qz1, Qz2),  0.4F + 0.2Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

3. Electronic Systems Thinking and Circuits

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                   Quiz 2: Dec 1, 2024                   End term: Dec 22, 2024
Above to be attended in person at designated centers.
Prerequisites: None   Credits: 4

Eligibility to write the final exam: 

• Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100

AND

• Attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

Final course Score T calculation:

GAA = Average score in Best 10 assignments out of first 11 weekly graded assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + max (0.6F + 0.2max(Qz1, Qz2),  0.4F + 0.2Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

3.1 Electronic Systems Thinking and Circuits Lab

      Prerequisites: None              Credits: 1

In-campus Lab work: Students are required to visit IIT Madras for lab work.
Tentative Lab Dates :

• Slot 1: January  4, 5 & 6, 2025
• Slot 2: January 18, 19 & 20. 2025

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the in-campus practical lab activity

Final course Score T calculation: 1(Attendance) * ((0.5*experiment )+(0.5*Report))

4. Introduction to C Programming

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                            NO Quiz 2                    End term: Dec 22, 2024

Above to be attended in person at designated centers.

Prerequisites: None                         Credits: 2+3

OPPE 1 - Nov 17 2024 (4:30PM to 6:30 PM)

OPPE 2 - December 8 2024 (04:30 PM to 06:30 PM)

• Eligibility for OPPE 1: Students have to complete the OPPE System Compatibility Test (SCT) exam successfully.
• Eligibility for OPPE 2: OPPE 2 will be scheduled for those who are eligible for the end term.

Eligibility to write the final exam: Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weeks of weekly assignments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100    

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade:

• Attending the end term exam AND
• Score in one of the two programming exams (OPPE1, OPPE2) should be >= 40/100 - Minimum score to be obtained in one of the programming quizzes

Final course Score T calculation:

• GAA = Average score in Best 10 assignments out of 11 graded assignments
• Qz1 = score in Quiz 1 (0, if not attempted) - in center
• OPPE1 = score in OPPE 1 (0, if not attempted) - programming exam 1
• OPPE2 = score in OPPE 2 (0, if not attempted) - programming exam 2
• F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + 0.2Qz1 + 0.4F + max(0.15 OPPE1 + 0.15 OPPE2, 0.20 max(OPPE1,OPPE2))

Introduction to C Programming Lab

Corequisites : Introduction to C Programming             Credits: 1

Introduction to C Programming has the following two lab components:

1. Timed Lab assignment(TLA)
2. In-Campus Lab(IL)

1. Timed Lab assignment(TLA):

We will be having a Timed Programming Lab Assignment every week after week-5. The lab assignment will be open for 2 hours on three days every week. Students have to attempt this assignment in at least one of the 3 slots. There are a total of 6 timed programming lab assignments. The tentative start dates for the timed lab assignment are as follows:

• Timed Lab Assignment-1: 26 Oct 2024
• Timed Lab Assignment-2: 02 Nov 2024
• Timed Lab Assignment-3: 09 Nov 2024
• Timed Lab Assignment-4: 16 Nov 2024
• Timed Lab Assignment-5: 23 Nov 2024
• Timed Lab Assignment-6: 30 Nov 2024

2. In-campus Lab(IL)

In-campus Lab work: Students are required to visit IIT Madras for lab work.

Tentative Lab Dates :

• Slot 1: January 3 to 6, 2025
• Slot 2: January 17 to 20, 2025

Eligibility to attend the in-person lab:

  Average of best 4 Timed Lab Assignment out of total 6 Assignments >= 40/100.

Eligibility to obtain the final lab course grade:

• Average of best 4 timed lab assignment score out of 6 assignments >= 40/100
• Attend the in-person lab at IIT Madras

Timed Lab Assignment (TLA): Average of all 6 timed lab assignments scores

In-campus Lab(IL): 1 * Lab task and demonstration

Final course score  T = 0.5(TLA) + 0.5(IL)

5. English - II

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                 Quiz 2: Dec 1, 2024                 End term: Dec 22, 2024

Above to be attended in person at designated centers.

Prerequisites: English-1                         Credits: 4

Eligibility to write the final exam: 

• Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100

AND

• Attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

Final course Score T calculation:

• GAA = Average score in Best 10 assignments out of first 11 weekly graded assignments
• Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)
• Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)
• F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + max (0.6F + 0.2max(Qz1, Qz2),  0.4F + 0.2Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

6. Introduction to the Linux Shell

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                             NO Quiz 2                          End term: Dec 22, 2024

Above to be attended in person at designated centers.

Corequisites: Introduction to C Programming                                 Credits: 4
OPPE: December 7, 2024;                         ReOPPE: December 14, 2024 (Online proctored)
Quiz 1 Syllabus - Week 1 to Week 4

NPPE [Syllabus Weeks 1-9]: Dec 5 2024 (This will give you practice to handle the OPE, but not part of final course grade)

OPPE - based on weeks 1-9

SCT for OPPE and exam day rules:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13WhnPprgKrgMfJ-Ep9IJQdolharbkY4ucrrfQYVoe4c/pub#h.t5nwrevshz0a

Students have to mandatorily attend the OPPE on the first date, which is december 7 2024.

•  If you fail in this, you get a chance to reappear the next weekend. So you get 2 chances to attempt the exam.
• If the first date is inconvenient due to a clash with some other engagement, then you can apply for a postponement to the second date providing sufficient proof. If this is accepted, your exam will be moved to the second date but if you fail in this, you will not get another chance to reattempt. You will have to do it in the subsequent term.
• If you are absent on December 7 2024, you DON'T get another chance on December 14.

Eligibility to write the final exam:

Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weekly assessments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100

Eligibility to get the course grade:

• Attending the end semester exam
• Scoring  >= 40/100 in the programming exam (OPPE)

Final course score:

• GAA = Average of score in Best 6 out of first 9 weekly graded assignments
• NPPE = Score in NPPE
• Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)
• OPPE = Score in online remote proctored programming exam
• F = score in End Term exam
• VMT = score in VM Tasks (It has to be completed in the virtual machine provided) Virtual Machine Tasks are the 10 tasks available in the course VM shared, named from assignment_1 to assignment_10 before end term exam.

Final course score T = 0.06 GAA + 0.04 NPPE  + 0.1 VMT + 0.2 Qz1 + 0.3 F + 0.3 OPPE

Introduction to the Linux Shell Lab

Corequisites : Introduction to the Linux Shell             Credits: 1

Introduction to the Linux Shell Lab has the following two lab components:

1. Online Lab
2. In-Campus Lab

1. Online Lab(OL):

Online Lab assignments:

This Lab will be conducted online during the course. The start dates for the labs are as follows:

• Lab 1: Released on 5 October
• Lab 2: Released on 19 October
• Lab 3: Released on 2 November
• Lab 4 and 5: Released on 17 November

Normally the labs are expected to be completed within 4 days. Teaching assistants will be available to help you with the same.

2. In-campus Lab(IL)

In-campus Lab work: Students are required to visit IIT Madras for lab work.

Lab Dates :

• Slot 1: January  4th, 2025
• Slot 2: January 18th, 2025

Eligibility to attend the in-person lab:

• Average of all online lab scores >= 40/100.

Eligibility to obtain the final lab course grade:

• Average of all lab scores >= 40/100.
• Attend the in-person lab at IIT Madras

Online Lab(OL): Average of all 5 lab scores

In-campus Lab(IL): 1 * Lab task and demonstration

Final course score T = 0.5 * (OL) + 0.5 * (IL)

7. Digital Systems

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                 Quiz 2: Dec 1, 2024                 End term: Dec 22, 2024

Above to be attended in person at designated centers.

Prerequisites: ESTC                    Credits: 4

Eligibility to write the final exam: 

• Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100

AND

• Attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

Final course Score T calculation:

• GAA = Average score in Best 10 assignments out of first 11 weekly graded assignments
• Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)
• Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)
• F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + max (0.6F + 0.2max(Qz1, Qz2),  0.4F + 0.2Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

8. Electrical and Electronic Circuits

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                  Quiz 2: Dec 1, 2024                         End term: Dec 22, 2024
Above to be attended in person at designated centers.
Prerequisites: ESTC and Maths-1                           Credits: 4

Eligibility to write the final exam: 

• Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100

AND

• Attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

• GAA = Average score in Best 10 assignments out of first 11 weekly graded assignments
• Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)
• Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)
• F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + max (0.6F + 0.2max(Qz1, Qz2),  0.4F + 0.2Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

9. Electronics Lab

Prerequisites: ESTC Lab                           Corequisites :Digital Systems and EEC                         Credits: 3

In-campus Lab work: Students are required to visit IIT Madras for lab work.

Tentative Lab Dates :

• Slot 1: January  4, 5 & 6, 2025
• Slot 2: January 18, 19 & 20. 2025

WE: Weekly Experiment submission

ID: In-person Demonstration during lab at IIT Madras

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade:

1. Minimum 40% in WE
2. Attend the in-person lab at IIT Madras

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is T = 0.4 (WE) + 0.6 (ID)

10. Embedded C Programming

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                  Quiz 2: Dec 1, 2024                          End term: Dec 22, 2024

Above to be attended in person at designated centers.

Prerequisites: Introduction to C Programming                 Corequisites : Introduction to Linux Shell                  Credits: 4

Eligibility to write the final exam: 

• Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100

AND

• Attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

Final course Score T calculation:

The calculation of Final course Score T for eligible students is as follows:

• GAA = Average score in Best 10 assignments out of 11 weekly graded assignments
• GRPA - Average Programming Assignment
• Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)
• Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)
• F = score in final exam

Formula:

T = 0.1GAA + 0.1 GRPA + max ((0.5F + 0.2max(Qz1, Qz2)),  (0.4F + 0.2Qz1 + 0.2Qz2))

Embedded C Programming Lab

        
Corequisites: Embedded C                                                                                                                                                 Credits: 1

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the In person Lab

Formula:

T = 0.2(Attendance) + 0.8(Lab experiment and Viva)

Diploma Level

1. Math for Electronics - II

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                          Quiz 2: Dec 1, 2024                         End term: Dec 22, 2024

Above to be attended in person at designated centers.

Prerequisites: Math for Electronics-I                         Credits: 4

Eligibility to write the final exam: 

• Average of the best 5 out of the first 7 weekly assignment scores >= 40/100
• AND Attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

Final course Score T calculation:

• GAA = Average score in Best 10 assignments out of first 11 weekly graded assignments
• Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)
• Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)
• F = score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + max (0.6F + 0.2max(Qz1, Qz2),  0.4F + 0.2Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

2. Signals and Systems         

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                          Quiz 2: Dec 1, 2024                                 End term: Dec 22, 2024

Above to be attended in person at designated centers.

Prerequisites: EEC                                         Credits: 4+1

Eligibility to write the final exam: 

• Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100

• AND

• Attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

Final course Score T calculation:

• GAA = Average score in Best 10 assignments out of first 11 weekly graded assignments
• Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)
• Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)
• F = score in final exam
• GrPA - Score in the programming assignments - There will be 4 assignments in weeks 2/5/8/11 and each carries 25 marks, all four scores will be added to get the total of 100 marks

T = 0.1GAA + max (0.5F + 0.2max(Qz1, Qz2),  0.4F + 0.2Qz1 + 0.2Qz2) + 0.1 GrPA

3. Python Programming

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                         Quiz 2: No Quiz                 End term: Dec 22, 2024

Above to be attended in person at designated centers.

Prerequisites: None                                Credits: 5

OPPE1: Sunday, November 17, 2024                                OPPE2: Sunday, December 15, 2024 (online remote proctored)

Depending on your eligibility for OPPE1 & OPPE2, you will be allocated one of the 3 slots by the team.

Please keep yourself free on the dates given.

Eligibility to appear for the OPPE 1:

Student has to complete the OPPE System Compatibility Test (SCT) exam

SoP for the SCT Exam is as follows: Click Here for OPPE SCT SoP Document

OPPE1 will not be scheduled for students who fail to complete the OPPE SCT exam.

Eligibility to appear for the OPPE 2: 

If the Average of the scores of the best 5 out of the first 9 Weekly programming assignments (GrPA)  >= 40/100

AND 

Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weekly assessments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100 

then we will schedule the OPPE2 for you. If you do not satisfy this, we will not schedule OPPE2 for you.

Eligibility to appear for the final exam is as follows:

Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weekly assessments (objective and programming) scores >= 40/100

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Both the conditions below should be satisfied.

1. Attending the end term exam AND
2. Minimum score to be obtained in one of the programming exams (OPPE1, OPPE2) should be >= 40/100 -

The calculation of Final course Score for eligible students is as follows:

GAA1 = Average score in Best 10 objective assignments out of First 11 graded objective assignments
GAA2 = Average score in Best 10 programming assignments out of First 11 graded programming assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted) - in center

PE1 = score in OPPE1 (0, if not attempted) - programming exam 1

PE2 = score in OPPE2 (0, if not attempted) - programming exam 2
F = score in final exam

T = 0.1 GAA1 (objective) + 0.1GAA2 (programming) + 0.1Qz1+ 0.4F+ 0.25 max(PE1, PE2) + 0.15 min(PE1, PE2) — capped to 100

4. Analog Electronic Systems

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                         Quiz 2: Dec 1, 2024                         End term: Dec 22, 2024

Above to be attended in person at designated centers.

Prerequisites: Signals and Systems and Math for Electronics II Credits: 4

Eligibility to write the final exam:

Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100

AND

Attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam

Final course Score T calculation:

GAA = Average score in Best 10 assignments out of first 11 weekly graded assignments

Qz1 = score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)

Qz2 = score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)

F = score in final exam
T = 0.1GAA + max (0.6F + 0.2max(Qz1, Qz2),  0.4F + 0.2Qz1 + 0.3Qz2)

5. Analog Electronics Lab

Prerequisites: Electronics Lab                          Corequisites : Analog Electronic Systems                         Credits: 3

In-campus Lab work: Students are required to visit IIT Madras for lab work.

Tentative Lab Dates :

• Slot 1: January  4, 5 & 6, 2025
• Slot 2: January 18, 19 & 20. 2025

Corequisites: Electrical & Electronic Circuits and Digital Systems         Credits: 3

WE: Weekly Experiment submission

ID: In-person Demonstration during lab at IIT Madras

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade:

• Minimum 40% in WE
• Attend the in-person lab at IIT Madras

T = 0.4 (WE) + 0.6 (ID)

6. Digital Signal Processing

Quiz 1: Oct 27, 2024                         Quiz 2: Dec 1, 2024                         End term: Dec 22, 2024

Above to be attended in person at designated centers.

Prerequisites: Signals and Systems                  Credits: 4+1

Eligibility to write the final exam:

Average of the best 5 out of the first 9 weeks of weekly assignment scores >= 40/100 AND

Attendance in one of the 2 quizzes

Deadlines for Lab Experiments/Viva:

Experiment 1 and 2: 20th October 2024

Experiment 3 and 4: 3rd November 2024

Lab Viva 1: 10th November 2024

Experiment 5 and 6: 24th November 2024

Experiment 7 and 8: 8th December 2024

Lab Viva 2: 15th December 2024

Eligibility to obtain the final course grade: Attending the end term exam 

Final course Score T calculation:

• GAA = Average score in Best 9  assignments out of  11 weekly graded assignments
• Qz1 = Score in Quiz I (0, if not attempted)
• Qz2 = Score in Quiz II (0, if not attempted)
• LE = Score in lab component. (Best 6 out of 8 experiments)
• LV = Score in Lab Viva
• F = Score in final exam

T = 0.1GAA + 0.1LE + 0.05LV +  max (0.55F + 0.1max(Qz1, Qz2),  0.45F + 0.15Qz1 + 0.15Qz2)

Annexure I

Term Calendar