Now we're almost done. I wanted to talk about how the course is
going to end a little bit and talk about the final.
So, there's one last problem set to work problem set 12 that we have to do.
And there is a final examination for those who want to get a, obtain a
certificate for the course. But before we talk about the final I want
to point out, we have covered a lot of ground.
We started with circuits, learning about all RC circuits.
We have continued that, to talk about digital and anolog signals and we have
seen some applications of these ideas in communication systems.
And learn some very new, and then exciting things in information theory,
about how to compress signals and about how to communicate signals from one place
to another with no error. This material will prepare you for fair
number of other courses that are on Coursera.
the scolder range from, hardware oriented kind of courses.
There's a course in Robotics. And there are these Signal Processing
courses, like fundamentals of electrocal engineering has prepared you to take.
I'm sure if you look at Ed Ex you'll see some more.
And as time goes on, more and more courses will rely on this course, to
prepare you for them. Now let's talk about the final.
The final does cover the entire course. it goes all the way from circuits to
information theory. It has exactly the same format as a
problem set. You wont find any surprises since you've
been working the problem sets the answer kind of formats are the same and
questions asked are very similar. Now to prepare for the final, you have
two weeks starting on the 15th of April, to prepare for the final and to work it.
You will have three attempts to work the final when we get there.
but I do want to point out some things that are in the link to this video.
You may have noticed all these document icons.
What those are, are the problem sets and the exercises with solutions, that you
can download and look at to help you prepare for the final.
I recommend that you write down key formulas, things like the Fourier
transform tables, Fourier transform properties, things like that.
Anything that you think is especially important and put them down in one place.
So that you won't have to be looking up these kind of things while you take the
final. And this also helps you, learn the
material, of course. Now, taking the final you have two
consecutive days, 48 hours, to work the final anytime during that two-week
period. So take the first part of the two-week
period for example to prepare for the final, and then when you think you're
ready, you start the final itself, you have two days to complete it.
The final is entirely open book. Anything that has to do with this course,
you can access while you are taking the final during that 48 hour period.
They're all available to you. You can look at anything that's, that's
there. The final should be your work.
No collaboration with anybody else, and let me know how you, have gotten the
material down. The discussion forum will be limited to
issues with the questions. You can also ask the other students
about, I don't understand this, do you have a, a way of thinking about it, that
kind of thing is fine. on the, on the discussion forum.
But no answers to problems will, will, should be put on the forum.
And, to obtain a certificate for the course, all, everything depends on a
passing grade on the final. Those on signature track will have a
little bit different certificate than the ones who don't, aren't on signature
track. But if you pass the final, you will earn
a certificate. Well there's one last thing I'd like to
talk about, and that's the survey. Please complete the survey.
I want to hear what you think about this course and how we can improve it in the
future. You'll also find a question or two there
about a Lab course that we're envisioning that would go along with this course.
And so anyway I've had a great time teaching this course online, and I hope
you've enjoyed taking it.