Class Time: M, W, F at 9:10 - 10:00 AM in Bldg. 72 (Nursing), Rm. 124.

Texts: D. Breyer, K. Fridley, and K. Cobeen, Design of Wood Structures, ASD 4th Ed., McGrawHill, 1999 and CENE 437 Coursepack (which is a hard copy of this web site).

Instructor: Dr. Debra Larson Office: Bldg. 69, Rm. 323 Phone: 523-1757 EMail: Debra.Larson@nau.edu

Office Hours: W and F at 10:20 - 11:30, T and Th at 4:00 - 5:00 you may schedule additional times.

Course Philosophy: The intent of this course is to develop a familiarity with the design of low-rise buildings, the Uniform Building Code, the design and analysis of wood and masonry building components, and corresponding connection/anchorage details. Upon completion of this course, you will be comfortable with the setting up and designing of a single story building with a wood roof and concrete masonry walls.

Course Expectations: This class involves a lot of work consisting of the learning of new materials, the application of that information to homework problems, project assignments, and tests. It is imperative that you individually complete your reading and problem assignments on schedule or you will quickly become lost in this course. Copying someone else's homework or project is cheating and will result in a failing grade on that assignment for all persons involved. Class time will be reserved for the discussion of reading materials (both textbook and web-based), homework problems, project issues, lecturing, and test taking. In addition, you are encouraged to make use of the communication area of the web course to discuss issues with your fellow students and to post questions to the instructor.

Evaluation and Grading Policy: Your semester grade will be based upon open book-open notes, comprehensive tests; homework assignments; project-related assignments; and a take-home final exam consisting of the project wrap-up.

No make-up tests are given for missed tests. Instead, your other completed tests will be adjusted upward to account for the missing points. In example, if you missed one test, your other four tests will each be worth 62.5 points instead of the original 50 points.

Late homework or project assignments are not accepted. Distance students must fax their assignments by 10:00 a.m. on or before the noted due dates plus two days. The fax number is 520 523-8951.

Course Requirements and Possible Points

Maximum of 5 tests, each worth 50 points
Maximum of 16 graded homework sets, each set worth 10 points.
Maximum of 5 project activities, each worth 50 points
One final exam, worth 200 points