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ECE-5634: Information Theory

Description: Transmission of information over noisy channels. Measures of information and transmission channel capacity. Use of codes to improve the reliability of such transmission. Mathematical theory of information. Transmission at rates above channel capacity. Includes linear codes, error detecting and correcting codes, Hamming codes.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (ECE-4634 and ECE-5605 and STAT-4714) or (ECE-4634 and STAT-4714 and ECE-5604)

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 3

Average GPA: 3.56 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 57.67%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Timothy J Talty202262.5%34.5%0.0%3.1%0.0%0.0%3.512
Allen B Mackenzie201966.7%33.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.671

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