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Engineering, General

ENGR111 Engineering Orientation
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Topics include: survey of the engineering profession; educational and professional development; standards of practice; engineering information, calculations, and analysis. An engineering design project will be incorporated.
Prerequisite: MTH111 with a “C” or better.

ENGR112 Engineering Computation
3 credits (2 lec, 3 lab hrs/wk)
Introduction to solution of engineering problems by means of programmed numerical methods. Exposure to fundamentals of computational systems, logical analysis, algorithm development, and program input/output design. A higher-level programming
language will be presented and utilized.
Prerequisite: MTH111 with a “C” or better.

ENGR201 Electrical Fundamentals I
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Topics include: circuit variables and elements, simple resistive circuits, techniques of circuit analysis, applications of operational amplifiers, inductors, capacitors and first-order circuits.
Prerequisite: PH213 with a “C” or better.

ENGR202 Electrical Fundamentals II
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Topics include: first-order and second-order circuits, analysis methods and power calculations for sinusoidal steady-state circuits, balanced three-phase circuits, mutual inductance and transformers.
Prerequisite: ENGR201 with a “C” or better.

ENGR203 Electrical Fundamentals III
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Topics include: Laplace transforms and their applications to circuit analysis;
frequency-selective circuits, active filter circuits; Fourier series, Fourier transforms and their applications to circuit analysis; and two-port circuits.
Prerequisite: ENGR202 with a “C” or better.

ENGR211 Statics
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Topics include: equilibrium of particles, equivalent force systems, equilibrium of rigid bodies, distributed forces and centroids, structures and machines, beams and cables.
Prerequisite: PH213 with a “C” or better.

ENGR212 Dynamics
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Topics include: kinematics and kinetics of particles, systems of particles, kinematics
and kinetics of rigid bodies, work-energy and impulse momentum relations.
Prerequisite: ENGR211 with a “C” or better.

ENGR213 Strength (Mechanics) of Materials
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Topics include: stress and strain in deformable bodies, material effects caused by axial loading, torsion, pure bending, and transverse loading; transformation of stress; combined stress states; statically-indeterminate systems; beam deflection; and column instability.
Prerequisite: ENGR211 with a “C” or better.

ENGR245 Engineering Graphics and Design
3 credits (2 lec, 3 lab hrs/wk)
An introductory engineering graphics course. A computer-aided drawing (CAD) application will be presented and utilized. An engineering design project will be incorporated.
Prerequisite: MTH111 with a “C” or better.

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