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EGT 410 - Principles of Engineering


Last Date of Approval: Fall 2018

3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0

Course Description:
This course is an introduction to the opportunities and responsibilities of engineering. Students will learn the fields of engineering and explore engineering careers. They will complete projects from areas such as design, engineering systems, thermodynamics, fluid systems, electrical and control systems, strength and properties of materials and production process and quality control.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: None

Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face

Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.

Course Fees: None

Common Course Assessment(s): None

Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
  1. Create a graphic organizer to describe a physical situation such as a force diagram or energy diagram.  
  2. Use the graphical organizer to generate a set of equations describing the physical situation.
  3. Evaluate a physical situation in terms of applicable conservation laws with specific reference to an appropriate graphical organizer and/or set of equations describing the situation.
  4. Design, implement, and troubleshoot a robotic system to accomplish a given set of tasks.



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