May 17, 2024  
2015-2016 General Catalog 
    
2015-2016 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG–FOR INFORMATION ONLY]

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Electronic Engineering Technology

  
  • EET 3720 - Communication Circuits

    3 credits

    This course will be an introduction to communication circuits and systems. Topics include noise, oscillators, RF amplifiers, AM modulations/receptions, TRF & super-heterodyne receivers, single sideband techniques, and introduction to FM. Circuits studied in class will be constructed and tested in lab. (Spring even years)

    Prerequisite: EET 2710  and EET 3710  (EET 3710  can be taken concurrently)
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EET 3760 - Electronic Design & Fabrication

    3 credits

    This course will use Electronic Design Application (EDA) software to design electronics circuits. Electronic engineering drawings required for various electronics circuitry will be covered. Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design and fabrication will be covered. (Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EET 3780 - Applications of Microprocessors

    3 credits

    A course designed to prepare the student with the key concepts of microprocessor architecture, interfacing, and assembly language programming. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: EET 2780 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EET 3790 - Computer Interfacing

    3 credits

    A course designed to provide experience in interfacing microcomputers to outside peripheral devices. Areas of study will include peripheral sensors, digital to analog converters, analog to digital converters, voltage to frequency converters, serial and parallel I/O busses. (Spring odd years)

    Prerequisite: EET 2780 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EET 4960 - Capstone Project

    3 credits

    This course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to apply their electronics and computer training in a more industry like atmosphere. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: EET 1700 , EET 2700 , EET 2780 , EET 3760  and instructor permission
    General Education Course: No

Elementary Education

  
  • ELED 3400 - Educating Diverse Populations

    3 credits

    This course examines the changing dynamics of school populations that includes demographics, race, ethnicity, culture, economics and other current issues (School practicum). (Fall, Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 3460 - Methods of Language Arts

    3 credits

    This course is designed to teach prospective teachers to help elementary school pupils with oral and written language including reading, creative writing, spelling, punctuation, listening, and penmanship (both manuscript and cursive). Integration of language arts across the curriculum is stressed. This is a designated Service Learning course. (Elementary Block). (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    Prerequisite: Must be officially admitted to the Teacher Education Department
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 3470 - Methods of Mathematics

    3 credits

    Explores the significance and importance of mathematics in the elementary school. Course deals with the NCTM standards for elementary and provides methodologies to successfully teach the standards. (Elementary Block). (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    Prerequisite: Must be officially admitted to the Teacher Education Department
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 3480 - Methods of Science, PE & Health

    3 credits

    This course is designed to explore the significance and importance of science, physical education and health education in the elementary school It provides the philosophies and methodologies to help successfully teach a hands-on dynamic science program and how to effectively teach the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. (Fall, Spring)

    Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education department
    Co-Requisite: ELED 3460 , ELED 3470 , ELED 3490 , ELED 3570  & ELED 4500 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 3490 - Methods of Social Studies

    3 credits

    Designed to analyze social understandings and responsibilities inherent in group life and to plan and teach desirable experiences in social studies for elementary school children (Elementary Block). (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    Prerequisite: Must be officially admitted to the Teacher Education Department
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 3555 - Planning, Delivery, & Assess

    3 credits

    This course prepares students for all aspects of elementary curriculum planning, instructional delivery, and assessment strategies. A professional teaching unit and work sample will be completed. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 3570 - Elementary Classroom Management

    3 credits

    This course examines multiple models and theories of classroom management, discipline, and motivation strategies for use in secondary classrooms. Public school practicum included. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Department
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 4000 - Creative Arts Integration in Elementary Ed

    3 credits

    A creative exploration for prospective elementary teachers who have completed the 3900 courses in music, dance, theatre and arts classes to develop an arts enriched curriculum through integration. Designing practical lessons tied to other subjects is paramount to this course. (Fall, Spring)

    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education, ART 3900 , DANC 3900 , MUSC 3900 , and THEA 3900 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 4500 - Practicum/Induction Seminar

    2 credits

    Students will be provided meaningful practicum opportunities, field experience, and induction seminars in the public schools in preparation for student teaching and for entering the job market. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    Prerequisite: Must be admitted to the Teacher Education Department
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 4980 - Elementary Student Teaching

    10 credits

    Students will be placed in a public school classroom, based upon their academic preparation, for a comprehensive induction experience prior to elementary licensure. Advanced application req. (P/F) (Fall, Spring)

    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Department
    Co-Requisite: Admission to Student Teaching
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 5900 - Developments in Education

    1 to 3 credits

    Designed to keep teachers and administrators up-to-date on new theories and developments in educational thought and practice. Individual projects and research are emphasized. (Online, Fall, Spring, or arranged for face-to-face cohort groups.)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 5920 - Workshops in Education

    1 to 3 credits

    Designed to provide a hands-on experience in a variety of content areas. Features guest speakers, introduction and use of educational media and practices. (Summer/1st Session or arranged for face-to face cohort groups.)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 6555 - Planning, Delivery & Assessment

    3 credits

    Participants learn models of instructional delivery; origins of the models and how they are used; how to match model to achievement targets, learning environments, and student needs; what quality assessment looks like and how to enhance learning through assessment. (Online, Summer 1st session, or arranged for face-to-face cohort groups)

    Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate Educator Licensure Program
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 6570 - Managing Diverse Elementary Learners

    3 credits

    This course examines multiple perspectives on student motivation and the management of learning environments as basis for reflecting on educational practice. Participants will learn contemporary perspectives on student motivation and proactive strategies for linking theories of motivation to instructional practice and classroom management. (Online, Summer 1st Session, or arranged for face-to-face cohort groups.)

    Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate Educator Licensure Program
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ELED 6980 - Elementary School Clinical Practice

    6 credits

    Course is designed to give prospective teachers actual experience in working with elementary age children. Clinical Practice is usually divided into two blocks to give students experience in working with pupils at two different grade levels. Advance application required. Must be admitted to the Graduate Educator Licensure Program and have completed all prerequisite classes. Fee required. See Clinical Practice Fee Schedule. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    General Education Course: No

Elementary Reading

  
  • EDRG 3520 - Foundations of Teaching Reading in Elementary Schools

    3 credits

    This foundation course utilizes a comprehensive approach to teaching elementary (1-8) literacy. Methods, materials, and assessments appropriate for diverse populations are taught. Teacher candidates learn phonics and comprehension instructional strategies stressing how to set up a reading program. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education or permission of the Instructor
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 4010 - Language Acquisition, Early Literacy & Phonics

    3 credits

    This course focuses on methods to enhance early literacy development. The acquisition of both first and second languages, concepts of emergent literacy, and the integration of phonics are stressed. Fee required $5.00. (Fall, Spring)

    Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Department and EDRG 3520  (may be taken concurrently).
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 4020 - Reading Comprehension

    3 credits

    Teacher candidates learn how to assist readers to construct meaning as they read both narrative and expository text. Comprehension theories are taught in relation to best practices for enhancing reading and writing.(Fall)

    Prerequisite: EDRG 3520  and Admission to the Teacher Education Department
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 4030 - Introduction to Process Writing

    3 credits

    Methods of teaching and assessing writing such as holding conferences, managing writing workshops, utilizing literature, and employing writer’s notebooks are stressed. Teacher candidates are expected to use the writing process to create and publish original works in this writing intensive course. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: EDRG 3520  and Admission to the Teacher Education Department
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 4040 - Literacy Assessment & Instruction

    3 credits

    This course focuses on literacy assessment and instruction of general and special needs students. Teacher candidates learn a variety of assessments and instructional methods including phonological awareness, phonics, and orthographic knowledge, as well as comprehension. Field or clinical experiences are required. An Assessment Lab will be completed while completing this course. (Fall, Spring)

    Prerequisite: EDRG 3520  and Admission to the Teacher Education Department
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 4055 - Literacy Practicum

    3 credits

    This is a capstone course for reading minors emphasizing school-based small group literacy practices. Management systems for supporting struggling readers are addressed. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: EDRG 3520  and EDRG 4040 . Preferred requisites: EDRG 4010 , EDRG 4020 , and EDRG 4030 .
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 4060 - Computer Technology & Literacy

    3 credits

    This course is designed to apply contemporary uses of computer technology to enhance comprehensive literacy programs. Appropriate instructional design, application software, internet exploration, and a variety of technological enhancements are explored and applied. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: EDRG 3520 , 3170 and admission to the Teacher Education Department
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 4120 - Integrated Studies of Children’s Literature

    3 credits

    This course introduces teacher candidates to multicultural/Tran cultural literature for global populations. Criteria for identifying authentic and appropriate multicultural material are addressed. Teacher candidates learn how to use multicultural literature to foster and value diversity. (Fall, Spring)

    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education or permission of the Instructor
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 4251 - Conferences and Workshops

    1 credits

    Students may register for this course as credit for attending workshops or conferences as approved through an appropriate professor and the department chair. A minimum of 15 hours in workshop or conference with assigned contract accountability is required for 1 credit. With difference focus, this class can be taken more than once. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 4252 - Conferences & Workshops

    2 credits

    Students may register for this course as credit for attending workshops or conferences as approved through an appropriate professor and the department chair. A minimum of 15 hours in workshop or conference with assigned contract accountability is required for 1 credit. With difference focus, this class can be taken more than once. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 4641 - Special Topics in Literacy Std

    1 to 3 credits

    This course will be subtitled for a special topic or issue that is innovative and/or specifically designed to meet the needs of a specialized topic or current issue in the literacy field. Students may register for this class more than once. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5251 - Conferences & Workshops

    1 to 3 credits

    (Summer/1st Session)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5252 - Conferences & Workshops

    1 to 3 credits

    (Summer/1st Session)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5253 - Conferences & Workshops

    1 to 3 credits

    (Summer/1st Session)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5320 - Adv Content Area Literacy

    3 credits

    This course is designed to prepare teachers to teach students literacy strategies that help them acquire knowledge from content area materials; including textbooks, literature, electronic text, etc. (Fall even years)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5320 - Adv. Content Area Literacy

    3 credits

    This course is designed to prepare teachers to teach students literacy strategies that help them acquire knowledge from content area materials; including textbooks, literature, electronic text, etc. (Fall even years)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5330 - Teaching with Literature

    3 credits

    This course is designed to train classroom teachers to effectively use literature, from a wide variety of genres (including informational text), to augment and enhance instruction across curricula. (Spring odd years, or as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5340 - Foundations of Literacy

    3 credits

    This course provides a historical and theoretical perspective on literacy instruction. Special emphasis will be given to past, present and future trends and issues. (Summer odd years, or as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5345 - Adv Early Literacy & Language Development

    3 credits

    This course focuses on language development in young children; including, but not limited to, early literacy, first and second language development and acquisition, and home and cultural influences. (Summer odd years, or as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5350 - Literacy Assessment & Intervention

    3 credits

    This course is designed to assist practicing teachers in the use of literacy assessment in all forms and to learn to provide appropriate literacy instruction to all children driven by such assessment. (Fall odd years, or as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5370 - Teaching Process Writing

    3 credits

    Participants in this course will explore methods for teaching writing processes in all genres to students and how to integrate writing with reading, listening and speaking. (Spring even years, or as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5380 - Advanced Reading Comprehension

    3 credits

    This course provides practicing teachers with current information on best practices for reading comprehension instruction at all levels and on the use of a variety of instructional methods. (Summer even years, and as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5385 - Research in Reading

    3 credits

    This course is designed to engage students in studying and understanding classical and contemporary primary documents in reading and in methods of conducting their own reading research. (Summer even years, and as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5390 - Supervising Literacy Programs

    3 credits

    This course prepares future reading specialists/coaches to administer and supervise literacy programs and to develop a specific, school/district literacy program for future implementation. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: EDRG 6320 , EDRG 6330 , EDRG 6340 , 6341, EDRG 6350 , 6360, EDRG 6370 , EDRG 6380 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5641 - Special Topics & Literacy Studies

    1 to 3 credits

    (Arranged)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5642 - Special Topics & Literacy Studies

    1 to 3 credits

    (Arranged)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5643 - Special Topics & Literacy Studies

    1 to 3 credits

    (Arranged)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 5890 - Reading Specialist Internship

    3 credits

    This course provides future reading specialists/coaches opportunity to implement a new school/district literacy program and evaluate its effectiveness in enhancing teachers’ literacy instruction. (P/F) (Fall/Spring or as needed)

    Prerequisite: EDRG 6320 , EDRG 6330 , EDRG 6340 , 6341, 6450, 6360, EDRG 6370 , EDRG 6380 , EDRG 6390 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6251 - Conferences & Workshops

    1 to 3 credits

    (Summer/1st Session)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6252 - Conferences & Workshops

    1 to 3 credits

    (Summer/1st Session)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6253 - Conferences & Workshops

    1 to 3 credits

    (Summer/1st Session)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6320 - Advanced Content Area Literacy and Common Core

    3 credits

    This course is designed to prepare teachers to teach students literacy strategies that help them acquire knowledge from content area materials; including textbooks, literature, electronic text, etc. (Fall even years)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6330 - Teaching with Literature

    3 credits

    This course is designed to train classroom teachers to effectively use literature, from a wide variety of genres (including informational text), to augment and enhance instruction across curricula. (Spring odd years, or as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6340 - Foundations of Literacy

    3 credits

    This course provides a historical and theoretical perspective on literacy instruction. Special emphasis will be given to past, present and future trends and issues. (Summer odd years, or as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6345 - Adv Early Literacy & Language Development

    3 credits

    This course focuses on language development in young children; including, but not limited to, early literacy, first and second language development and acquisition, and home and cultural influences. (Summer odd years, or as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6350 - Literacy Assessment & Intervention

    3 credits

    This course is designed to assist practicing teachers in the use of literacy assessment in all forms and to learn to provide appropriate literacy instruction to all children driven by such assessment. (Fall odd years, or as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6370 - Teaching Process Writing

    3 credits

    Participants in this course will explore methods for teaching writing processes in all genres to students and how to integrate writing with reading, listening and speaking. (Spring even years, or as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6380 - Advanced Reading Comprehension

    3 credits

    This course provides practicing teachers with current information on best practices for reading comprehension instruction at all levels and on the use of a variety of instructional methods. (Summer even years, and as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6385 - Research in Reading

    3 credits

    This course is designed to engage students in studying and understanding classical and contemporary primary documents in reading and in methods of conducting their own reading research. (Summer even years, and as needed)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6390 - Supervising Literacy Programs

    3 credits

    This course prepares future reading specialists/coaches to administer and supervise literacy programs and to develop a specific, school/district literacy program for future implementation. (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6641 - Special Topics & Literacy Std

    1 credits

    (Arranged)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6642 - Special Topics & Literacy Stds

    2 credits

    (Arranged)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6643 - Special Topics & Literacy Stds

    3 credits

    (Arranged)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • EDRG 6890 - Reading Specialist Internship

    3 credits

    This course provides future reading specialists/coaches opportunity to implement a new school/district literacy program and evaluate its effectiveness in enhancing teachers’ literacy instruction. (P/F) (Fall/Spring or as needed)

    Prerequisite: EDRG 6320 , EDRG 6330 , EDRG 6340 , 6341, 6450, 6360, EDRG 6370 , EDRG 6380 , and EDRG 6390 
    General Education Course: No

Engineering

  
  • ENGR 1010 - Engineering in 21st Century

    3 credits

    Civilization in the 21st century has been enabled and shaped by science, engineering and technology. The foundations and social contributions of infrastructure, industry and manufacturing are investigated from the perspective of science, engineering and technology, and demonstrated through hands on applications. (Fall, Spring)

    General Education Course: Humanities Knowledge Area
  
  • ENGR 1030 - Computer-Assisted Design Using SolidWorks

    3 credits

    Introduction to using computer aided drafting (CAD) in engineering design. Topics covered include 2-D and 3-D drafting and the integration of drafting with engineering design software, use of layers, blocks and components, scaling, organization of engineering drawings, and drawing commands specific to Solidworks. (Fall, Spring)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 2000 - Statics and Strength of Materials for Construction Management

    3 credits

    Course includes topics such as: forces, moments, couples, and resultants; static equilibrium and statically equivalent force systems, center of gravity and center of pressure; free body method of analysis; friction; internal forces in members, concept of stress and strain; Hooke’s law, application to problems in tension/compression, shear, torsion, and bending. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: MATH 1050 , MATH 1060  
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 2010 - Statics

    3 credits

    Statics of particles and rigid bodies, free body diagrams, forces and moments of forces, equilibrium of rigid bodies, distributed forces, centroids, and moments of inertia. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 1010 , MATH 1210  
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 2030 - Dynamics

    3 credits

    Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies in plane motion. Work-energy and impulse- momentum principles. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 2010  & PHYS 2210  with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 2140 - Strength of Materials

    3 credits

    Mechanical properties and behavior of materials under stress. Analysis of stresses in beams and shafts. Plane stress and strain, principal stresses. Axial, torsional, and flexural loading. Mohr’s circle. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 1030 , ENGR 2010  & MATH 1220 
    Co-Requisite: ENGR 2145 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 2145 - Strength of Materials Lab

    1 credits

    This is the lab course that accompanies ENGR 2140 . Some of the lab work that is performed in this course include the experimental determination of the modulus of elasticity, Poisson’s ratio, principal strains and stresses, relationship between vertical shear force and bending moment distribution in a beam, relationships among bending moment section modulus, and stress or strain in a beam. The lab also teaches students how to properly install and use strain gages. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 
    Co-Requisite: ENGR 2140 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 2170 - Programming for Engineers

    3 credits

    An introduction to computer programming. Topics to be covered include procedural programming in Matlab/Simulink, user interfaces, program syntax and semantics, input/output operations, applications, documentation, and the management of complex programming projects.  Problem solving, case studies, and applications will be emphasized. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: MATH 1210   with a grade of “C” (2.0 or above)
  
  • ENGR 2250 - Electric Circuits

    3 credits

    Techniques of circuit analysis. Node-voltage, mesh current, source transformation methods. Inductance and capacitance. Natural and step responses of first-order RL and RC circuits. Natural and step responses of RLC circuits. Sinusoidal steady-state analysis and phasors. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: MATH 2250 , PHYS 2220  & PHYS 2225 
    Co-Requisite: ENGR 2255 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 2255 - Electric Circuits Lab

    1 credits

    This is the lab that accompanies ENGR 2250  . (Spring)

    Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 
    Co-Requisite: ENGR 2250 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 3000 - Thermodynamics

    3 credits

    Fundamental principles of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic properties of fluids. First law and second law of thermodynamics and their application to closed systems. Energy relationships involving heat, work, and various other forms of energy. Introduction to thermodynamic cycles. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: PHYS 2220  with a grade of C (2.0 or better) & MATH 2210 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 3010 - Material Science Engineering

    3 credits

    Internal atomic, molecular, crystalline, organic, amorphous structures, and dependence of physical properties upon these structures. Properties, requirements, and uses of modem engineering materials. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: CHEM 1210 , CHEM 1215 MATH 1210  
    Co-Requisite: ENGR 3015  
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 3015 - Material Science Engineering Lab

    1 credits

    This lab accompanies ENGR 3010 . (Fall)

    Co-Requisite: ENGR 3010 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 3030 - Project Management Processes

    3 credits

    Steps required to complete a successful project management process, including how to use software and implement project management in day-to-day tasks. (As Needed)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 3045 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 3045 - Engineering Design Lab I

    2 credits

    Coursework emphasizes creative and critical thinking, planning, design, execution and statistical evaluation of experiments, and machine design. Students will utilize measuring devises, graphical presentation of data, mathematical modeling, design economics, and technical reporting techniques currently used in engineering practice. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: Grade “C” (2.0) or better in: ENGR 2250 CHEM 1210 ENGR 2170 , either ENGR 1030  or CCET 1040 , junior level status, and consent of instructor.
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 3050 - Fluid Mechanics

    3 credits

    Fundamental principles of fluid mechanics. Properties of fluids. Fluid statics. Control volume and transport theorem. Continuity and motion equations. Inviscid and viscous flows. Laminar and turbulent flows. Incompressible and compressible flows. Internal and external flows. Bernoulli’s equation. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 3000 
    Co-Requisite: ENGR 3055 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 3055 - Fluid Mechanics Lab

    1 credits

    This lab accompanies ENGR 3050 . Emphasis is on analysis and reporting of results. (Spring)

    Co-Requisite: ENGR 3050 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 3095 - Engineering Design Lab II

    3 credits

    This is a continuation of ENGR 3045   Coursework emphasizes design optimization and fabrication, test and evaluation, reliability, functionality, safety, technical writing, and the use of computational tools such as spreadsheets and numerical models (including FEM and FDM methods) currently used in engineering practice. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 3045  with a grade of C (2.0) or higher
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 3990 - Undergraduate Research

    1 to 6 credits

    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4000 - Mechatronics

    3 credits

    An interdisciplinary systems approach to dynamics and control involving the integration of mechanical, electrical and electronics engineering using microprocessor control. Involves computer modeling and designing of mechanical, electrical, fluid, and thermal systems. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 2030 , ENGR 4030  & ENGR 4035 
    Co-Requisite: ENGR 4005 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4005 - Mechatronics Lab

    2 credits

    This lab accompanies ENGR 4000 . Lab activities include the analysis, computer simulation, design, implementation, and measurement of electromechanical systems. (Spring)

    Co-Requisite: ENGR 4000 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4010 - Heat Transfer

    3 credits

    This course is an introduction to conduction, convection and radiation modes of heat transfer. Both steady state and unsteady state cases are covered. Other topics include analytical and numerical solution of practical problems in heat transfer. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 3050 , ENGR 3055  and MATH 2250 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4025 - Integrated Engineering Design Lab I

    3 credits

    Coursework emphasizes creative and critical thinking, planning, design, execution and statistical evaluation of experiments, team work, and project management. Students will utilize integrated engineering principles and concepts learned to-date to propose, design, complete, and formally present a comprehensive project to a panel of professional reviewers. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: Grade “C” (2.0 or better) in: ENGR 3050  ENGR 3055 , either ENGR 3095  or GEO 3210 /GEO 3215 , senior level status, and consent of instructor. 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4030 - Electronics

    3 credits

    This course emphasizes on the DC and AC operation of different types of diodes and transistors; number systems, Boolean Algebra, logic gates, combinational, memory, and sequestial digital circuits; and introduction to microprocessors. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 2250  and ENGR 2255 
    Co-Requisite: ENGR 4035 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4035 - Electronics Lab

    1 credits

    This lab accompanies ENGR 4030 . (Fall)

    Co-Requisite: ENGR 4030 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4050 - Structural Analysis

    3 credits

    The course gives basic knowledge for the analysis of elastic, statically indeterminate structures subjected to static loading. Fundamental concepts are flexibility method, stiffness method, internal work, virtual work and energy theorems. The methods of analysis are applied to frame structures. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 2140  & ENGR 2145 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4060 - Manufacturing

    3 credits

    The course emphasizes integration of design and manufacturing. Topics covered include manufacturing information systems, manufacturability considerations at the design and development phase, and DFM/DFA applications. (Fall)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 3010  and ENGR 3015 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4070 - Intro to Steel & Concrete Design

    3 credits

    This course is an introduction to structural steel design and reinforced concrete design. We show the application of the AISC and ACI codes. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 4050 
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4085 - Integrated Engineering Design Lab II

    3 credits

    This is a continuation of ENGR 4025 . Coursework emphasizes creative and critical thinking, planning, design, execution and statistical evaluation of experiments, multidisciplinary team work, and project management. Students will use engineering principles and concepts learned to-date to propose, design, complete, and formally present a comprehensive project to a panel of professional reviewers. (Spring) 

     

     

    Prerequisite: ENGR 4025  with a grade of C (2.0) or higher. 
    General Education Course: No

  
  • ENGR 4300 - Vibrations



    Vibration of single and multiple degree of freedom and discrete mass systems. Natural frequencies and mode shapes for free, damped, and undamped systems. Forced vibrations; forcing functions; steady state and transient response. Application of matrix methods and numerical solutions. Analogies between unsteady behavior of mechanical, electrical and fluid systems.  Introduction to vibration measurements and instrumentation. Applications; avoidance of vibration problems at the design stage of a new system. (Spring)

    Prerequisite: ENGR 2140 , ENGR 2030 , and either MATH 2250  or MATH 2280  
  
  • ENGR 4830 - Readings and Conferences

    1 to 4 credits

    (P/F)

    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4890 - Internship

    1 to 9 credits

    Designed to allow students to receive credit during an assigned work related experience. Credits will be assigned according to work hours. A written report/paper is required to complete the credit. A maximum of 9 credit hours may be taken and do not replace major/minor requirements. (P/F) (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    Prerequisite: Instructor permission required
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGR 4900 - Special Topics

    1 to 3 credits

    (Fall, Spring)

    General Education Course: No

English

  
  • ENGL 0990 - Academic Writing Workshop

    2 credits

    Instruction and tutorial oversight/assistance in critical reading, writing, and editing to support students with an English ACT below 17 who are concurrently enrolled in ENGL 1010 . Course will be capped at 25 students.(P/F) (Fall, Spring)

    Co-Requisite: ENGL 1010  
    General Education Course: No
  
  • ENGL 1010 - Intro to Academic Writing

    3 credits

    The first of the required GE writing courses introduces students to academic composition.  Students will engage in writing as a process, pre-drafting strategies, multiple drafts, peer review, and large and small-scale revisions.  Students with ACT English scores below 29 are required to take ENGL 1010 before enrolling in ENGL 2010 . Those with scores below 17 must concurrently enroll in ENGL 0990  Academic Writing Workshop.  (Fall, Spring, Summer)

    General Education Course: English Requirement
  
  • ENGL 1120 - Introduction to Grammar

    3 credits

    An introduction to descriptive and prescriptive approaches to studying English grammar. (Fall)

    General Education Course: No
 

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