ENGR – Engineering Science
Courses Offered
Lower Divison | Upper Divison | Graduate
Lower Division
ENGR 100 ENERGY FOR SOCIETY (3-0-3)(F/S)(DLN). A basic understanding of energy and how it has been put to use is developed to promote a better understanding of our present technological society with its energy, environmental, social, and political problems. Alternative as well as conventional energy solutions are considered. This is a general interest course, having no prerequisite.
ENGR 101 INTRO TO SUSTAINABLE BUILDING SCIENCE (3-0-3)(F/S)(DLN). Physics concepts related to the performance of buildings. Factors that impact and contribute to sustainability including building performance, occupant comfort, and resource use. PREREQ: MATH 108.
ENGR 102 THE ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF TECHNOLOGY (3-0-3)(F/S). The ethical obligations of those who exercise technology on behalf of the larger society. Discusses the moral obligations of engineers in their personal lives and professional practice. By focusing on the ethical dilemmas encountered by prominent engineers, this course introduces a discussion of virtue, duty, utility, discourse, and care ethics.
ENGR 104 INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC REASONING (2-3-3)(F/S)(DLN). This course engages students in a series of scientific problems involving phenomena that cannot be explained with current reasoning. Using small and large group discussions, new lines of reasoning are developed and applied to multiple situations. COREQ: MATH 108.
ENGR 106 SMARTPHONE ENGINEERING (3-0-3)(F/S)(DLN). The underlying engineering technologies associated with a smartphone and how it has been put to use is developed in the context of our present technological society with its energy, environmental, social, and political challenges. This is a general interest course having no prerequisite.
ENGR 108 BICYCLE ENGINEERING (2-3-3)(F/S)(DLN). Bicycle technology in society and emerging nations. Introduction to engineering design, simple materials, structures and analysis in the context of bicycles. PREREQ: MATH 108 or higher.
ENGR 110 ENGINEERING WITH PRE-CALCULUS (1-6-4)(F/S). An engineering course to be taken in conjunction with pre-calculus. Introduction to the engineering profession, fundamentals of the engineering process, engineering applications of algebra and trigonometry as well as time management study skills. COREQ: MATH 147.
ENGR 120 INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING (2-3-3)(F/S)(DLN). Students use critical thinking and gain design-oriented engineering experiences by working through projects that expose them to the engineering disciplines. Professional skill development includes teamwork, oral and written communication, and professional/ethical responsibility. ENGR 130 may not also be taken for course credit. PREREQ: MATH 147 or MATH 143 and MATH 144, or satisfactory placement score.
ENGR 130 INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS (2-4-4)(F/S)(DLN). Students use critical thinking and gain design-oriented engineering experience by working through projects that expose them to the engineering disciplines. Professional skill development includes teamwork, oral and written communication, and professional/ethical responsibility. Students will experience the satisfaction in solving a client’s real-world problem as they apply the engineering design process to design and deliver a solution. ENGR 120 may not also be taken for course credit. PREREQ: MATH 147 or MATH 143 and MATH 144, or satisfactory placement score.
ENGR 150 RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE SEMINAR: ENGINEERING (1-0-1)(F/S). First-year Engineering Residential College participants will explore aspects of success in engineering through a series of academic, community service, and team building activities. May be repeated for credit. PREREQ: PERM/INST.
ENGR 205 MECHANICS/STATICS (3-0-3)(F/S). Covers basic statics including equilibrium, analysis of trusses, frames and machines, centroids, static friction, moments of inertia. PREREQ: PHYS 111 and MATH 160 or MATH 170.
ENGR 210 ENGINEERING STATICS (3-0-3)(F/S). Force and moment equilibria applied to engineering systems including structures and machines. Two and three dimensional applications of scalars and vectors, free body diagrams, and methods and procedures of engineering analysis. PREREQ: MATH 175 and PHYS 211.
ENGR 220 ENGINEERING DYNAMICS (3-0-3)(F/S). Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies using concepts of force and acceleration, working and energy, and impulse and momentum. PREREQ: ENGR 210.
ENGR 240 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS (3-0-3)(F/S). A concise overview of the basic concepts, methods, and tools employed in the broad field of electrical and electronic engineering. Provides a foundation for use throughout a career in engineering or science to understand, analyze, and improve systems that incorporate electronic circuits or electrical machinery/equipment. Basic circuit theory, analog and digital electronic components/circuits, communication circuits, power distribution circuits, and AC/DC machines. PREREQ: ENGR 120 and PHYS 211. COREQ: MATH 333.
ENGR 245 INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3-0-3)(F/S)(DLN). Application of basic principles of physics and chemistry to the engineering properties of materials. Development of a fundamental understanding of structure, property, processing and performance relationships in all classes of materials including metals, ceramics, polymers and electronic materials. PREREQ: CHEM 111 and MATH 170.
ENGR 245L MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LABORATORY (0-3-1)(F,S). Practical experience in testing and processing of engineering materials, data acquisition, data analysis, and technical communication. COREQ: ENGR 245.
ENGR 250 RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE SEMINAR: ENGINEERING (1-0-1)(F/S). Returning Engineering Residential College participants will explore aspects of success in engineering through a series of academic, community service, and team building activities. May be repeated for credit. PREREQ: PERM/INST.
Upper Division
ENGR 306 MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (3-0-3)(F/S). Elasticity, strength, and modes of failure of engineering materials, stress-strain theory for beams, shafts, and columns. PREREQ: ENGR 205 or ENGR 210.
ENGR 310 STATICS AND MECHANICS OF MATERIALS FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (4-0-4)(F). Principles of structural analysis in the design, specification, and construction of buildings. Forces and their components; static equilibrium; friction; section properties; stresses and deformations of elastic solids, combined stresses. PREREQ: MATH 160 or MATH 170. PRE/COREQ: PHYS 111.
ENGR 320 THERMODYNAMICS I (3-0-3)(F/S). Thermodynamic properties of fluids, 1-D heat transfer, compression and expansion work, system and process analysis applying the first and second laws of thermodynamics, basic heat engine and heat pump theory, and cycles. PREREQ: CHEM 111, MATH 175, and PHYS 211.
ENGR 330 FLUID MECHANICS (3-0-3)(F/S). Physical properties of fluids, fluid mechanics, measurements, viscous flow, turbulent flow, momentum, lift, drag, boundary layer effects, pipe flow, and open channel flow. PREREQ: ENGR 210, MATH 275, MATH 333.
ENGR 331 FLUID MECHANICS LAB (0-3-1)(F/S). Fluid mechanics experiments, measurements, data acquisition, and data analysis. Viscosity, fluid statistics, hydraulics, computational fluid dynamics, pipe flow, turbulence, drag, and lift. COREQ: ENGR 330.
ENGR 350 ENGINEERING MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (3-0-3)(F/S). Principles of stress, strain, and deformation applied to the analysis of engineering structures including beams, shafts, and columns. PREREQ: ENGR 210.
ENGR 360 ENGINEERING ECONOMY (3-0-3)(SU). Economic analysis and comparison of engineering alternatives by annual-cost, present-worth, capitalized cost, and rate-of-return methods; income tax considerations. PREREQ: Junior standing.
ENGR 375 MICROGRAVITY UNIVERSITY (1-0-1)(F/S). Application of science and engineering theory through proposal writing and design of experiments for microgravity flights on NASA aircraft. May be repeated for credit. PREREQ: PERM/INST.
ENGR 385 SCIENCE METHODS THROUGH ENGINEERING (3-4-4)(F/S). Examines elementary science curricula, philosophy, and methodologies through a design-oriented engineering experience. A variety of instructional strategies and materials are presented and evaluated in accordance with developmental theory. Emphasis is placed on inquiry in the science curricula. These areas are integrated across the curriculum, emphasizing process, critical thinking, technology, and assessment. PREREQ: MATH 257.
ENGR 475 MICROGRAVITY UNIVERSITY (1-0-1)(F/S). Application of science and engineering theory through proposal writing and design of experiments for microgravity flights on NASA aircraft. May be repeated for credit. PREREQ: PERM/INST.