Click on a letter below to view the course subjects that begin with that letter. The practices, methods, and procedures which are common to problems and designs encountered in engineering. To form a strong bond between the student and department and provide a forum for freshman advising. Emphasis on the engineering profession. Includes computer skills, professionalism, ethics, applications of math and physics to engineering projects emphasizing working in teams.
Teams work to complete a design project from proposal to presentation.
Fundamental principles of statics with vector methods. Emphasis on free body diagrams and equations of equilibrium. Topics include resultants of force systems, centroids, centers of gravity, moments of inertia, equilibrium, shear and moment diagrams, loads, trusses, and internal forces. Nodal and Loop Analysis. Single-time constant circuits.