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2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

EGR 120 - Introduction to Engineering Design

3 credit hours - Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory weekly; one term.
This course meets the Technology Requirement.

Develop an understanding of the engineering profession and the engineering design process. Work individually and in teams to design, build and document projects. Includes engineering ethics, technical drawing, computer-aided drafting, spreadsheet tools for engineers, and an introduction to programming. Lab fee $30.

Prerequisite(s): Eligibility for MAT 191  and ENG 101 /ENG 101A  or permission of engineering department chair.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC) and Online (OL)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall and spring

Course Outcomes:
 

1.  Describe the major branches of engineering.

2.  Describe and perform the roles of the engineering team.

3.  Describe the stages of the engineering process.

4.  Create an engineering drawing using a computer-aided drafting program.

5.  Create documents using word processing and spreadsheet software.

6.  Plan, write, and execute computer programs to solve engineering problems.

7.  Document and present the results of a technical project.