ENGR 111
ENGINEERING ORIENTATION I

Course Description

Engineering as a profession, historical development, ethics, curricula and engineering careers. Introduction to problem analysis and solution, data collection, accuracy and variability.

Topics

• Engineering design
• The engineering disciplines
• Managing engineering projects
• Engineering Models (Linear Regression)

Learning Outcomes

The student, upon completion of this course, will be able to:

• Name and describe different engineering professions.
• Describe the types of activities engineers are involved in.
• Develop an educational plan for your chosen engineering discipline.
• Use standard software to perform engineering calculations, to prepare technical documents, to retrieve technical information, and to complete technical communications.
• Conduct unit conversions and dimensional analyses to solve engineering-based problems.
• Utilize the design and problem solving process to generate solutions to open ended engineering problems.
• Describe the role of ethics in engineering design and problem solving.