EGR 121 Foundations of Engineering
Course Title: EGR 121: Foundations of Engineering
Course Description
Introduces the engineering profession and its impact on society and the environment, including engineering problem solving, the engineering design process, and professional practices. Covers fundamental engineering calculations, descriptive statistics, basic spreadsheet and mathematical scripting language applications, professional ethics, teamwork, and communication. Lecture 2 hours per week. 2 credits. Prerequisite: MTH 162 or MTH 167 or equivalent and ENG 111 eligible, or departmental permission.
General Course Purpose
Prepare students for further study in any Engineering curriculum.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
MTH 162 or MTH 167 or equivalent and ENG 111 eligible, or departmental permission.
Course Objectives
Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:
Problem Solving
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Identify and solve problems using engineering methodologies
Information Literacy
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Find, evaluate, and effectively use technical information, including scholarly literature
Technology Application
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Use spreadsheet, word processing and presentation software to collect, organize, analyze and present engineering data
Communication
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Effectively communicate engineering work in oral, written, and visual formats, using graphical information as relevant
Collaboration
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Form, plan, and complete team-based engineering work
Intro to Engineering Profession
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Demonstrate knowledge of the Engineering profession including engineering disciplines, professional societies, accreditation, and licensing.
Professional Ethics
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Demonstrate an understanding of basic engineering ethics concepts using a professional engineering society code of ethics
Problem Solving
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Use systematic methods to create a proper engineering solution including formulation, representation, assumptions, questioning, communication, and evaluation.
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Analyze flowchart algorithms using standard symbols.
Design Process
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Demonstrate basic understanding of the engineering design process including needs identification, specification, analysis of design alternatives, planning, prototyping, testing, and delivery
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Consider sustainability and global, societal and environmental impacts of design options
Significant Figures and Dimensional Analysis
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Understand and apply significant figures and appropriate number representations.
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Solve problems using unit conversions in both AES and SI units, and dimensional analysis.
Technology Skills
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Utilize basic spreadsheet software skills including built-in and user-defined functions, graphing, and trendlines
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Create mathematical software scripts, including inputs, outputs, graphing, and conditional statements
Technology Application
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Build and use data to control a simple physical system with input and output
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Analyze data using basic descriptive statistics, histograms, and linear trendlines
Major Topics to be Included
Problem Solving
Information Literacy
Technology Application
Communication
Collaboration
Intro to Engineering Profession
Professional Ethics
Problem Solving
Design Process
Significant Figures and Dimensional Analysis
Technology Skills
Technology Application