EGR
190 Fundamentals of Engineering I
This is the first course of two that serves
as an introduction to various aspects of engineering and computer science. It is
intended for all beginning engineering and computer science students and those
interested but undecided. Students with 45 or more college credit hours are not
permitted in this course. There are four goals for this course:
1. To expose students to engineering and computer
science principles through hands-on�
experience,
2. Foster collaboration among students through
cooperative team project activities,
3. Establish a sense of community among first-year
students,
4. And develop an understanding of how to be successful
in studying engineering.
The course
consists of one weekly lecture and two weekly labs, a computer lab and an
instrumentation lab. The student learn about basic engineering tools such as
data acquisition, test equipment, computer aided drafting, applications
software, and gain computer skills in use of applications software, web
searching, web page design, and communications. They also learn about
themselves as a person and as a student, and actually design and build things.
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Description
The course consists of one
weekly lecture and one weekly lab either computer based or instrumentation
based. The students learn about the disciplines of biomedical, computer,
electrical, materials and mechanical engineering, and engineering physics and
computer science. Weekly laboratories provide opportunities for on-hands
experience in each area.