Courses

    Explores the place and possibility of personal identity both within and against the influence of tradition, including family, culture, language, and social, political and economic institutions. Via literature and film, wrestles with the nature of freedom, self-determination, and belonging. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Introduces statistical, experimental, and computational methods used in aerospace engineering sciences. Usage of MatLab is extensive. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of GEEN 1300 or CSCI 1300 or ECEN 1310 (all min grade C). Requires corequisite courses of ASEN 2001 and ASEN 2002 and APPM 2350. Restricted to Aerospace Eng (ASEN) majors only.
    Observes, analyzes, and presents basic linear, angular, area, and volume field measurements common to civil engineering endeavors with application of GPS and GIS technology. Department enforced prereq., APPM 1350 or MATH 1300 or APPM 1340. Prerequisites: Restricted to Architectural (AREN), Civil (CVEN) or General (GEEN) Engineering majors only.
    Surveys the history of information technologies and modern techniques of information production, storage, transmission, and retrieval. Emphasizes understanding not only the technological transformations in interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication, but also the technological, social and political changes that underlie the movement toward a digital society. ATLS 2000 and HUEN 2020 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Covers statics of particles, equivalent force systems, rigid bodies, equilibrium of rigid bodies in two and three dimensions, analysis of truss and frame structures, uniaxially-loaded members, deformation and stress, distributed force systems, and friction. Credit not granted for this course and CVEN 2121. Prerequisites: Requires prereq course of APPM 1360 or MATH 2300 (min grade C-). Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Soph/Jrs/Srs) Mechanical (MCEN) or Environmental (EVEN) or General Engineering Plus (GEEN-BS) students, with a sub-plan of Mechanical (MEC).
    Focuses on structure, properties, and processing of metallic, polymeric, ceramic, and composite materials. Specific topics covered include perfect and imperfect solids, phase equilibria, transformation kinetics, mechanical behavior and material degradation. Approach incorporates both materials science and materials engineering components. Prerequisites: Requires prereq course of MCEN 1024 or 1208 or CHEN 1211 and CHEM 1221 or CHEM 1113 and 1114 (min grade C-). Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Soph/Jrs/Srs) MECH or EVEN or GEEN-BS students, with a sub-plan of MEC.

    Serves as an introduction to media studies, including theories and methodologies for undertaking media scholarship within the humanities. Topics may include the history of the book, text messaging, blogging, and gaming, as well as digital fiction and poetry. Same as ENGL 2036.

    Covers dynamic behavior of particle systems and rigid bodies; 2-D and 3-D kinematics and kinetics; impulse, momentum, potential, and kinetic energy; and work, collision, and vibration. Lectures and homework assignments involve computer work and hands-on laboratory work in the ITLL, documented by written reports. Formerly MCEN 3043. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MCEN 2023 or CVEN 2121 or GEEN 2851 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Soph/Jrs/Srs) MECH or EVEN or GEEN-BS students, with a sub-plan of MEC.
    Covers the broad subject of building materials and systems. Includes a practical approach to assembly details, methods of construction, codes, foundations, steel, concrete, masonry, cladding, doors and windows, interiors, finishes, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, life safety and conveyance. Includes investigation of an existing facility along with a team presentation trends in commercial building construction. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) Civil (CVEN) or Architectural (AREN) Engineering majors only.
    Examines concepts of engineering leadership and the essential skills required to become an effective leader. Together students will explore leadership principles, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal skills (e.g. collaboration, conflict resolution, leading in diverse communities), intrapersonal development (e.g. self-appraisal, reflective practice, personal leadership philosophy), organizational competencies (e.g. planning, sustainability, climate), effective communication and ethical decision-making. Fulfills Engineering humanities/social science requirements. Department consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Covers shear force and bending moment, torsion, stresses in beams, deflection of beams, matrix analysis of frame structures, analysis of stress and strain in 2-D and 3-D (field equations, transformations), energy methods, stress concentrations, and columns. Credit not granted for this course and CVEN 3161. Prerequisites: Requires prereq courses of MCEN 2023 or CVEN 2121 or GEEN 2851 (min grade C-). Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Soph/Jrs/Srs) MECH or EVEN or GEEN-BS students, with a sub-plan of MEC.
    Spans invention and discovery from the Stone Age to the age of Newton, raising questions about culture, history, and personal expectation; studies Pyramids, odometers, cathedrals , Galileo, etc., on the way. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Explores fundamental principles of thermodynamics, including first and second law of thermodynamics, thermophysical properties, power and refrigeration cycles, gas mixtures and psychrometrics. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science. Prerequisites: Requires a prereq course of PHYS 1110 (min grade C-) and a prereq or coreq course of APPM 1360 or MATH 2300 (min grade C-). Restricted to AREN, CVEN or EVEN, or EVENCVEN Concurrent Degree majors only.
    Explores fundamental principles of fluid dynamics and heat transfer. Topics include fluid statics, momentum, and energy conservation, laminar and turbulent viscous flow, convection heat transfer, conduction heat transfer, heat exchangers, and heat transfer. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of APPM 2350 or MATH 2400, and AREN 2110 or GEEN 3852 or MCEN 3012 or ASEN 2002 (all minimum grade C-). Requires corequisite course of APPM 2360.
    Provides a basic understanding of chemical engineering calculations involving material and energy balances around simple chemical processes. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEN 1211 or CHEM 1113 and GEEN 1300 or COEN 1300 (all minimum grade C-).
    Surveys the great discoveries and theoretical disputes from Newtonian celestial mechanics to the theory of relativity. Includes physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, and biology; closely examines scientific method, evolution, light and quantum theory. Uses original sources by Newton, Faraday, Lavoisier, Darwin, etc., for immediate contact with the great minds in science. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Covers forces acting on rigid bodies at rest. Equilibrium is the central concept that will be applied repeatedly to different situations. In each case, the object of interest will be isolated along with all the forces acting on it; a free body diagram. Equilibrium will be applied to analyze trusses, frames, machines, cables and hydrostatic forces on dams. Same as GEEN 2851. Credit not granted for this course and MCEN 2023. Prerequisites: Requires a prereq course of PHYS 1110 (min grade C-). Requires a prereq or coreq course of APPM 2350 or MATH 2400 (min grade C-). Restricted to students with 0-56 (FR/SOPH) Civil (CVEN), Environmental (EVEN) or Architectural (AREN) Engr majors only.
    Surveys the great innovations from the Steam Age to the Atomic Age: transportation, modern construction, communications, internal combustion, etc. Supplements textbook accounts with drawings, patents, and original selections by Edison, Carnegie, Tesla, Bell, etc. Studies the sociological impact of social change via contemporary sources in literature, philosophy, painting and film. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Explores challenges that engineering and science pose for society plus the ways that societies shape or impede science and engineering. Case studies range from contemporary issues (global warming, nuclear weapons, and genetic engineering) to classic cases (the execution of Socrates). Core texts in the Western Tradition supplement contemporary articles and films. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Introduces linear circuit analysis and design, including OP-Amps. Presents DC networks, including node and mesh analysis with controlled sources. Analysis of RL and RC circuits for both transient and sinusoidal steady-state responses using phasors. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of APPM 1360 (minimum grade C-) and corequisite course of APPM 2360. Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
    Continues basic circuit analysis of ECEN 2250: Laplace transform techniques, transfer functions, frequency response, Bode diagrams, resonant circuits, Fourier series expansions, and convolution. Recommended coreq., ECEN 2270. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ECEN 2250 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to College of Engineering students only.

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