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- Authored for presentation by Mark Sobek
- Edited by John Even
- Written for HTML by Matt Robinson
Meetings:
2 1hr 50min lectures with labs on PC's
Open labs:
308, 406 (312, 313, 306, & 305 as needed for
overflow)
Hours
Mon-Thurs 9am-12 midnight(except for classes)
Fri 9am-5pm (except for classes)
Sat 12 noon-8pm
Sun 12 noon-12 midnight
General Information
- Classroom Procedures
- C proficency score required (60% on exams)
- Grading
- Instructor's office hours
Course Objectives
- To expose freshmen students to a wide variety of engineering
problems similar to material they will study in greater depth later.
- To help students learn to translate verbal, written or graphical
problems into mathematical models.
- To give students a perspective of engineering by introducing them
to the art of making estimations and approximations and questioning the
sensiblity of numerical results.
- To establish for students an immediate contact with the
Engineering Thought Process in the College of Engineering.
- To help students develop an orderly process of presenting the
calculations required in solving engineering problems so that others may
readily understand their work.
- To prepare students to communicate results of their work through
graphs, charts, etc.
- To prepare students for the process of solving engineering problems
via a digital computer using C language.
- To introduce students to the concept of interactive computing.
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