GNEG 1103 - Introduction to Engineering

Intended for potential engineering students in the first year of study. It is designed to introduce these students to the process and diversity of the various engineering fields. It also acquaints students with modeling and problem solving techniques used by engineers as well as some of the computer tolls necessary for pursuing a degree in engineering.

Pre-Requisite
Completion of MATH 1203 with grade greater than or equal to C or higher math course excluding MATH 1313, or placement test scores greater than or equal to College Algebra.

Co-Requisite
N/A

Cross Listed Course
N/A

3 Credit Hour(s)

Contact Hours
45 Lecture

3 Faculty Load Hour(s)

Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring

ACTS Equivalent
N/A

Grade Mode
A-F

Learning Outcomes
Students successfully completing this course will possess an understanding of fundamental engineering concepts demonstrated by the ability to: 

• Describe the role of engineers as problem solvers and their professional behavior.
• Describe specifics of the various engineering disciplines and functions,
• Communicate their design in oral and written form,
• Apply problem solving techniques to basic engineering problems,
• Work in teams to solve and present engineering design problem,
• Analyze and judge ethical issues related to engineering field.
• Understand of numbers, units, unit conversion, tables and graphs to solve basic engineering problems.
• Work in team settings to present a physical device or instrument that will be of benefit to the community following EMPACT criteria.

• Students develop higher order thinking skills.
• Students develop information literacy

• Description of various engineering disciplines
• Units and unit conversion
• Problem solving techniques for basic engineering problems
• Engineering design
• Engineering ethics
• Engineering Communications
• Tables and Graphs

Learning activities

• Courses must, at a minimum, cover the core learning outcomes for each topic. Faculty may add to these outcomes but may not omit any of them.
• Since developing student higher order thinking skills and information literacy are essential outcomes of this course, all instructors should include learning activities that develop these outcomes in their courses and identify them in course syllabi. Instructors should describe how these activities will be evaluated in their course syllabi and/or reflected in their gradebooks.

Assessments
Three exams will be administered throughout the semester. Assessment questions will be included in the exams. The assessment questions results will be collected each semester.

Grading guidelines

• At least 60% of the grade should come from proctored exams
• Homework assignments will be at least 15% of the final grade.
• Team project will be 20% of the final grade