Revised: November 1998

GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE
MATHEMATIC ACADEMIC GROUP
COMMON COURSE OUTLINE 

COURSE ABBREVIATION	ENGR 1603
CREDIT HOURS	 	3 semester hours 
COURSE TITLE		Introduction to Engineering 
PRE-REQUISITE		MATH 1113 with a grade of C or better 

Catalog Description:
The course provides students with an overview of various engineering disciplines 
to assist them in making well-informed career choices in the profession. Key 
topics include exploring the nature of the field and career opportunities 
in civil, chemical, electrical, mechanical and other major disciplines, 
tools of technical communication, recording and analyzing data, dimensional 
analysis, computational techniques of approximate solutions and basic 
statistical tools for quality control.  


EXPECTED EDUCATIONAL RESULTS
As a result of completing this course, the student will be able to do 
the following:
	1.	Distinguish between major fields of the engineering profession and 
		identify various career possibilities within any given field
	2.	Describe general structure of the 4-year engineering curriculum
	3.	Describe objectives of various professional societies and the 
		advantages of membership 
	4.	Get a better understanding of values (ethics) and responsibilities 
		of an engineer
	5.	Describe and use customary and SI system of units, converting various 
		physical quantities from one system to the other
	6.	Verify dimensional consistency of a relationship among physical quantities
	7.	State and compute various types of errors and check their propagation
	8.	Collect and record technical data, using different graph scales and 
		coordinates to represent data and establish empirical relationships
	9.	Define basic statistical terms as they are applied in quality control, 
		computing by least squares the best fit for the data and determining 
		the correlation coefficient 
	10.	Describe and use basic terms in engineering economics viz. present worth, 
		depreciation, annual rate of return, etc
	11.	Distinguish approximate and exact solutions to equations and find roots 
		of equations in one variable by interval methods

GENERAL EDUCATION OUTCOMES
This course addresses six of the ten general education goals of the college and they 
are listed below.
I.	 The general education outcome relating to communications: 
	a.	Students enhance reading skills by reading topics from reading material 
		assigned and hand outs in the form of notes.
	b.	Students develop writing skills by practicing exercises, providing short 
		answers to tests/assignments questions and learning correct usage of 
		technical terms in report writing 
	c.	Students improve their listening skills by actively participating in class 
		discussion/lecture or demonstration to learn basic concepts

II.	The general education outcome relating to problem-solving and critical thinking 
skills 
	Students demonstrate their ability in problem solving through class discussion, 
	group assignments, tests and technical report.

III.	The general education outcome relating to the use of mathematical concepts
	Students apply mathematical concepts to evaluate, understand and process 
	technical data to solve problems  

IV.	Students organize and analyze the information to complete assignments and 
	reports by using word processing and spreadsheet software

V. 	The general education outcome relating to the use of scientific inquiry
	Many of the topics in this course are carefully selected so as to require them to 
	comprehend, understand and appreciate the importance of scientific inquiry as 
	an integral part of engineering profession 

VI.	The general education outcome relating to analyzing competing values
	Students are introduced to various issues relating to ethical values and 
	professional responsibilities and learn the role of an engineer in the work place.


COURSE CONTENT
	1.	Discussion about various fields of engineering, with particular attention 
		to opportunities in each field. Ethics and professional responsibility (13%)
	2.	To provide familiarity with engineering language and its terminology  (10%)
	3.	Basic methods and techniques of engineering - recording, analyzing and 
		solving problems (12%)
	4.	Engineering estimation/approximation, dimensional analysis, units of 
		measurement, significant figures, scientific notation  (20%)
	5.	Basic understanding of computational techniques, computer analysis and 
		applications   (22%)
	6.	Representing engineering data by using statistical techniques, evaluating 
		for accuracy by error analysis  (15%)
	7.	Engineering economy - annual rate of return, present worth, 
		depreciation, etc (8%)


ENTRY LEVEL COMPETENCIES
Upon entering this course the student should be able to do the following:
	1.	Competency in mathematics as described in the expected educational 
	objectives at the level of MATH 1113. 


ASSESSMENT OF EXPECTED EDUCATIONAL RESULTS
I.	COURSE GRADE
	The course grade is to be determined by the individual instructor by variety 
	of evaluation techniques consistent with the overall college policy. The 
	procedure should include class/home work, at least three tests, 
	a comprehensive final examination and a technical report.

II.	DEPARTMENTAL ASSESSMENT
	Assessment of the expected educational results of this course must be 
	conducted every five years. The assessment instrument will be a set of selected 
	questions that cover majority of the topics in the course content section from 
	the final examination.

III.	USE OF ASSESSMENT FINDINGS
	The Engineering committee will evaluate the findings and determine the level of 
	success in expected educational results and consider recommending to the 
	Discipline Academic Group executive committee, any changes in the curriculum 
	after careful review of curricula of transfer institutions.

EFFFECTIVE DATE: August, 1998			APPROVED DATE: May, 1998