ES 138 - Engineering Concepts

Credit Hours: 1

An orientation course that brings the field of engineering into focus with discussion on past and present engineering trends along with visitation lectures by various local practicing engineers and four-year engineering college transfer representatives. Basic technical skills such as computations and graphing are also covered.

Course Outcomes
At the completion of the course, the student should be able to:

state the differences between technical team members - technician, technologist, and engineer;
explain some of the history of engineering;
choose a specific field of engineering that they will pursue;
specify which university they plan on transferring to upon graduation from E.C.C.; and
perform approximate math computations without the use of a calculator.

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