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Spring 2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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
Upon completion of this 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 SUNY Erie; and
  • perform approximate math computations without the use of a calculator.


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