ENGT 100 Fundamental Skills for Technology and Engineering

This course prepares students for success in an Engineering transfer program or Technology program with basic electrical and mechanical knowledge and experiences such as collecting and interpreting data, using appropriate units, basic troubleshooting, and reverse engineering. Students will use mathematical functions and graphs to model and analyze data collected from physical systems, and will get started in the physical world through general shop safety training and measuring with a carpenter's square, calipers, and micrometer. In addition, students will gain fabrication and assembly experience with hand and powered tools. Students will get started in the electronics world measuring voltage, current, and resistance, and will begin building breadboard circuits. Study may begin specialization into topics such as programming, refrigeration, pneumatics, and fluidics.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Eligible to enroll in MATH 141

Hours Weekly

3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab

Course Objectives

1. Select and demonstrate proper use of a variety of tools and instruments appropriate for a given task, including diagnosis, disassembly, repair, and calibration of electrical and mechanical devices.
2. Demonstrate appropriate use of electrical test equipment and identify parallel/serial, analog/digital, AC/DC circuits, devices, and sources.
3. Operate, troubleshoot, and repair subassemblies of electro-mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic devices, refrigeration and heat pumps.
4. Interpret technical documentation such as repair manuals, software agreements, theory of operation, job contracts, warranty agreements, and service level agreements.
5. Collect, graph, and analyze data using appropriate mathematical functions to model physical systems.
6. Communicate and collaborate through technology-mediated tools to document and present technical information.

Course Objectives

1. Select and demonstrate proper use of a variety of tools and instruments appropriate for a given task, including diagnosis, disassembly, repair, and calibration of electrical and mechanical devices.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • lab practical

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Technological Literacy Rubric
2. Demonstrate appropriate use of electrical test equipment and identify parallel/serial, analog/digital, AC/DC circuits, devices, and sources.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. Operate, troubleshoot, and repair subassemblies of electro-mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic devices, refrigeration and heat pumps.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

4. Interpret technical documentation such as repair manuals, software agreements, theory of operation, job contracts, warranty agreements, and service level agreements.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. Collect, graph, and analyze data using appropriate mathematical functions to model physical systems.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

6. Communicate and collaborate through technology-mediated tools to document and present technical information.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD (new course under development)

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Technological Literacy Rubric