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ENGR 1172 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at RLC.

Introduction to Experimental Techniques
This is a Unique Need Course.
Prerequisite: MATH 2412 or the equivalent.
Course Description: Electrical Engineering fundamentals laboratory that stresses laboratory procedures; learning use of common laboratory equipment such as power supplies, multimeters, signal generators, and oscilloscopes; making measurements; familiarization with simple DC resistor circuits; Ohm's law; analyzing AC signals, including frequency, period, amplitude, and rms value; inductors, capacitors and DC transients; measuring phase shift in an AC circuit due to an inductor or capacitor; and basics of laboratory report writing. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1410017110

ENGR 1201 (2 Credit Hours)
Offered at EFC, MVC, RLC.

Introduction to Engineering
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: MATH 1314 or the equivalent.
Course Description: An introduction to the engineering profession with emphasis on technical communication and team-based engineering design. Includes instruction in the application of mathematical and scientific principles to the solution of practical problems for the benefit of society. (1 Lec. 3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1401015110

ENGR 1304 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at MVC, RLC.

Engineering Graphics I
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: MATH 1314 or the equivalent.
Course Description: Introduction to computer-aided drafting using CAD software and sketching to generate two- and three-dimensional drawings based on the conventions of engineering graphical communication; topics include spatial relationships, multi-view projections and sectioning, dimensioning, graphical presentation of data and fundamentals of computer graphics. (2 Lec., 4 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1513015111

ENGR 2107 (1 Credit Hours) New course added September 12, 2010
Offered at MVC, RLC.

Fundamentals of Circuit Analysis Laboratory
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Corequisite/Concurrent: ENGR 2307.
Course Description: Basic laboratory experiments supporting theoretical principles presented in ENGR 2307 involving electrical and electronic components and circuits, including circuit analysis, network principles, motors, and steady-state and transient responses, and preparation of laboratory reports. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1410015310

ENGR 2110 (1 Credit Hours)
Offered at RLC.

Introduction to Digital Systems Laboratory
This is a Unique Need Course.
Prerequisite: COSC 1415 or COSC 1436.
Corequisite/Concurrent: ENGR 2310.
Course Description: Laboratory to accompany ENGR 2310. The purpose of this laboratory is to give students an intuitive understanding of digital circuits and systems. Laboratory exercises include construction of simple digital logic circuits using prototyping kits and board-level assembly of a personal computer. (3 Lab.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1401017110

ENGR 2300 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at RLC.

Applied Linear Algebra
This is a Unique Need Course.
Prerequisite: MATH 2414.
Course Description: Matrices, vectors, determinants, linear systems of equations, Gauss-Jordan elimination, vector spaces, basis, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, numerical methods in linear algebra using MATLAB, computer arithmetic, Gaussian elimination, LU factorization, iterative solutions to linear systems, iterative methods for estimating eigenvalues, singular value decomposition, QR factorization. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1410017210

ENGR 2301 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at EFC, MVC, RLC.

Engineering Mechanics I - Statics
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: PHYS 2425.
Corequisite/Concurrent: MATH 2414.
Course Description: Basic theory of engineering mechanics, using calculus, involving the description of forces, moments, and couples acting on stationary engineering structures; equilibrium in two and three dimensions; free-body diagrams; friction; centroids; centers of gravity; and moments of inertia. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1411015210

ENGR 2302 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at EFC, MVC, RLC.

Engineering Mechanics II - Dynamics
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: ENGR 2301.
Corequisite/Concurrent: MATH 2414.
Course Description: Basic theory of engineering mechanics, using calculus, involving the motion of particles, rigid bodies, and systems of particles; Newton's Laws; work and energy relationships; principles of impulse and momentum; application of kinetics and kinematics to the solution of engineering problems. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1411015310

ENGR 2305 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at RLC.

Circuits I for Electrical Engineering
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: MATH 2414.
Corequisite/Concurrent: MATH 2315.
Course Description: Principles of electrical circuits and systems. DC, transient, and sinusoidal steady-state analysis. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1410015110

ENGR 2307 (3 Credit Hours) New course added September 12, 2010
Offered at MVC, RLC.

Fundaments of Circuit Analysis
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: PHYS 2426.
Corequisite/Concurrent: ENGR 1172.
Course Description: Basic concepts of electrical engineering using calculus; the fundamentals of electrical and electronic components and circuits, circuit analysis, network principles, motors, and steady-state and transient responses; application of Laplace transforms; and use of computational software to solve network problems; application of the principles to the solution of electrical engineering problems; relationship between basic principles and advanced applications. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1410015210

ENGR 2310 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at RLC.

Introduction to Digital Systems
This is a Unique Need Course.
Prerequisite: COSC 1415 or COSC 1436.
Corequisite/Concurrent: ENGR 2110.
Course Description: Introduction to hardware structures and assembly-language concepts that form the basis of the design of modern computer systems. Internal data representation and arithmetic operations in a computer. Basic logic circuits. MIPS assembly language. Overview of PC architecture. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1401017210

ENGR 2332 (3 Credit Hours)
Offered at RLC.

Mechanics of Materials
This is a Texas Common Course Number.
Prerequisite: PHYS 2426.
Course Description: Stresses, deformations, stress-strain relationships, torsions, beams, shafts, columns, elastic deflections in beams, combined loading, and combined stresses. (3 Lec.)
Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 1411015110


Academic Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for transfer among community colleges and state public four year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.

WECM Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four year colleges and universities.