General Catalog 2008-2009

Programs and Courses

Engineering

• General Information
• Quick Reference Guide - Engineering Science Transfer Degree
• Course Descriptions

General Information

For Information: Paula Cheslik
Phone: 623.845.3974
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/engineering

Program Description: The Engineering program provides the first two years toward a baccalaureate degree in Engineering. This includes, but is not limited to, transfer to the following Engineering degree programs: Computer Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil, Industrial, Chemical, Biomedical, Environmental, and Materials Science. Articulation (transfer) agreements exist with all three state universities in Arizona.

Acquired Skills

• Gain introductory engineering design experience. Complete projects to build robots, rockets, catapults, and mousetrap powered vehicles.
• Gain team skills required in an engineering work environment. Establish team goals; set ground rules; decide how to resolve team conflicts.
• Gain computer application skills. Use MatLab to solve Optimization and Area problems from Calculus. Use Excel to calculate odds and solve problems using iteration methods. Use AutoCAD to build models of engineering designs.
• Gain science and mathematics skills. Calculate the height of your rocket and the path of catapult projectiles; use levers and/or torsion to power catapults and vehicles. Design a vending machine or a miniature microprocessor.
• Gain effective verbal and written communications skills. Learn how to give effective PowerPoint presentations. Document project work in a design notebook.

Departmental Recommendations:

+ ECE102AA Engineering Analysis Tools and Techniques + ECE103AB Engineering Problem Solving and Design    ECE111 Bioengineering Systems + EEE202 Circuits and Devices + ECE214 Engineering Mechanics + EEE120 Digital Design Fundamentals + EEE225AB Assembly Language Programming                         on Motorola Microprocessors

2 credits 2 3 5 4 4 4

Other Recommendations:

+ CHM152 General Chemistry II + CHM152LL General Chemistry II Laboratory + MAT220 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I + MAT230 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II + MAT240 Calculus with Analytic Geometry III + MAT225 Elementary Linear Algebra + MAT261 Differential Equations + PHY115 University Physics I + PHY116 University Physics II

3 credits 1 5 5 5 3 4 5 5

General Education Requirements:

See approved list for AA degree.

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Quick Reference Guide - Engineering Science Transfer Degree

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Course Descriptions

Course Availability: (F) Fall, (S) Spring, (D) Day, (E) Evening, (Su1) Summer 1, (Su2) Summer 2, (O) Occasionally

Engineering: ECE, EEE

Engineering Science (ECE)

ECE102AA
Engineering Analysis Tools and Techniques / 2 credits 4 periods
Learning culture of engineering, engineering use of computer tools, and computer modeling as applied to engineering analysis and design. Prerequisites: Two years of high school algebra or MAT122 or departmental approval. Corequisites: MAT151 or MAT182 or MAT187.

ECE103AB
Engineering Problem Solving and Design / 2 credits 4 periods
Fundamentals of the design process: engineering modeling, communication, and problem solving skills in a team environment. Emphasis on process-based improvements to the design process. Introduction to engineering as a profession. Prerequisites: ECE102, high school physics, or PHY111.

ECE105
MATLAB Programming / 1 credit 1 period
Use MATLAB to solve engineering problems. An overview of programming, including arrays, structures, strings, functions, control flow, file management, data analysis, graphing, and performing calculations. Prerequisites: None. (E,S)

ECE106
Survey of Nanotechnology / 1 credit 1 period
Reading and discussion on topics in nanotechnology. Includes key issues in the development of nanoscale engineering. Prerequisites: None. (F)

ECE111
Bioengineering Systems / 4 credits 6 periods
An introduction to biological concepts for the engineer. Application of engineering to biological and earth systems. An analysis of materials, structures, fluid mechanic, biolelectricity, and dynamics as applied to biological and environmental systems. Prerequisites: None.

ECE214
Engineering Mechanics / 4 credits 6 periods
Foundations of engineering mechanics, including force systems, resultants, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, centroids and centers of mass, area and mass moments of inertia, friction, internal forces in structures, kinematics and kinetics of particles, kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies, energy and momentum principles. Prerequisites: (ECE103 or ECE103AB) , (MAT230 or MAT231), and (PHY115 or PHY121). Corequisites: MAT240 or MAT241.

ECE298
Special Projects / 1-3 credits
Organized and tailored around the interests and needs of the individual student. Structured to provide an atmosphere of individualized research and study paralleled by professional expertise and guidance. Professional-type facilities and equipment available for student use. Allows the best aspects of independent study and individualized learning to be combined to maximize student development. Prerequisites: Permission of Program Director or instructor.

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Electrical Engineering (EEE)

EEE120
Digital Design Fundamentals / 4 credits 6 periods
Number systems, conversion methods, binary and complement arithmetic, Boolean switching algebra and circuit minimization techniques. Analysis and design of combinational logic, flip-flops, simple counters, registers, ROMs, PLDs, synchronous and asynchronous sequential circuits, and state reduction techniques. Building physical circuits. Prerequisites: CSC100, or CSC110 or CSC181, or ELE181, or NET181, or equivalent, or permission of instructor. (E,S)

EEE202
Circuits and Devices / 5 credits 6 periods
Introduction to circuits and devices. Component models, transient analysis, steady state analysis, Laplace transform, and active and passive filter networks. Prerequisites: ECE103 or ECE103AB. Prerequisites or Corequisites: (MAT261 or MAT262) and (PHY116 or PHY131). (F)

EEE225AB
Assembly Language Programming on Motorola Microprocessors / 4 credits 6 periods
Assembly language programming including input/output programming and exception/interrupt handling. Register-level computer organization, I/O interfaces, assemblers, and linkers. Programming the Motorola 68000 family of processors and embedded microprocessors. Prerequisites: (CSC100 or CSC110 or CSC200) and CSC/EEE120, or permission of instructor.

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