Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

CCOG for ENGR 101 Fall 2025


Course Number:
ENGR 101
Course Title:
Engineering Fundamentals
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture Hours:
30
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
30

Course Description

Introduces basic engineering problem solving, analysis and design. Covers basic concepts of curve fitting, statistics, electricity, and mechanics, including vector algebra. Utilizes spreadsheet and computer programming applications as problem solving tools. Introduces non-technical aspects of engineering, such as registration laws and ethics. Labs may include group engineering project work. Prerequisites: MTH 95 or any MTH course for which MTH 95 is a prerequisite. Prerequisites/concurrent: (WR 115 and RD 115) or IRW 115. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

  1. Analyze and solve engineering problems, and design solutions using logical and evidenced based methods.

  2. Identify and use relevant computational tools to solve engineering problems.

  3. Develop effective collaboration skills to analyze discipline-specific problems, design innovative solutions, and generate and evaluate concepts.

  4. Develop an understanding of diverse audiences and design communication strategies to engage each group with clarity, relevance, and impact.

  5. Communicate technical concepts effectively through written, oral, digital or visual presentation.

Outcome Assessment Strategies


Homework, exams, lab worksheets assignments and computer programs, oral and written project submittals.
 

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

  1. Statistics and curve fitting are commonly used in engineering applications.
  2. Electric circuits consist of basic components and follow certain physical principles.
  3. Mechanical analysis utilizes vectors and follows "Newtonian" principles.
  4. Spreadsheets, computer programming, and computer operating systems are common engineering problem solving tools.
  5. The engineering professional has ethical standards.
  6. Engineering work involves group effort.

Contents
1. Curve fitting
A. Linear
B. Exponential
C. Logarithenic
2. Statistics
A. Mean
B. Mode and Median
C. Standard Duration
D. Normal Distribution
E. Regression Analysis
F. Coefficient of Correlation
G. Coefficient of Determination
3. Electricity
A. Ohms Law
B. Kirchoffs Law
C. DC current
D. Series Circuits
E. Parallel Circuits
F. Power
4. Mechanics
A. Forces
B. Moments
C. Equilibrium
D. Free body diagrams
E. Vectors
F. Unit vectors
G. Direction cosines
H. Dot products
I. Cross products
5. Laboratory
A. Hand-held Calculator Usage
B. Spreadsheet
C. Programming
6. Project
A. Components
B. Scheduling
C. Research
D. Group work
7. Non-Technical
A. Registration laws
B. Ethics
C. Academic and career planning
Competencies and skills:
The student will be able to:

  1. Apply basic curve fitting principles to solve engineering problems.
  2. Apply basic statistical concepts to engineering problems solving.
  3. Apply basic electrical principles to circuit analysis.
  4. Apply basic mechanics principles to statics analysis.
  5. Use spreadsheet and programming tools to present and solve engineering problems

Suggested Additional Course Materials:

  1. Engineering and altruism-How technical solutions can be applied to global problems regarding health, safe drinking water, and air pollution.
  2. Global impacts of technology-Acid rain, global warming, ozone depletion, water pollution.