Engineering, Jacobs School of
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the 2007-2008 General Catalog, please contact the department for more information.
100. Principles of Team Engineering (2) Introduction to the practice of engineering as a team-driven profession. Levels of the design process, verbal and written communication, principles of teamwork, project management, ethics, legal issues, quality management, entrepreneurship, and community involvement. Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in or completion of one of the following: DOC 2, CAT 2, HUM 2, MMW 2, MCWP 50, or WCWP 10B and one university-level mathematics course (or equivalent) or consent of instructor. Preference given to engineering majors. Not open to graduate students.
100L. Team Engineering Laboratory (2) Faculty-directed, multi-disciplinary, long-term engineering projects. Students use their technical knowledge to design and develop solutions to real problems in consultation with customers such as community organizations. Prerequisite: ENG 100 (required prior to or in concurrent enrollment with ENG 100).
101. Team Engineering (4) Fundamental principles of team engineering practice. Team formation and leadership, project creation and management, statistical tools for quality improvement, engineering business economics, law, and ethics. Interdisciplinary student teams will research, refine, and propose the design, manufacture, and marketing of a novel engineering product. Four hours of lecture. Prerequisite: a course in probability of statistics.
201. Venture Mechanics (4) Examines the engineering/entrepreneurism interface. Discovery, development, and implementation of new product ideas. Understanding markets, competitors, and selling innovations. Cultivating effective working relationships between research, engineering, manufacturing, and marketing elements of an organization. Priority enrollment given to engineering majors.
202. Enterprise Dynamics (4) Case studies of start-ups, strategic technology management, practice in use of industrial decision-making tools, and speakers from successful firms combined with experience in making management decisions dynamically in a competitive computer-simulated enterprise. Field study of ongoing processes in a local high technology company. Priority enrollment given to engineering majors.
203. Applied Innovations (4) Course includes the examination of business plans developed by early stage technology businesses. Students expected to work on the development of business plans for real, innovative business organizations. Will explore all of the business research and analysis that needs to be undertaken in order to develop a complete business plan. Completion of ENG 201 or ENG 202 preferred.
204. Theory and Practice of University Teaching (2) Teaching and learning at the college/university level. Readings in engineering and cognitive science, plus opportunities for teaching and evaluating college level students. Covers theoretical underpinnings and the practice of teaching. Participation in some practicum teaching experience will be required.