Engineering, Jacobs School of
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Courses
For course descriptions not found in the UC San Diego General Catalog, 2015–16, please contact the department for more information.
1. Orientation to Engineering I (1)
ENG 1, offered in the fall quarter, focuses on study skills, academic planning, time management, and the use of campus and community resources to help achieve academic, personal, and professional goals. It also presents engineering both as a field of study and as a profession. Activities include presentations by student organization officers and various UC San Diego organizations. Students may not receive credit for both ENG 1 and ECE 1A.
2. Orientation to Engineering II (1)
ENG 2, offered in the winter quarter, focuses on academic and personal planning, business etiquette, resume development and review, time management, and presentation skills. Activities include panel presentations with practicing professionals from industry. Students may not receive credit for both ENG 2 and ECE 1B.
3. Orientation to Engineering III (1)
ENG 3, offered in the spring quarter, focuses on leadership, engineering as a profession, personal and professional development, ethics, preparation for graduate school, resume development, and job offer evaluation. Activities include presentations by UC San Diego staff and panel discussions with practicing professionals from industry. Students may not receive credit for both ENG 3 and ECE 1C.
100A. Team Engineering (2)
Introduction to theory and practice of team engineering, including temperament and work styles; stages of team development; project management; communication, problem solving, and conflict resolution skills; creativity; leadership; social entrepreneurship; and ethics. Students may not receive credit for both ENG 100 and ENG 100A. Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in or completion of one of the following: DOC 2, CAT 2, HUM 2, MMW 2, MCWP 50, or WCWP 10B, or consent of instructor.
100B. Engineering Leadership (2)
Engineering leadership attitudes, styles, principles, and approaches; stages of product development and evolution; strategic and critical thinking and problem solving for engineering projects; resource management; quality control; risk analysis and risk taking; engineering business economics, law, leadership and corporate ethics. Contact gordoncenter@ucsd.edu if you are unable to enroll in the course. Prerequisites: ENG 100A, or ENG 100, or consent of the instructor.
100C. Technical Writing/Communication for Engineers and Scientist (2)
ENG 100C focuses on principles and procedures of technical writing and professional communication. The course is ideal for students pursuing careers in science and/or engineering and covers organizing information, writing for technical forms such as proposals and abstracts, and designing visual aids.
100L. Team Engineering Laboratory (2)
Faculty-directed, multidisciplinary, 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. Prerequisites: ENG 100 or ENG 100A.
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.
207. Corporate Entrepreneurship for Global Competitiveness (4)
Explore corporate entrepreneurship and innovation process using the medical device industry as a case example. This highly dynamic industry segment provides an approachable model to analyze corporate strategies and behaviors that affect overall competitiveness. Prerequisites: ENG 201, ENG 202, ENG 203, or consent of the instructor.
210. Systems Engineering (4)
This course examines the complexity of integrating components of product engineering, marketing and client requirements into a single engineering system. Case studies explore successes and failures in engineered systems and how to detect and avoid potential failures using strong leadership skills, systemic analysis and thinking. Prerequisites: graduate standing.
211. Engineering Leadership in Academia (4)
This course is designed to teach leadership in teaching and learning at the college/university level. Students will learn through readings on engineering leadership, proposal development, ethics, and cognitive science, and thorough practical experience writing and developing course and project development plans. Prerequisites: graduate standing.