Faculty of Arts and Science
The Engineering Profession
Credit hours: 1.50
Contact hours per week: 1.5-0-0
Introduction to the Engineering Program, study skills, cooperative education opportunities, engineering, and society. Students will also be introduced to local engineers and other professionals and will receive advice on choosing the right program when transferring to other universities.
Grading:Pass/Fail
Introduction to Engineering Design, Communication, and Profession
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-0-0
Fundamental design process; communications; team work; the engineering disciplines, career fields; professional responsibilities of the engineer including elements of ethics, equity, concepts of sustainable development and environmental stewardship, public and worker safety and health considerations including the context of the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Corequisite(s):Writing 1200
Equivalent:Engineering 1850 (Introduction to Engineering Design, Communication, and Profession) (prior to 2020/2021)
Engineering Statics
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-2-0
Analysis of equilibrium in two-dimensional and three-dimensional systems. Analysis of statically determinate trusses, frames and machines. Centroids and centers of gravity. Analysis of forces and moments in beams.
Corequisite(s):Mathematics 1565
Lib Ed Req:Science
Engineering Mechanics
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-2-0
Analysis of cables. Friction forces. Fluid statics. Moments of inertia. Kinematics of rigid bodies. Plane motion of rigid bodies, force and acceleration, momentum and energy principles.
Prerequisite(s):Engineering 2000 AND
Mathematics 1565
Corequisite(s):Mathematics 2565
Lib Ed Req:Science
Engineering Design
Credit hours: 3.00
Contact hours per week: 3-3-0
An introduction to design techniques, concepts and processes using examples drawn from a broad range of engineering disciplines. Definition of engineering design. The Design Process. Reporting and communicating. Understanding the problem. Functions and specifications. Finding answers, generating ideas, design alternatives. Managing the process. Sustainability in design. Ethics in design. Concurrent design processes and Design for X.
Prerequisite(s):Engineering 1100 AND
Mathematics 1410