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ME 386W - Engineering Design: The Methods

Description: This course explores the methods of engineering design, including project planning and management, effective multi-disciplinary team skills, professional and effective technical writing, oral communication skills, and professional ethics. A major focus of the course is to learn and apply principles of effective technical writing to produce clear, concise, grammatically correct, well-organized, well-written documents: memos, proposals, and reports. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.

Units: 3

Sections offered: Fall 2024 Spring 2025 Summer 2025

Requirement Designation: LS: Junior Writing Requirement

Liberal Studies Essential Skills: Effective Writing

Prerequisite: Foundation English Requirement Mech Egr majors: (CENE 286, EE 286 or ME 286); and ME Fdtnl GPA Milestone Mech & Robot Egr majors: ME 252 and (EGR 186 or MRE 186)