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Mechanical Engineering
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. Hence this course also emphasizes the Liberal Studies essential skill of Effective Writing, fulfilling the Junior-Level Writing (JLW) requirement for the Liberal Studies Program, and is a required course for students pursuing the BSME degree. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Requirement Designation: Junior Writing Requirement
Liberal Studies Essential Skills: Effective Writing
Prerequisite: (ME 180, ME 240, ME 252, ME 286, ME 291, EGR 186, CS 122, and CS 122L with grades of C or better in each); and (Foundation English Requirement or HON 190)
Mechanical Engineering
Term : Summer 2022
Catalog Year : 2021-2022
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. Hence this course also emphasizes the Liberal Studies essential skill of Effective Writing, fulfilling the Junior-Level Writing (JLW) requirement for the Liberal Studies Program, and is a required course for students pursuing the BSME degree. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
Sections offered: Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Requirement Designation: Junior Writing Requirement
Liberal Studies Essential Skills: Effective Writing
Prerequisite: (ME 180, ME 240, ME 252, ME 286, ME 291, EGR 186, CS 122, and CS 122L with grades of C or better in each); and (Foundation English Requirement or HON 190)