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Undergraduate Degree Programs

Engineering Design (EDSGN)

EDSGN 010 Introductory Engineering Graphics (1) Multiview projections, pictorial drawings, dimensioning, engineering standards, and working drawings.
Effective: Fall 2007
 

EDSGN 011S Explorations in Design First-Year Seminar (1) Students explore topical issues in engineering design.
Effective: Spring 2007
 

EDSGN 012S Solar Racers First-Year Seminar (1) Students explore solar energy engineering by designing, building, testing, and racing a model car powered by a photoboltaic panel.
Effective: Spring 2007
 

EDSGN 013S Ethics of Star Trek First-Year Seminar (1) The Star Trek television series is used as an introduction to ethics, with application to student life and engineering practice.
Effective: Spring 2007
 

EDSGN 015S Transformations by Design: First-Year Seminar (1) Examination of the social and environmental transformations that follow engineering design, and of the transformations of students by higher education.
Effective: Spring 2007
 

EDSGN 100 Introduction to Engineering Design (3) Introduction to engineering design processes, methods, and decision making using team design projects; design communication methods including graphical, verbal, and written.
Effective: Fall 2007
 

EDSGN 100H Introduction to Engineering Design (3) Introduction to engineering design processes, methods, and decision making using team design projects; design communication methods including graphical, verbal, and written.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

EDSGN 100H Introduction to Engineering Design (3) Introduction to engineering design processes, methods, and decision making using team design projects; design communication methods including graphical, verbal, and written.
Effective: Spring 2014 Ending: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
 

EDSGN 100S Introduction to Engineering Design (3) Introduction to engineering design processes, methods, and decision making using team design projects; design communication methods including graphical, verbal, and written.
Effective: Fall 2007
 

EDSGN 110 Spatial Analysis in Engineering Design (2) Spatial analysis techniques using advanced computer-aided drafting and design systems, with an emphasis on engineering concepts, analysis and design.
Effective: Summer 2010
Prerequisite: EDSGN 100  

EDSGN 130 Architectural Graphics and CAD (3) Principles of architectural drawing; spatial relations with architectural applications; introduction to computer graphics (CAD) with project.
Effective: Fall 2007
 

EDSGN 199 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2007
 

EDSGN 210 Tolerancing and Spatial Models (2) Tolerances; form and size; unilateral, bilateral, and symmetric; form control, critical fits, tolerances specifications precedence; applications in spatial models.
Effective: Summer 2010
Prerequisite: EDSGN 110  

EDSGN 294 Research Project (1-12) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Summer 2004
 

EDSGN 295 Internship (1-18) Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction including field experiences, practica, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.
Effective: Summer 2004
 

EDSGN 296 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, that are supervised on an individual basis and that fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 2004
 

EDSGN 297 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 2004
 

EDSGN 298 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 2008
 

EDSGN 299 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
 

EDSGN 352 Fundamentals of Community Service Engineering (1) Students collaborate on community service engineering projects. Course modules cover engineering design, teamwork and topics relevant to project work.
Effective: Summer 2008
 

EDSGN 394 Research Project Courses (1-12) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Summer 2007
 

EDSGN 395 Internship (1-18) Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction including field experiences, practica, or internships. Written and oral critique or activity required.
Effective: Summer 2007
 

EDSGN 396 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, that are supervised on an individual basis and that fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 2007
 

EDSGN 397 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 2007
 

EDSGN 399 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2007
 

EDSGN 401 Engineering Systems Design (3) Design requirements for complex systems; trade-offs between market opportunities and technology; translation of priorities and needs into an operational concept.
Effective: Spring 2012
Prerequisite: EDSGN 100, CMPEN 271, E MCH 212, MATH 251  

EDSGN 410 Robotics Design and Applications (4) Introduction to robotics, with emphasis on the design of robotics systems through multidisciplinary integration of electrical, mechanical, and software components.
Effective: Spring 2012
Prerequisite: CMPEN 472, CMPSC 201 orCMPSC 121, E E 310, E MCH 212  

EDSGN 452 Projects in Community Service Engineering (1-2) Students engage in research and design of appropriate solutions to real-life community-based problems and project management of such projects.
Effective: Summer 2008 Ending: Fall 2013
Prerequisite: EDSGN 352 ; 5th semester standing  

EDSGN 452 Projects in Humanitarian Engineering (2) Multidisciplinary student teams engage in integrated design of real-world humanitarian ventures.
Effective: Spring 2014 Future: Spring 2014
Prerequisite: 5th semester standing   Concurrent: EDSGN 453

EDSGN 453 Design for Developing Communities (1) A seminar series related to the context and integrated design of Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship ventures in developing communities.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: 5th semester standing  

EDSGN 454 Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship Field Experience (0.5) A hands-on integrated learning research and entrepreneurial engagement experience for students working on various humanitarian projects.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: EDSGN 453  

EDSGN 460W Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Project (3 per semester/maximum of 6) Course provides multidisciplinary industry-sponsored and service-based senior design projects in conjunction with the Learning Factory.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: BIO E CH E CMPEN E E I E or M E;BIOE 440 orE E 300W orI E 302, I E 305, I E 323, I E 327, I E 330, I E 405 orM E 340  

EDSGN 479 (I E 479) Human Centered Product Design and Innovation (3) Consumer product design for a global market, incorporating human factors principles and user desires in a multicultural perspective.
Effective: Summer 2010
Prerequisite: I E 408 orI E 419 or equivalent  

EDSGN 494 Research Project (1-12) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Summer 2004
 

EDSGN 494H Research Project (1-12) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Fall 2007
 

EDSGN 495 Internship (1-18) Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction including field experiences, pracrica, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.
Effective: Summer 2004
 

EDSGN 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, that are supervised on an individual basis and that fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 2004
 

EDSGN 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 2004
 

EDSGN 497B Solidworks Fundamentals (3) Fundamentals of solidworks.
Effective: Summer 2013 Ending: Summer 2013
 

EDSGN 497B Solidworks Fundamentals (3) Fundamentals of solidworks.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

EDSGN 497G Current CAD Applications (3) Students will use the latest version of AutoCAD as a design for 2D and 3D applications in a variety of disciplines.
Effective: Summer 2013 Ending: Summer 2013
 

EDSGN 497G Current CAD Applications (3) Students will use the latest version of AutoCAD as a design tool for 2D and 3D applications in a variety of disciplines.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

EDSGN 497J Open Source 3-D Printing (3) Students build, test, and redesign open-source 3D printers, design models, and run a 3D printing service.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of program  

EDSGN 498 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 2008
 

EDSGN 499 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
 

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