Senate Document Number 5200S
Date of Senate Approval 4/13/00
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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:
(Revised 3/30/00)
APC Document 6: Additions, Deletions, Changes of Engineering Course Offerings and Descriptions
Effective Date: January 2001
The following sections contain additions, deletions and changes that are recommended for the Engineering (ENGR) course listing (page 105, 1999-2000 catalog) as indicated.
It is also recommended that all of the ENGR course listings be moved to the end of the Courses of Instruction section (after SPECIAL STUDY PROGRAMS, pg. 197) and be listed with a new subsection title of JOINT ENGINEERING PROGRAMS. The faculty listing and short description for the Two-Plus-Two Engineering Program (pg. 105) would be revised and moved to this new subsection as well. A short description of the Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree - Mechatronics Concentration would also be added.
In addition, a qualifying statement regarding the applicability of ENGR courses to UNCA degrees would be added to this section (preferably in a prominent font).
EXISTING "ENGR" SUBSECTION (listed alphabetically by ENGR)
Move: All text to NEW SUBSECTION (see below).
Add: Reference to new subsection and location in catalog
ENGINEERING (ENGR)
See Joint Engineering Programs at the end of the Courses of Instruction section.
Change: Location of the Engineering ENGR course listing to the end of the Courses of Instruction section (after SPECIAL STUDY PROGRAMS, pg. 197).
Add: New subsection Title
JOINT ENGINEERING PROGRAMS
Change and Add to: Short Descriptions of the Joint Programs and Faculty Information and Qualifying Statement
Professor Littlejohn (Director); Lecturer Alderman (Associate Director); Professors Ruiz and Whatley (Physics)
Two joint engineering programs are offered at the University of North Carolina at Asheville in cooperation with North Carolina State University, College of Engineering. The intent of these collaborative programs is to broaden the base of educational opportunities to students in Western North Carolina and to integrate the engineering sciences within a liberal arts environment."The Two-Plus-Two Engineering Program allows students interested in 13 different engineering fields to complete their first two years of study at UNCA and then transfer to NCSU for the remaining two years. Engineering courses offered during the first two years are taught by NCSU faculty or adjunct faculty. Students who graduate receive a Bachelor of Science degree in a specific field of engineering from NCSU.
The Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Mechatronics Concentration (BSE) degree allows students to complete an engineering degree while living and working in the Asheville area. Approximately half the courses in the degree are taught by UNCA and the remaining half are received from NC State by distance education technology or are delivered live by NCSU faculty or adjunct faculty. The degree is designed to be accessible to students employed in local industries as well as to traditional students. Students graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Mechatronics Concentration degree from NCSU.
Courses offered at UNCA under the ENGR prefix are catalog courses from N.C. State University provided by distance education to facilitate the two joint engineering programs. ENGR courses are subject to the transfer policies of UNCA for UNCA degree seeking students. Some ENGR courses are approved components of particular UNCA curricula, but other ENGR courses are not necessarily acceptable by UNCA, unless approved beforehand by the appropriate UNCA Department Head or academic officer. UNCA students are advised to consult the Department Head of their major or the Registrar to ascertain the applicability of a given ENGR prefix course to a specific degree program.
(Course descriptions would follow here)
Change description to:
Basic concepts of forces in equilibrium. Distributed forces, frictional forces. Inertial properties. Application to machines, structures, and systems. Prerequisite: PHYS 221. Corequisite: MATH 291. Fall.
208 Engineering Dynamics (3)
Change description to:
Kinematics and kinetics of particles in rectangular, cylindrical, and curvilinear coordinate systems; energy and momentum methods for particles; kinetics of systems of particles; kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies in two and three dimensions; motion relative to rotating coordinate systems. Prerequisite: ENGR 206, MATH 291. Spring.
211 Electric Circuits I (3)
Change title to Electric Circuits (4)
Change description to:
Concepts and theories of internal force, stress, strain, and strength of structural element under static loading conditions. Constitutive behavior for linear elastic structures. Deflection and stress analysis procedures for bars, beams, and shafts. Introduction to matrix analysis of structures. Prerequisite: ENGR 206, MATH 291. Spring.
Laboratory work on material treated in ENGR 211 emphasizing elementary design principles. Co-requisite: ENGR 211. Spring.
205 Computer Organization (3)
Digital computer organization. Assembly language programming.
Input/output. Interrupts and traps. Direct memory access.
Structured program development. Comparison of microprocessor
architectures. Prerequisites: CSCI 201. Fall.
212 Fundamentals of Logic Design (3)
Introduction to digital logic design. Boolean algebra, switching
functions, Karnaugh maps, modular combinational circuit design,
flip-flops, latches, programmable logic, and synchronous sequential
circuit design. Use of several CAD tools for logic synthesis, state
assignment, and technology mapping. Prerequisites: MATH 192,
PHYS 221 and ENGR 205. Spring.
220 Analytical Foundations of Electrical and Computer Engineering (3)
The modeling, analysis and solution of circuit theory, control,
communication, computer, and other systems arising in electrical
and computer engineering using various analytical techniques.
Numerical solutions to ECE problems using MATLAB and SPICE.
Prerequisite: MATH 291. Corequisite: ENGR 211.
302 Engineering Thermodynamics II (3)
Continuation of Engineering Thermodynamics I with emphasis on
the analysis of power and refrigeration cycles and the application of
basic principles to engineering problems with systems involving
mixtures of ideal gases, psychrometrics, nonideal gases, chemical
reactions, combustion, chemical equilibrium cycle analysis, and
one-dimensional compressible flow. Prerequisite: ENGR 301.
Spring.
310 Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer (3)
Analysis of steady state and transient one and multidimensional
heat transfer by conduction, employing both analytical methods and
numerical techniques. Heat transfer by the mechanism of radiation.
Prerequisites: MATH 394 and ENGR 301. Fall.
313 Microelectronics (3)
Introduction to the physics of semiconductors, PN Junctions, BJT
and MOS field Effects Transistors: Physics of operation, I-V
characteristics, circuit models, SPICE analysis: simple diode
circuits; Single Stage Transistor Amplifiers: Common Emitter and
Common Source configurations, biasing, calculations of small signal
voltage gain, current gain, input resistance and output resiistance;
Introduction to Differential Amplifiers, Operational Amplifiers.
Prerequisitie: ENGR 211. Spring..
316 Strength of Mechanical Components (3)
Analysis and design of mechanical components based on
deflection, material, static strength and fatigue requirements.
Typical components include beams, shafts, pressure vessels and
bolted and welded joints. Classical and modern analysis and
design techniques. Computer analysis using the finite element
method. Material and manufacturing considerations in design.
Prerequisite: ENGR 314. Co-requisite: MATH 394. Spring.
331 Communication for Engineering and Technology (3)
Written communication in industrial and technical organizations,
emphasizing internal communication with managers and technical
personnel and including external communication with regulators,
vendors, and clients. Intensive practice in writing; relationship of
writing to oral and visual communication. For students in
engineering and other primarily technological curricula.
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Every other year.
342 Design of Complex Digital Systems (3)
Design principles for complex digital systems: Iteration, top-down/bottom-up, divide and conquer, and decomposition.
Descriptive techniques, including block diagrams, timing diagrams,
register transfer, and hardware-description languages.
Consideration of transmission-line effects on digital systems.
Prerequisites: CSCI 202 and ENGR 205. Fall.
444 Computer Control of Robots (3)
Techniques of computer control of industrial robots. Interfacing with
synchronous hardware including analog/digital and digital/analog
converters, interfacing noise problems, control of electric and
hydraulic actuators, kinematics and kinetics of robots, path control,
force control, sensing including vision. Major design project.
Prerequisites: ENGR 205 and ENGR 313. Spring.
460 Digital Systems Interfacing (3)
Concepts of microcomputer system architecture and applications to
fundamental computer hardware. Theoretical and practical aspects
of interfacing and a variety of microprocessor peripheral chips with
specific microprocessor/microcomputer systems from both
hardware and software points of view. Prerequisite: ENGR 205.
Fall.
480 Senior Design Project in Electrical Engineering (3)
Applications of engineering and basic sciences to the total design of
electrical engineering circuits and systems. Consideration of the
design process including feasibility study, preliminary design detail,
cost effectiveness, along with development and evaluation of a
prototype accomplished through design-team project activity.
Complete written and oral engineering report required.
Prerequisites: ENGR 205 and ENGR 313. Spring.
Rationale:
These new courses and changes in existing courses should be represented in the
catalog along with other ENGR courses. The designation of the ENGR prefix to these
courses is instrumental in the proper allocation of student credit hours between UNCA
and NC State.
The change of location of the ENGR prefix courses to to clearly identify them as unique and distinct from other courses at UNCA.
Example:
Page 105 ENGINEERING (ENGR)
Page 197 JOINT ENGINEERING PROGRAMS
Professor Littlejohn (Director); Lecturer Alderman (Associate Director); Professors Ruiz and Whatley (Physics)Two joint engineering programs are offered at the University of North Carolina at Asheville in cooperation with North Carolina State University, College of Engineering. The intent of these collaborative programs is to broaden the base of educational opportunities to students in western North Carolina and to integrate the engineering sciences within a liberal arts environment."
The Two-Plus-Two Engineering Program allows students interested in 13 different engineering fields to complete their first two years of study at UNCA and then transfer to NCSU for the remaining two years. Engineering courses offered during the first two years are taught by NCSU faculty or adjunct faculty. Students who graduate receive a Bachelor of Science degree in a specific field of engineering from NCSU.
The Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Mechatronics Concentration (BSE) degree allows students to complete an engineering degree while living and working in the Asheville area. Approximately half the courses in the degree are taught by UNCA and the remaining half are received from NC State by distance education technology or are delivered live by NCSU faculty or adjunct faculty. The degree is designed to be accessible to students employed in local industries as well as to traditional students. Students graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Mechatronics Concentration degree from NCSU.
Courses offered at UNCA under the ENGR prefix are catalog courses from N.C. State University provided by distance education to facilitate the two joint engineering programs. ENGR courses are subject to the transfer policies of UNCA for UNCA degree seeking students. Some ENGR courses are approved components of particular UNCA curricula, but other ENGR courses are not necessarily acceptable by UNCA, unless approved beforehand by the appropriate UNCA Department Head or academic officer. UNCA students are advised to consult the Department Head of their major or the Registrar to ascertain the applicability of a given ENGR prefix course to a specific degree program.
(Course descriptions would follow here)