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Catalog: 2011–2012 Catalog Year

Course Descriptions

Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Science, Mathematics & Engineering Division

ME 198: Cooperative Training Report

Units (Credits): 1; Prerequisites: enrollment in engineering program

Guides students in preparation of written reports based on cooperative program assignments.

ME 241: Statics

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: PHYS 180 ; Corequisites: MATH 182 or consent of instructor

Studies static force systems. Topics include resolution and composition of forces, equilibrium of force systems, friction and various constraints, moments of inertia, cables, beams, fluid static, and work.

ME 242: Dynamics

Units (Credits): 3; Prerequisites: ME 241 or consent of instructor

Studies kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions; relative motion; work and energy; impulse and momentum.

ME 298: Cooperative Training Report

Units (Credits): 1; Prerequisites: consent of instructor

Focuses on the preparation of written reports based on cooperative program assignments. Required of all students on cooperative programs during the summer or other semester when on work assignments with cooperative program employers. Students are also required to present their work upon completion of their program.