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Engineering Courses

 

MCC offers the pre-engineering courses required by all ABET accredited engineering schools in Michigan.

ENGR 105 Introduction to Engineering—4 Cr. Hrs. – 4 Contact Hrs. Prerequisite: MATH 50 or its equivalent as determined by the Math Placement Test. An introduction to the engineering profession and to its various disciplines; to the professional skills required of engineers; including oral and written communications, ethics of the profession, and team building and teamwork; and to the design process. Video presentations of professional activities and studies will be shown.

ENGR 202 Statics—3 Cr. Hrs. – 3 Contact Hrs. Prerequisite: PHYS 203 and MATH 283. A study of force systems in two and three dimensions. Composition and resolution of forces and force systems, principles of equilibrium applied to various bodies, simple structures, friction, centroids, moments of inertia. Vector algebra is used where appropriate. Graphing calculator required. (TI-85 or higher recommended.)

ENGR 204 Engineering Dynamics—3 Cr. Hrs. – 3 Contact Hrs. Prerequisites: PHYS 203, ENGR 202, MATH 283, and MATH 295. Vector description of force, position, velocity, and acceleration in fixed and moving reference frames. Kinematics and kinetics of particles, assemblies of particles and rigid bodies. Includes translation, plane motion, rotation, impulse-momentum and work-energy methods. Introduction to vibrations and time response. Graphing calculator required. (TI-85/or higher recommended.)