Content Outline and Competencies:

I. Overviews of specific engineering disciplines including types of
work performed by engineers and required technical skills
   A. Summarize the field of chemical engineering
   B. Summarize the field of civil engineering
   C. Summarize the field of electrical engineering
   D. Summarize the field of mechanical engineering
   E. Summarize other engineering fields

II. Academic requirements
   A. List regional engineering colleges
   B. List graduation requirements
   C. Describe typical transfer procedures and requirements

III. Requirements for professional engineering
   A. List personal qualities
   B. List required scholastic abilities
   C. Summarize the Code of Ethics
   D. Define licensing and list requirements for licensing

IV. Field trips
   A. After visiting a consulting engineering firm, note the types of
projects involved and the various roles of engineering professionals in
the firm.
   B. After visiting a manufacturing company, power generating facility,
or construction site, describe the engineering work involved in the
production or construction process.
   C. After visiting an engineering school at a four-year university,
describe the entrance requirements, degrees offered, and lab facilities
available.

V. Engineering solutions
   A. Describe problem analysis
   B. Summarize the engineering method
   C. Describe and use proper solution presentation

VI. Manipulation of engineering data
   A. Describe and use estimation, approximation, and accuracy
   B. Define and use dimensions, units, and conversions
   C. Describe and use graphs and statistics

VII. Computing in engineering
   A. Use calculators in problem solving
   B. Describe the use of digital computers in problem solving
   C. Describe the use of application packages in problem solving
   D. Describe and use flow-charting in problem solving

VIII. Applied engineering concepts
   A. Describe the use of mechanics in problem solving
   B. Describe the use of chemistry in problem solving
   C. Describe the use of material balance in problem solving
   D. Describe the use of electrical theory in problem solving
   E. Describe the use of energy in problem solving
   F. Describe the use of engineering economy in problem solving

IX. Engineering design
   A. Work as a team member to solve an engineering problem using the
engineering design process
      1. Research and compile data for an engineering problem
      2. Collaborate with peers to formulate and implement an engineering
solution

Content Outline and Competencies:

I. Manual Skill Development
   A. Produce freehand, orthographic and pictorial sketches of various
objects.
   B. Measure lines and distances using architectural, engineering and
metric scales.

II. Computer Graphics
   A. Identify the parts of a computer graphics system and describe their
functions.
   B. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using a computer
graphics system for drafting applications as compared with manual
methods.
   C. Explain the syntax of a typical CAD command.
   D. Identify the functions of keyboard symbols and control characters on
a computer keyboard.
   E. Log on to the CAD system, assign a drawing name, save a drawing file
and exit the system.
   F. Use CAD commands to create lines, circles, arcs, points, fillets,
text and dimensions in an electronic drawing.
   G. Use CAD commands to edit an existing drawing.
   H. Use CAD commands as aids in constructing drawing objects.
   I. Use CAD commands that enhance operator productivity.
   J. Use CAD commands to measure or verify properties of existing drawing
entities.
   K. Use screen control commands to position and scale the displayed
image to a convenient size for editing and for plotting.
   L. Use CAD commands to control various layering schemes for organizing
a drawing.
   M. Use CAD layering commands to selectively create, edit, view and
print portions of a drawing.
   N. Use CAD commands to set up a drawing with multiple views.
   O. Define, save and insert blocks into a CAD drawing.
   P. Demonstrate the ability to initiate CAD commands by use of the
keyboard, icons and pulldown menu.
   Q. Set default settings for the CAD system.
   R. Define and model space coordinate systems and apply them in creating
a 3D model.
   S. Set viewpoint coordinates to establish 3D views.
   T. Use CAD commands to create a simple 3D model with multiple views.
   U. Edit a 3D multi-view drawing.
   V. Integrate model space with paper space in a CAD drawing.
   W. Create a simple, solid 3D model.
   X. Produce a hardcopy print or plot of a finished drawing.

III. Geometric Construction
   A. Construct geometric shapes.
   B. Determine the proportional division of a line.
   C. Draw arcs tangent to lines and other arcs and locate points of
tangency.

IV. Multi-view Orthographic, Auxiliary, Isometric Projection
   A. Produce multi-view drawings using orthographic projection.
   B. Draw orthographic sectional views in full section, half section and
aligned section.
   C. Draw true size and shape of a surface using an auxiliary view.
   D. Produce isometric pictorial drawings with circular features.

V. Dimensioning
   A. Describe the classifications of engineering drawing dimensioning.
   B. List general rules for dimension placement on a drawing.
   C. Dimension views for size and location including width, height and
depth using the latest ANSI standards.

VI. Descriptive Geometry
   A. Define the four ways a line can be represented.
   B. Define the four ways a plane can be represented.
   C. Determine the dimensional and spatial properties of lines and
planes; angles and intersections.
   D. Draw the piercing point of a line and a plane.
   E. Draw the true size and shape of a plane.
   F. Draw the edge view of a plane.
   G. Determine lines of intersection between various geometric shapes.

VII. Introduction to Computer Operating System
   A. Explain the purpose of a microcomputer operating system.
   B. Use a file management program to manage disk files.

Content Outline and Competencies:

I. Statics of Particles

A. Add and resolve forces.

B. Calculate rectangular components.

C. Describe the equilibrium of a particle.

D. Calculate forces in space.

E. Describe equilibrium in space.

F. Draw a free body diagram.

II. Rigid Bodies, Equivalent Systems of Force

A. Determine the moment of a force about a point using a vector product.

B. Determine the moment of a force about an axis using a scaler product.

C. Analyze couples.

D. Determine equivalent systems of forces.

III. Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies

A. Analyze equilibrium in two dimensions.

B. Analyze indeterminate reactions and partial constraints.

C. Analyze equilibrium in three dimensions.

IV. Centroids and Centers of Gravity

A. Calculate centroids of areas and lines.

B. Calculate centroids by integration.

C. Calculate centroids of beams and submerged surfaces.

D. Calculate centroids of volumes.

V. Analysis of Structures

A. Analyze trusses by method of joints.

B. Analyze joints under special loading conditions.

C. Analyze space trusses.

D. Analyze trusses by method of sections.

E. Analyze combined trusses.

F. Analyze frames.

G. Analyze machines.

VI. Internal Forces

A. Analyze internal forces in beams.

B. Produce shear and moment diagrams by free body diagram.

C. Produce shear and moment diagrams by integration.

VII. Friction

A. Define the laws of friction.

B. Apply the laws of friction to static problems.

VIII. Moments of Inertia

A. Calculate moments of inertia of areas.

B. Calculate moments of inertia for composite areas.

Content Outline and Competencies:

I. Kinematics of Particles

A. Rectilinear motion of particles

1. Determine position, velocity and acceleration.

2. Determine motion of a particle.

3. Use equations to explain uniform rectilinear motion.

4. Use equations to explain uniformly accelerated rectilinear motion.

5. Analyze motion of several particles.

B. Curvilinear motion of particles

1. Determine position vector, velocity and acceleration.

2. Calculate the derivative of vector functions.

3. Calculate rectangular components of velocity and acceleration.

4. Analyze motion relative to a frame in translation.

5. Calculate tangential and normal components.

6. Calculate radial and transverse components.

II. Kinetics of Particles

A. Newton's second law

1. Explain Newton's second law of motion.

2. Use equations to explain the linear momentum of a particle.

3. Specify systems of units.

4. List equations of motion.

5. Use equations to explain dynamic equilibrium.

6. Determine the angular momentum of a particle.

7. Determine radial and transverse components.

8. Use equations to explain the conservation of angular momentum.

9. Explain Newton's law of gravitation.

B. Energy and momentum methods

1. Determine the work of a force.

2. Explain the principle of work and energy.

3. Apply the principle of work and energy to particles.

4. Define and determine power and efficiency.

5. Define and determine potential energy.

6. Explain the principle of conservation of energy.

7. Analyze motion under a conservative central force.

8. Explain the principle of impulse and momentum.

9. Use equations to explain impulsive motion.

10. Analyze impact.

11. Analyze direct central impact.

12. Analyze oblique central impact.

III. Systems of Particles

A. Discrete systems of particles

1. Explain Newton's laws and describe effective forces.

2. Determine linear and angular momentum.

3. Determine the motion of a mass center.

4. Determine the angular momentum of a system of particles about its mass center.

5. Explain conservation of momentum for a system of particles.

6. Determine the kinetic energy of a system of particles.

7. Explain the work-energy principle and the conservation of energy for a system of particles.

8. Explain the principle of impulse and momentum for a system of particles.

B. Stream systems of particles

1. Analyze variable systems of particles.

2. Analyze a steady stream of particles.

IV. Kinematics of Rigid Bodies

A. Pure motion in a plane

1. Describe translation.

2. Describe rotation about a fixed axis.

3. List equations defining the rotation of a rigid body about a fixed axis.

B. General plane motion

1. Determine absolute and relative velocity in plane motion.

2. Determine the instantaneous center of rotation in plane motion.

3. Determine the absolute and relative acceleration in plane motion.

V. Plane Motion of Rigid Bodies

A. Forces and accelerations

1. List equations of motion for a rigid body.

2. Determine the angular momentum of a rigid body in plane motion.

3. Determine the plane motion of a rigid body using D'Alembert's principle

4. Analyze the motion of a rigid body.

5. Analyze the motion of systems of rigid bodies.

6. Evaluate constrained plane motion.

B. Energy and momentum methods

1. Explain the principle of work and energy for a rigid body.

2. Determine the work of forces acting on a rigid body.

3. Determine the kinetic energy of a rigid body in plane motion.

4. Determine the work and kinetic energy of systems of rigid bodies.

5. Explain the principle of conservation of energy.

6. Calculate power.

7. Explain the principle of impulse and momentum for the plane motion of a rigid body

8. Determine the impulse and momentum for systems of rigid bodies.

9. Explain the principle of conservation of angular momentum.

10. Analyze impulsive motion.

11. Analyze eccentric impact.