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CHEM 1056 – General Chemistry I

Designation:            Required

Description:             Fundamental principles of chemistry such as stoichiometry, atomic structure, bonding, gas laws, oxidation-reduction reactions, and chemical equilibria are covered.  The experimental nature of the science of chemistry and the Mathematical treatment of data are emphasized.

Prerequisites:         MATH 1056 (Corequisite)

Textbook: Chemistry, 3rd Ed., John Olmsted III and Gregory M. Williams

Course Objectives:    This course is designed to introduce fundamental principles of chemistry such as stoichiometry, simple chemical reaction types, atomic properties, and molecular structure and bonding.

Course Outcomes:     After completing this course the student will, with respect to each of the topics listed below, understand the fundamental physical and chemical processes associated with each of these topics, understand how these topics relate to their experience in the everyday world, and be able to set up and solve quantitative problems related to these topics.

Topics Covered:        Atoms, elements, molecules, the periodic table, physical versus chemical properties, units and unit conversions, precision and accuracy.

Conservation of atoms and mass, atomic and nuclear structure, isotopes, ionic compounds and solutions.

Chemical formulas and structures, naming compounds, the mole, molar mass and Avogadro’s number, mass <-> mole <-> number conversions, percent composition and empirical formula, molarity and concentration calculations.

Writing and balancing chemical equations, stoichiometric calculations, % yield, and limiting reagents, precipitation reactions, acid-base reactions, and oxidation-reduction reactions.

Kinetic molecular theory, pressure, ideal gases and the ideal gas equation, mixtures of ideal gases, and gas stoichiometry.

Wave and particle views of electromagnetic radiation, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, quantization, quantum numbers, atomic orbitals and energies.

The Pauli exclusion and aubau principles, effective nuclear charge, valence electrons, electron configurations, and periodic properties.

Bonding, electronegativity, and Lewis structures, hybridization and molecular geometry. 

Sigma and pi bonding, multiple bonds, bond order, strengths, and lengths, molecular orbitals for diatomic molecules, delocalized pi bonding, band theory of solids.

Intermolecular forces, types of solids, crystal structure and unit cells, colligative properties.

Course Schedule:  Three, one-hour lectures each week during the fall semester.

  Contribution to Professional Component:

              Mathematics and Science – 3 Credits or 100%

  Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

                                      Demonstrated ability to apply mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus – based physics, and chemistry to solve geological engineering problems.

  Prepared by:           Doug Coe

Preparation Date:   May 19, 2004

 

CHEM 1136 – General Chemistry I Lab

Designation:            Required

Course (Catalog)

Description:                Enhances understanding of lecture material (CHEM 1056 or 1016) by laboratory experimentation.  Experiments cover gravimetric analysis, chemical reactions, acid-base titrations, gas laws, oxidation-reduction titrations, water analysis, colligative properties and pH titrations.

Prerequisites: CHEM 1016, CHEM 1056, or CHEM 1256H (or corequisites)

Textbook:  CHEM 1136, General Chemistry Lab I Laboratory Manual (Fall 2003), Steve Parker

Course Objectives:    This course is designed to acquaint students with laboratory manipulations and good laboratory practice in the course of performing a series of experiments that compliment and reinforce the material presenting in the CHEM 1016, CHEM 1056, or CHEM 1256, Introductory Chemistry courses.  In addition the students will be introduced to the culture of safe laboratory practices, considerations in keeping a good laboratory notebook, to precision and accuracy and what constitutes good data, the use of analog to digital interfaces for data collection, and the use of spreadsheets to analyze and report data.

Course Outcomes:     After completing this course the student, in addition to being exposed in a laboratory setting to some of the chemistry discussed in his or her chemistry lecture course, will know how to conduct him or her self safely in a laboratory setting, will be able to record their data accurately and recoverably in a laboratory notebook, will know the difference between precision and accuracy and what constitutes good data, will have had some experience with using analog to digital interfaces to collect data and will in general understand how they work, and will be able to use spreadsheets to analyze and report data.

Topics Covered:  Writing lab reports, working with numbers, and significant figures.

Measurement of mass, temperature and the determination of density.

The relation of freezing and boiling point temperatures to solute concentration.

Some reactions of copper.

Stoichiometry of reactions.

Heat of neutralization and graphing data with Excel.

Determination of water hardness by EDTA titration.

Spectroscopic determination of KMnO4.

Molecular modeling and molecular geometries.

Molar mass of oxygen.

Course Schedule:  One hour lecture and one two laboratory each week during the fall semester.

Contribution to Professional Component:

       Mathematics and Science – 1 Credit or 100%

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes: Demonstrated ability to apply mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus – based physics, and chemistry to solve geological engineering problems.

Prepared by:           Doug Coe

Preparation Date:   May 19th, 2004

 

MATH 1520 – Calculus I

Designation:            Required

Course (Catalog)

Description:               Includes the study of limits of functions, continuous functions, tangents and derivatives, implicit differentiation, extreme values, curve sketching, antiderivatives, integrals of continuous functions, the Fundamental Theorem.of Integral Calculus and vectors.

Prerequisite:               MATH 1056 and 1066 or equivalent.

Textbook:                   Calculus, 5th Ed., Stewart (Thomson- Brooks/Cole)

Course Objectives:    This course is designed to introduce science and engineering students to the ideas of single-variable differential and integral calculus.

Course Outcomes:     After completing this course the student will understand the basic principles of calculus and be able to set up and solve problems using differential and integral calculus.

Topics Covered:         Limits and Rates of Change

Derivatives

Methods of Differentiation

Applications of Differentiation

Antiderivatives

Definite Integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

Course Schedule:       Three one-hour lectures each week during the fall semester.

Contribution to Professional Component:

             Mathematics and Science – 3 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

                                    Demonstrated ability to apply mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus – based physics, and chemistry to solve geological engineering problems.

Prepared by:               Richard J. Rossi

Preparation Date:      April 16, 2004

 

MATH 1530 – Calculus II

Designation:            Required

Course (Catalog)

Description:               Includes the study of inverse functions, techniques of integration, applications of the integral, sequences and series.

Prerequisite:               MATH 1516 or 1520.

Textbook:  Calculus, 5th Ed., Stewart (Thomson-Brooks/Cole)

Course Objectives:    This course is designed as a continuation of Calc I and continues to introduce science and engineering students to the ideas of single-variable differential and integral calculus.

Course Outcomes:     After completing this course the student will understand the basic principles of calculus and be able to set up and solve problems using differential and integral calculus.

Topics Covered:         Indefinite Integrals

Methods of Integration

Volumes via Integration

Inverse Functions, Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Hyperbolic Functions

L’Hospital’s Rule

Applications of the Integral

Sequences and Series

Taylor Polynomials

Course Schedule:       Three one-hour lectures each week during the fall, spring, and summer semesters.

Contribution to Professional Component:

          Mathematics and Science – 3 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

                                    Demonstrated ability to apply mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus – based physics, and chemistry to solve geological engineering problems.

Prepared by:               Richard J. Rossi

Preparation Date:      April 16, 2004

 

CHEM 1066 – General Chemistry II

Designation:            Required

Course (Catalog)

Description:                A continuation of CHEM 1056 including topics such as solubility product, chemical thermodynamics, acids and bases, kinetics, electrochemistry, organic compounds, coordination compounds, colligative properties and nuclear chemistry.

Prerequisites:         CHEM 1056

Textbook:  Chemistry, 3rd Ed., John Olmsted III and Gregory M. Williams

Course Objectives:    This course is designed to introduce fundamental principles of chemistry such as thermodynamics, kinetics, and applications of chemical equilibrium.

Course Outcomes:     After completing this course the student will, with respect to each of the topics listed below, understand the fundamental physical and chemical processes associated with each of these topics, understand how these topics relate to their experience in the everyday world, and be able to set up and solve quantitative problems related to these topics.

Topics Covered:   Heat, work, energy, enthalpy, the 1st law of thermodynamics, and thermochemistry.

Spontaneity, entropy, and free energy

Kinetics, mechanisms, temperature dependence of reaction rates, and catalysis. 

Chemical equilibrium, equilibrium constants, and LeChatlier’s principle

Acids, bases, pH, and acid-base equilibria.

Buffers, acid-base titrations, solubility equilibria, and complexation equilibria.

Oxidation states, oxidation-reduction reactions, galvanic cells, cell potentials, and electrolytic cells.

Radioactive decay, nuclear chemistry, nuclear dating, effects of radiation, fission, and fusion

Course Schedule:  Three, one-hour lectures each week during the spring semester.

Contribution to Professional Component:

         Mathematics and Science – 3 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

Demonstrated ability to apply mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus – based physics, and chemistry to solve geological engineering problems.

Prepared by:           Doug Coe

Preparation Date:   May 19, 2004

 

GeoE 1010 - Physical Geology

Designation:  Required (Environmental, Engineering – Civil Option, Geological Engineering, Geophysical Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Petroleum Engineering.

Course (Catalog)

Description: GeoE 1010 Physical Geology 3 credits (Hrs: 2 Lec., 3 Lab.)  An introduction to Earth materials and the processes operating at and beneath the surface of the earth.  Basic concepts of geological engineering are introduced.  Mineral and rock identification, topographic map reading and basic interpretation of geologic maps are covered in lab. 

Prerequisites: Completion of high school trigonometry or MATH 1066 is recommended.

Textbook:  Earth:  Portrait of a Planet, Stephen Marshack, 2001, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 735 p.

Course Objectives: Graduates will have a basic knowledge of Earth materials and processes that affect Earth at or beneath its surface.  They will also be able to identify minerals and rocks, and read and interpret topographic and geologic maps.

Course Outcomes:  Graduates will be able to:

1.   Explain the basic concepts of geology, Earth materials and surface and subsurface processes.

2.   Be able to identify minerals and rocks and understand the processes by which they form. 

3.   Understand the concept of plate tectonics and its relation to volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountain building.

4.   Will understand the importance and limitations of Earth resources and human impacts on Earth.

5.   Will be able to use topographic maps, make basic interpretations of geologic maps, and be able to use basic techniques for interpreting the subsurface from geologic maps.

Topics Covered:    Plate tectonics

Earth materials:  rocks and minerals.  How they are formed and recognized.

The tectonic activity of Earth: volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountain building processes.

Mineral resources

Processes and problems at Earth’s surface.

Human impacts and interactions.

Course Schedule:       Two one-hour lectures and one three-hour laboratory session each week in both fall and spring semesters.

Contribution to Professional Component:

Basic Science - 3 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

Characterization Earth materials and processes operating at and below Earth’s surface that alter Earth’s surface.

Prepared by:           Mark A. Sholes

Preparation Date:   January 19, 2004

 

GeoE 1040 – Introduction to Geological Engineering

Designation:            Required

Course (Catalog)

Description:             GeoE 1040 Introduction to Geological Engineering 1 credit (Hrs. 3 lab.)

Introduces the student to the field of geological engineering, career options, and faculty specialties.  Emphasis on engineering with geo materials: rock, soil, and water.  Field trips and lab work.  Some computer applications.  One design project.

Prerequisite:            GeoE 1010 or GSCI 1000

Textbook:                 None

Course Objectives:    Students will gain an understanding of the various components of geological engineering.  They will understand the undergraduate curriculum and the four options available.  They will know a little about the specialty areas of each department faculty member.  They will appreciate the importance of research, gaining experience through student employment opportunities, and of developing an academic portfolio.  They will recognize various types of geological hazards and learn how they are dealt with in an engineering         context.

Topics Covered:  Introduction: The wide world of Geological Engineering

            Mining Geology (mine tour), Petroleum Exploitation

            Coal Resources, Air photo interpretation

           Geochemistry & Ore Deposits, Minerals Exploration

            Hydrogeology & Water Issues

            Engineering Geology

            Research: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

             Reference Resources of Geological Engineers

             Student Internships & Summer Employment, resume writing skills, portfolio.

             Alumni Day:  Graduates describe their experiences in the working world.

             Design Project:  Exhibit for the MBMG Mineral Museum

Course Schedule:  Two, one and one-half hour laboratory sessions each week during the spring semester.

Contribution to Professional Component:

Engineering Topics – 1 Credit or 100%

                                    Engineering Design -  Yes

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

                                    Contributes slightly to all outcomes.

Prepared by:           Mary M. MacLaughlin

Preparation Date:   November 15, 2003

 

Phys 1046 – General Physics - Mechanics

Designation:            Required for Engineering, Math, Chemistry, Computer Science

Catalog (Catalog)

Description:             PHYS 1046 General Physics-Mechanics

3 Cr. (Hrs.:3 Lec.)

First course in the calculus-based introductory physics sequence.  Includes the study of kinematics, dynamics, and the conservation laws.  Emphasizes the development of problem-solving skills fundamental to all branches of engineering.

Prerequisites:         MATH 1520 Calculus I

Corequisites:          MATH 1520 Calculus II

Textbook:                   Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th, Serway and Jewett, 2004, Thompson/BrooksCole Publishing. 

Course Objectives:     To be able to use the principles of kinematics, dynamics and conservation to solve simple physics problems involving motion, work, energy, and momentum. 

Topics Covered:    Measurement

1-D motion

Vectors

2-D motion

Newton’s laws of motion

Circular motion

Energy and work

Potential energy

Momentum and collisions

Rigid body rotation

Angular momentum

Static equilibrium

Gravitation

Class Schedule:     Three 50-minute lectures each week. 

Contribution to Professional Component:    

Math and Science – 100%

Relationship to ABET Outcomes:

a and e

Prepared by:           Curtis Link

Preparation Date:   February 16, 2004

Phys 2076 - General Physics—Heat, Sound, & Optics

Designation:            Required for Engineering, Math, Chemistry, Computer Science

Course (Catalog)

Description:             PHYS 2076 General Physics—Heat, Sound , & Optics

                                    3 Cr. (Hrs.: 3Lec.)

                                    Second course in the calculus-based physics sequence.  Includes the study of heat, sound, and optics.  Emphasizes problem solving.

Prerequisites:           MATH 1530 Calculus II

                                 PHYS 1046 General Physics—Mechanics

Corequisite:             MATH 2510 Calculus III

Textbook:                 Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th, Serway and Jewett, 2004, Brooks/Cole—Thomson Learning.

Course Objectives:     The course will provide students with the ability to identify, formulate and organize science and engineering problems in wave motion, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and optics in a conceptual form as well as in terms of mathematical and physical models.

Topics Covered:    Engineering and science problem formulation, organization and solution methodologies.

                                    Simple harmonic motion and oscillators.

                                    Phasor diagrams

                                    Fluid statics and dynamics

                                    Waves

                                    Thermodynamics

                                    Optics

Class Schedule:     Three, 50-minute lectures each week; fall and spring semesters.

Contribution to Professional Component:    

                                    Math and Science - 100%

Relationship to ABET Outcomes:

                                    a and e

Prepared by:           Marvin Speece

Preparation Date:   November 29, 2003

 

MIN 1010 – Introduction to Engineering Calculations and Problem Solving

 

Designation:              Required (Environmental Engineering, Geological Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) Elective (Mining Engineering and Petroleum Engineering)

Course (Catalog)

Description:             MIN 1010 Introduction to Engineering Calculations and Problem Solving,  3 Crs (Hrs:  2 Lec., 3 Lab)

An introduction to engineering calculations and problem solving using the computer.  Students are taught how to solve and present engineering problems using computer software such as spreadsheets, graphics programs, and database programs.  In addition, an introduction to engineering design is presented and a small design project completed.

Co-requisite: MATH 1056 (College Algebra)

Textbook:                 Introduction to Engineering Calculations and Design , Peter Knudsen and Paul Conrad.

                                    An Introduction to AUTOCAD Release 2000 Terry Wohlers

Synopsis:   This course teaches the student how to do engineering calculations and problem solving using computer software such as spreadsheets, graphics programs, and database programs.  Engineering design fundamentals are presented and the students complete a design project that is presented to the class.  Engineering ethics is presented to the students.

Objectives:      The objectives of this course are to provide the student with a computer toolbox to accomplish the following:

   Solve engineering problems using the computer.

   Make an engineering design.

   Make technical drawings for communicating design.

   Make oral and written presentations of engineering designs.

Course Outcomes:    Students will be able to:

  • 1.      Use Excel to solve engineering problems.
  • 2.      Use AutoCAD to draw technical drawings.
  • 3.      Do an engineering design and make an oral and written presentation of the design.

Topics Covered:    What is engineering

Engineering Careers

Engineering Ethics

Communications – memos, letters, engineering reports

Problem solving

Solving Engineering problems with spreadsheets

AutoCAD – 2d, 3d and solid modeling

Engineering design

Lab Projects:  Four AutoCAD projects – covering 2D, 3D and Solid modeling

First Design project – design a parking lot for Elks Club in Anaconda

Experiment and report

Four EXCEL assignments – basic commands, functions, graphing

Major design project – team effort – five weeks to complete design

Design Presentations

Computer Use:       Extensive use of Microsoft Word, Excel, & PowerPoint, and AutoCAD.

Course Schedule:  Two, one-hour lectures and one, three-hour laboratory session each week

Contribution to Professional Component:

Engineering Topics – 3 Credits or 100%

Engineering Design: - Yes

Relationship of Course to Mining Engineering Program Outcomes:

Graduates will be prepared to will be able to apply theory to solve practical mining problems.  Graduates will be able to work in teams to complete an industrial design project.

Prepared by:           H. Peter Knudsen

Preparation Date:   December 21, 2003

 

MIN 1520 – Mapping, Surface Modeling and Volumetrics

Designation:   Required (Geological and Mining Engineering), Elective

Course (Catalog)

Description:   Min 1520. Mapping, Surface Modeling and Volumetrics, 3 Crs (Hrs.:2 Lec., 3 Lab)

Topics include how to draw plan maps and cross-sections for engineering projects, surface modeling techniques, and how to make basic volumetric calculations.  Drawings and calculations are made both by hand and with the assistance of a CAD program.

Prerequisites:            Min 1010 (Intro to Engineering Calculations and Problem Solving)

Textbook:                  An Introduction to AUTOCAD Release 2000 Terry Wohlers.

Synopsis:                    This course teaches you about map projections, how to draw plan maps and cross-sections for engineering projects, make surface models, make basic volumetric calculations, and how to use GPS to make maps. Drawings and calculations are made both by hand and with the assistance of a CAD program.  Several design projects are given.

Objectives:               The objectives of this course are to teach the student how to:

  • ·        Draw plan maps for engineering projects.
  • ·        Make surface models.
  • ·        Perform basic volumetric calculations.
  • ·        Use GPS to make a contour map.
  • ·        Design a rock pile having a specified volume.

Course Outcomes:            Graduates will be able to:

  • 1.           Draw plan maps for engineering projects
  • 2.           Make a surface model
  • 3.           Make basic volume calculations from surface models
  • 4.           Design a rock pile having specified volume.

Topics Covered:    Basic map concepts.

Constructing a simple traverse map – hand drawn.

Plotting maps in AutoCAD.

Map Projections.

Coordinate Conversions.

Public Land Survey Systems.

Surface Modeling-Contour Maps, Gridded Seam Models, Digital Terrain Models.

Design of a dam, and a rock pile.

GPS

Lab Projects:           1.      Plotting a simple traverse map by hand.

                                    2.      Plotting traverses in AUTOCAD.

                                    3.      Plot drill hole location map in AUTOCAD.

                                    4.      Plot polygons and calculate reserves for lead mine.

                                    5.      Make contour plots of surface topography, elevation of top of coal seam and seam thickness.

                                    6.      Calculate volume of coal, amount of overburden, and stripping ratio.

                                    7.      Plotting a traverses in SURPAC.

                                    8.      Design a dam and compute volume of dam using DTM's.

                                    9.      Design a rock pile and compute volume.

                                    10.    Design second rock pile and compute volume.

                                    11.    GPS survey of mine site.

                                    12.    Make map of GPS data.

Computer Use:       Extensive use of AUTOCAD R14, SURFER, and SURPAC

Course Schedule:  Two, one-hour lectures and one, three-hour laboratory session each week during the spring semester.

Contribution to Professional Component:

Engineering Topics – 3 Credits or 100%

Engineering Design: - Yes

Relationship of Course to Mining Engineering Program Outcomes:

Graduates will be prepared to will be able to apply theory to solve practical mining problems.

  Prepared by:           H. Peter Knudsen

Preparation Date:   December 21, 2003

 

MATH 2510 – Calculus III

Designation:            Required

Course (Catalog)

Description:             Includes the study of vector-valued functions, curves in the plane, partial derivatives, multiple integrals and calculus of vector fields.

Prerequisite:               MATH 1530

Textbook:                   Calculus with Analytic Geometry, Fifth Edition, R. Ellis/D. Gulick

Course Objectives:    This course is designed to introduce science and engineering students to the ideas of multivariable differential and integral calculus.

Course Outcomes:     After completing this course the student will understand the basic principles of multivariable calculus and be able to set up and solve multivariable problems using differential and integral calculus.

Topics Covered:         Curves in the plane

Vectors, lines, and planes

Vector-valued functions

Partial derivatives

Multiple integrals

Calculus of vector fields

Course Schedule:       Four one-hour lectures each week during the fall and spring semesters.

Contribution to Professional Component:

           Mathematics and Science – 4 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

                                    Demonstrated ability to apply mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus – based physics, and chemistry to solve geological engineering problems.

Prepared by:               Richard J. Rossi

Preparation Date:      April 16, 2004

 

MATH 3316 – Introduction to Statistical Methods

 

Designation:            Required

Course (Catalog)

Description:             Studies probability distributions, data collection and summary, sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing.

Prerequisite:               MATH 2510

Textbook:                   Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Devore and Farnum

Course Objectives:    This course is designed to be a rigorous introduction to concepts in statistics as well as a practical application of critical thinking skills.

Course Outcomes:     Upon successful completion of this course, the student should have a developing understanding of some of the central ideas in statistics, probability, and an appreciation of the role statistics has in scientific research.

Topics Covered:         Probability

Random Variables

Discrete and Continuous Probability Models

Sampling Distributions

Point Estimation

Confidence Intervals

Hypothesis Testing

Course Schedule:       Three one-hour lectures each week during the fall and spring semesters.

Contribution to Professional Component:

                                    3 Credits or 100%       

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

                                    Demonstrated ability to apply mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus – based physics, and chemistry to solve geological engineering problems.

Prepared by:               Richard J. Rossi

Preparation Date:      April 16, 2004

 

ENGR 2050 – Engineering Mechanics – Statics

Designation:            Required (General Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geological Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Mining Engineering and Petroleum Engineering)

Course (Catalog)

Description:             ENGR 2050, 3 Cr. (Hrs.:  3 Lec.)

The study of laws governing equilibrium.  Uses equilibrium equations to compute the reactions and internal forces resulting from applied loads.  Covers addition of forces, equilibrium of particles in two and three dimensions, equilibrium of structures, member forces for trusses and hinged frames, internal shear and moment forces plus shear and moment diagrams for beams, friction, centroids of areas and solids, moments of inertia of areas and solids.

Co-requisite:            Physics 1046 (General Physics-Mechanics)

Textbook:                 Vector Mechanics for Engineers , Ferdinand Beer and E. Russell Johnston, Jr.

Synopsis:                   This course teaches the student how to calculate member forces, internal shear and moments due to external forces, and draw moment diagrams for beams.  Centroids and moments of inertia of areas and solids are presented.  Wedges and friction are also covered.

Course Objectives:            The graduate should be able to:

   Conceptualize problems of static loading and analysis.

   Solve basic mechanics problems dealing with engineering structures.

Course Outcomes:    Students will be able to:

  • 1.      Draw free-body diagrams of engineering problems.
  • 2.      Use the laws of equilibrium to solve static engineering problems.
  • 3.      Analyze the reactions of a variety of machines and trusses under loading, including shear and moment calculations.

Topics Covered:    Vector Addition

                                    Equilibrium

                                    Problems

                                    Forces in Space

                                    Moments

                                    Moment about a Line

                                    Couples

                                    Problems

                                    Free Body Diagram

                                    Two and Three Force Members

                                    Centroids

                                    Theorem of Pappus

                                    Distributed Loads

                                    Submerged Surfaces

                                    Trusses – Method of Joints

                                    Zero Force Members

                                    Trusses – Method of Sections

                                    Frames

                                    Problems

                                    Machines

                                    Internal Forces

                                    Shear and Moment

                                    Friction

                                    Wedges

                                    Inertia

Course Schedule:  Three, one-hour lectures each week.

Contribution to Professional Component:

Engineering Topics – 3 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Engineering Program Outcomes: 

  • a.      Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
  • b.      Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
  • c.      Understand contemporary issues.
  • d.    Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.

Prepared by:           B. Gerbrandt

Preparation Date:   March 2004

 

Phys 2076 - General Physics—Heat, Sound, & Optics

Designation:            Required for Engineering, Math, Chemistry, Computer Science

Course (Catalog)

Description:             PHYS 2076 General Physics—Heat, Sound , & Optics

                                    3 Cr. (Hrs.: 3Lec.)

Second course in the calculus-based physics sequence.  Includes the study of heat, sound, and optics.  Emphasizes problem solving.

Prerequisites:         MATH 1530 Calculus II

                                PHYS 1046 General Physics—Mechanics

Corequisite:             MATH 2510 Calculus III

Textbook:                 Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th, Serway and Jewett, 2004, Brooks/Cole—Thomson Learning.

Course Objectives:    The course will provide students with the ability to identify, formulate and organize science and engineering problems in wave motion, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and optics in a conceptual form as well as in terms of mathematical and physical models.

Topics Covered:         Engineering and science problem formulation, organization and solution methodologies.

                                    Simple harmonic motion and oscillators.

                                    Phasor diagrams

                                    Fluid statics and dynamics

                                    Waves

                                    Thermodynamics

                                    Optics

Class Schedule:     Three, 50-minute lectures each week; fall and spring semesters.

Contribution to Professional Component:    

                                    Math and Science - 100%

Relationship to ABET Outcomes:

                                    a and e

Prepared by:           Marvin Speece

Preparation Date:   November 29, 2003

 

Phys 2086 - General Physics - Electricity, Magnetism, & Wave Motion

 

Designation:                        Required for Engineering (Math, Chemistry, Computer Science)

Catalog (Catalog)

Description:             Phys 2086 - General Physics - Electricity, Magnetism, & Wave Motion

3 Cr. (Hrs.: 3Lec.)

                                    Third course in the calculus-based physics sequence.  Covers electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetic waves.

 Prerequisites:        Phys 1046 General Physics - Mechanics

                                    Math 2510 Calculus III

Corequisite:             Math 2236 Elementary Differential Equations

Textbook:                 Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th, Serway and Jewett, 2004, Brooks/Cole—Thomson Learning

Course Objectives:    This course provides the student with a clear and logical presentation of the basic concepts and principles of electricity and magnetism (E&M) in physics.  Upon completion, students will be able to solve problems using the laws and principles developed in the study of electricity and magnetism.  This course will strengthen student understanding of the concepts and principles through a broad range of interesting applications to the real world. 

Topics Covered:           Electric fields

Gauss’s law

electric potential

capacitance and dielectrics

current and resistance

direct current circuits

magnetic fields

sources of the magnetic field

Faraday’s law

inductance

alternating current circuits

electromagnetic waves

Class/Lab Schedule:         Three, 50-minute lectures each week; fall and spring semesters.

Contribution to Professional Component:    

                                    Math and Science—100%

Relationship to ABET Outcomes:

                                    a and e

Prepared by:           Tom Moon

Preparation Date:   November 29, 2003

 

ENGR 2050 – Engineering Mechanics – Statics

Designation:               Required (General Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geological Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Mining Engineering and Petroleum Engineering)

Course (Catalog)

Description:               ENGR 2050, 3 Cr. (Hrs.:  3 Lec.)

The study of laws governing equilibrium.  Uses equilibrium equations to compute the reactions and internal forces resulting from applied loads.  Covers addition of forces, equilibrium of particles in two and three dimensions, equilibrium of structures, member forces for trusses and hinged frames, internal shear and moment forces plus shear and moment diagrams for beams, friction, centroids of areas and solids, moments of inertia of areas and solids.

Co-requisite:           Physics 1046 (General Physics-Mechanics)

Textbook:                 Vector Mechanics for Engineers , Ferdinand Beer and E. Russell Johnston, Jr.

Synopsis:                 This course teaches the student how to calculate member forces, internal shear and moments due to external forces, and draw moment diagrams for beams.  Centroids and moments of inertia of areas and solids are presented.  Wedges and friction are also covered.

Course Objectives:            The graduate should be able to:

   Conceptualize problems of static loading and analysis.

   Solve basic mechanics problems dealing with engineering structures.

Course Outcomes:    Students will be able to:

  • 1.      Draw free-body diagrams of engineering problems.
  • 2.      Use the laws of equilibrium to solve static engineering problems.
  • 3.      Analyze the reactions of a variety of machines and trusses under loading, including shear and moment calculations.

Topics Covered:    Vector Addition

                                    Equilibrium

                                    Problems

                                    Forces in Space

                                    Moments

                                    Moment about a Line

                                    Couples

                                    Problems

                                    Free Body Diagram

                                    Two and Three Force Members

                                    Centroids

                                    Theorem of Pappus

                                    Distributed Loads

                                    Submerged Surfaces

                                    Trusses – Method of Joints

                                    Zero Force Members

                                    Trusses – Method of Sections

                                    Frames

                                    Problems

                                    Machines

                                    Internal Forces

                                    Shear and Moment

                                    Friction

                                    Wedges

                                    Inertia

Course Schedule:  Three, one-hour lectures each week.

Contribution to Professional Component:

Engineering Topics – 3 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Engineering Program Outcomes: 

  • a.      Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
  • b.      Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
  • c.      Understand contemporary issues.
  • d.    Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.

Prepared by:           B. Gerbrandt

Preparation Date:   March 2004

 

MATH 2236 – Elementary Differential Equations

 

Designation:            Required

Course (Catalog)

Description:             A study of first order and linear second order differential equations, power series methods, numerical techniques, Laplace transform, with applications to mechanical vibrations and circuits.

Prerequisite:               MATH 2510

Textbook:                   Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 7th Ed., Boyce and DePrima

Course Objectives:    This course is designed to introduce science and engineering students to the ideas and applications of elementary differential equations.

Course Outcomes:     After completing this course the student will understand the basic principles of elementary differential equations and be able to set up and solve problems using the different differential equations techniques.

Topics Covered:         Classification of differential equations

First order differential equations: linear differential equations, Bernoulli equations, separable equations, exact equations, Euler’s Method

Second order linear equations: second order homogeneous differential equations, nonhomogeneous differential equations, method of undetermined coefs

Higher order equations: higher order homogeneous differential equations, higher order nonhomogeneous differential equations, method of undetermined coefs

Series solutions of second order linear equations: power series solutions of differential equations, Euler’s Equation

Laplace Transform:  definition and basic properties, solution of initial value problems using the Laplace Transform, unit step function, initial value problems with step functions

Systems of first order linear equations: substitution method, matrix method, notation, real distinct Eigenvalues, case of complex/repeated Eigenvalues, nonhomogeneous linear systems.

Course Schedule:       Three one-hour lectures each week during the fall and spring semesters.

Contribution to Professional Component:

                                    Mathematics and Science – 3 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

                                    Demonstrated ability to apply mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus – based physics, and chemistry to solve geological engineering problems.

Prepared by:               Richard J. Rossi

Preparation Date:      April 16, 2004

 

MATH 2510 – Calculus III

 

Designation:            Required

Course (Catalog)

Description:             Includes the study of vector-valued functions, curves in the plane, partial derivatives, multiple integrals and calculus of vector fields.

Prerequisite:               MATH 1530

Textbook:                   Calculus with Analytic Geometry, Fifth Edition, R. Ellis/D. Gulick

Course Objectives:    This course is designed to introduce science and engineering students to the ideas of multivariable differential and integral calculus.

Course Outcomes:     After completing this course the student will understand the basic principles of multivariable calculus and be able to set up and solve multivariable problems using differential and integral calculus.

Topics Covered:         Curves in the plane

Vectors, lines, and planes

Vector-valued functions

Partial derivatives

Multiple integrals

Calculus of vector fields

Course Schedule:       Four one-hour lectures each week during the fall and spring semesters.

Contribution to Professional Component:

              Mathematics and Science – 4 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

                                    Demonstrated ability to apply mathematics through differential equations, probability and statistics, calculus – based physics, and chemistry to solve geological engineering problems.

Prepared by:               Richard J. Rossi

Preparation Date:      April 16, 2004

                                   

PHYS 1046 General Physics—Mechanics

Corequisite:             MATH 2510 Calculus III

Textbook:                 Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th, Serway and Jewett, 2004, Brooks/Cole—Thomson Learning.

Course Objectives:            The course will provide students with the ability to identify, formulate and organize science and engineering problems in wave motion, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and optics in a conceptual form as well as in terms of mathematical and physical models.

Topics Covered:    Engineering and science problem formulation, organization and solution methodologies.

                                    Simple harmonic motion and oscillators.

                                    Phasor diagrams

                                    Fluid statics and dynamics

                                    Waves

                                    Thermodynamics

                                    Optics

Class Schedule:     Three, 50-minute lectures each week; fall and spring semesters.

Contribution to Professional Component:    

                                    Math and Science - 100%

Relationship to ABET Outcomes:

                                    a and e

Prepared by:           Marvin Speece

Preparation Date:   November 29, 2003

 

Phys 2086 - General Physics - Electricity, Magnetism, & Wave Motion

Designation:                        Required for Engineering (Math, Chemistry, Computer Science)

Catalog (Catalog)

Description:             Phys 2086 - General Physics - Electricity, Magnetism, & Wave Motion

3 Cr. (Hrs.: 3Lec.)

                                    Third course in the calculus-based physics sequence.  Covers electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetic waves.

 Prerequisites:        Phys 1046 General Physics - Mechanics

                                    Math 2510 Calculus III

Corequisite:             Math 2236 Elementary Differential Equations

Textbook:                 Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th, Serway and Jewett, 2004, Brooks/Cole—Thomson Learning

Course Objectives:     This course provides the student with a clear and logical presentation of the basic concepts and principles of electricity and magnetism (E&M) in physics.  Upon completion, students will be able to solve problems using the laws and principles developed in the study of electricity and magnetism.  This course will strengthen student understanding of the concepts and principles through a broad range of interesting applications to the real world. 

Topics Covered:      electric fields

Gauss’s law

electric potential

capacitance and dielectrics

current and resistance

direct current circuits

magnetic fields

sources of the magnetic field

Faraday’s law

inductance

alternating current circuits

electromagnetic waves

Class/Lab Schedule:         Three, 50-minute lectures each week; fall and spring semesters.

Contribution to Professional Component:    

                                    Math and Science—100%

Relationship to ABET Outcomes:

                                    a and e

Prepared by:           Tom Moon

 

GeoE 2020 - Historical Geology

Designation:            Required (Geological Engineering)

Course (Catalog)

Description:               GeoE 2020 - Historical Geology 3 credits (Hrs: 2 Lec., 3 Lab.)  A study of Earth history emphasizing the fossil record, development of stratigraphic sequences, paleogeography, and tectonic events in relation to plate tectonics.  Laboratory work includes study of geologic and topographic maps, interpretation of sedimentary rocks, and fossil identification.

Prerequisites:             GeoE 1010, Physical Geology

Text:                          Historical Geology, 2000, Wicander, Reed and James S. Monroe, Brooks/Cole, Publishers, 580 p.

Course Objectives:     To provide Geological Engineering graduates with and fundamental understanding of geologic history and the processes that have controlled the development of Earth to the present.

Course Outcomes:     Graduates will be able to: basic geologic history and those processes that affect and allow the interpretation of geologic history.

Topics:                        Relative and absolute time in geology.

                                    Origin and evolution of Earth and life through time, with emphasis on the geologic record  and our means for knowing how Earth and life have evolved through time.

                                    Past and potential human impacts on Earth.

Course Schedule:  Two one-hour lectures and one three-hour laboratory session each week during the fall semester.

Contribution to Professional Component:

Basic Science – 3 Credits or 100

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

History of Earth and life on Earth and the geological processes operating through Earth history.

Prepared by:           Mark A. Sholes

Preparation Date:   January 19, 2004

 

GeoE 2030 - Introduction to Field Geology

Designation:            Required

Course (Catalog)

Description:             GeoE 2030 Introduction to Field Geology. 1 credit, (Hrs. 3 lab)

An introduction to observation, description, and collection of geologic data in the field.  It includes map reading, air photo interpretation, use of the Brunton compass, and geologic mapping.  Course will be conducted over a 6 day period before the beginning of the fall semester.

Prerequisites:         Physical Geology, GeoE 1010

Textbook:                 Geology in the Field,  Robert Compton, 1985, John Wiley & Sons, 378 p.

Instructor:                Mark Sholes

Course Objectives:    Graduates will have basic knowledge about describing rocks and mapping them in the field.

Course outcomes:      Graduates will be able to describe rocks, measure stratigraphic sections, locate themselves on maps and aerial photographs, determine strikes and dips, and construct a geologic map.  They will also know the basic hazards of conducting field geology.

Topics:                      Note taking and determining location.

Rock description and measurement of a stratigraphic section.

                                    Use of the Brunton compass and Jacob’s staff.

                                    Construction of a geologic map.

Contribution to Professional Component:

Basic Science - 1 Credit or 100%

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Outcomes:

Field characterization of rocks and minerals and their distribution in space.

Prepared by:           Mark A. Sholes

Preparation Date:   January 19, 2004

 

GeoE 2040 – Introduction to Mineralogy – Petrology

 

Designation:            Required (Geological, Geophysical, and Mining Engineering)

Course (Catalog)

Description:             GeoE 2040 Introduction to Mineralogy – Petrology 3 credits (Hrs: 2 Lec, 3 Lab).

An introduction to the classification and identification of common rock-forming and ore minerals, followed by an introduction to rock-forming processes and the systematic classification and identification of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.

Prerequisites:         GeoE 1010 (Physical Geology) and Chem 1066 (General Chemistry)

Textbook:                 Petrology:  Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic, 2ndEd., Harvey Blatt and Robert J. Tracy

Course Objectives:    To enable graduates of geological, geophysical, and mining engineering programs to identify common minerals and rocks and to develop a basic understanding of the processes by which igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks form and, to the extent practicable, apply that knowledge to solve engineering problems.

Course Outcomes:            Graduates will be able to:

  1. 1.      Identify common rock-forming and ore minerals and know their chemical compositions.
  2. 2.      Apply their knowledge of minerals to identify igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks using standard methods of classification based on composition, texture, and structure.
  3. 3.      Understand how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks form and how their characteristics impact engineering.

Topics Covered:    I.  Mineralogy

                                                The six crystal systems

                                                Silicate minerals

Oxides, hydroxides, and halides

                                                Carbonates, sulfates, tungstates, and phosphates

                                                Native elements, sulfides, and sulfosalts

II.  Igneous Petrology

Igneous features

Classification of igneous rocks

Crystallization of magmas

Origin of magmas

Fractional crystallization and contamination

Igneous rocks of the mantle, oceanic lithosphere,

 convergent plate margins, and the continents.

III.  Sedimentary Petrology

Occurrence of sedimentary rocks

Weathering and soils

Clastic sedimentary rocks

Chemical sedimentary rocks

IV.  Metamorphic Rocks

                                                Classification of metamorphic rocks

                                                Isograds and metamorphic facies

                                                Mineral assemblages, reactions, and equilibrium

                                                Controls of metamorphic reactions

Course Schedule:  Two, one-hour lectures and one, three-hour laboratory session each week during the spring semester.

Contribution to Professional Component:

Basic Science – 3 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Program Outcomes:       

  1. 1.      Geological and Geophysical Engineering:  Demonstrated proficiency in geological science topics that emphasize understanding of geologic principles and processes and the identification of minerals and rocks.

2.   Mining Engineering:  Graduates will be able to select appropriate mining methods based on the geology of the deposit.

 

Prepared by             Diane Wolfgram

Preparation Date:   February 11, 2003

 

GeoE 2570 - Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology

 

Designation:            Required (Petroleum Engineering)

Course (Catalog)

Description:                GeoE 2570 -  Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology, 3 credits (Hrs:  3 Lec.) A study of sedimentology and stratigraphy in the context of petroleum geology.  This survey emphasizes the factors controlling composition, characteristics, and geographic and stratigraphic distribution of  sedimentary rocks.  Basic methods of studying rocks in the subsurface are introduced.

Prerequisites:         GeoE 1010 (Physical Geology) or equivalent.

Text:                          Petroleum Geoscience, Jon Gluyas and Richard Swarbrick, 2004, Blackwell Publishing, 359 p.

Course Objectives:     To create an understanding of origin sedimentary rocks and how they are related to the origin, migration, and trapping of hydrocarbons. 

                                    To provide an introduction to the study of sedimentary basins and the tectonics that control sedimentary basins, the means for studying these basins, and their relation to hydrocarbon discovery and production.

Course Outcomes:      Graduates will be able to:

  1. 1.      Understand the origin of sedimentary rocks and the controls on their origin.
  2. 2.      Understand how sedimentary rocks are interpreted at the surface and in the subsurface.
  3. 3.      Understand the geological controls on the origin, migration, and trapping of hydrocarbons. and the origin and development of the basins in which they occur.
  4. 4.      Understand how geologists discover, study, and interpret the sedimentology of potentially hydrocarbon-rich basins.

Topics Covered:    Characteristics of sediment and its distribution and transport. 

Major parameters controlling sedimentation and the formation of clastic sedimentary rocks.

                                    Chemical and geochemical processes.

                                    Carbonates and other biogenic rocks

                                    Chemical rocks

Stratigraphy, seismic stratigraphy, and basin analysis.

          

Course Schedule:  Three one-hour lectures each week during the spring semester.

Contribution to Professional Component:

Basic Science - 3 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Petroleum Engineering Program Outcomes: 

Characterization and evaluation of subsurface geological formations using geoscientific and engineering methods.

 

Prepared by:                       Mark A. Sholes

Preparation Date:   January 19, 2004


GeoE 3020 - Stratigraphy

 

Designation:            Required

Course (Catalog)

Description:             GeoE 3020 Stratigraphy  3 Credits (Hrs:  3 Lec.)

The study of the origin, sequence, and spatial relations of sedimentary rocks emphasizing depositional processes and environments.  Past and current philosophical concepts of correlation and controls governing the distribution of rock sequences are covered to show the relation of local studies to a larger framework.  Both ancient and modern deposits are used as examples. 

Prerequisites:             GeoE 2020 (Historical Geology) and GeoE 2040 (Mineralogy and Petrology)

Textbook:                   Sedimentary Geology, 1996, Prothero, Donald R. and Fred Swchab, W. H. Freeman & Co., N.Y., 575 p.

Course Objectives:    The course is designed to give graduates basic knowledge on how to study and interpret sedimentary rocks and integrate this information into re-constructions of geologic history.

Course Outcomes:    Graduates will be able to:

1.   Use maps, aerial photographs, and other forms of remote sensing to derive information about the stratigraphy and structure of an area.

  1. 2.      Utilize maps, aerial photos, and other forms of remote sensing to solve geological problems within a particular area

Topics Covered:    Geologic time and its determination.

                                    Distinctive features of sedimentary rocks and their importance to the interpretation of sedimentary rocks.

                                    The depositional environments in which sedimentary rocks form and the genetic associations of these environments.

Methods of studying sedimentary rocks on the surface and in the subsurface.

                                    Basins in which sedimentary rocks form.

Course Schedule:  Three one-hour lectures each week during the spring semester.

Contribution to Professional Component:

Basic Science:  3 Credits or 100%

Relationship of Course to Geological Engineering Program Outcomes:

                                    Covers the origin and distribution of sedimentary rocks and the geological processes that affect sedimentary rocks.