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Principles of Engineering

Academic Year of 2014 - 2015

Course Syllabus
Instructor(s): Ms. Marion Anderson
Office Number: ECTC 235
Contact Number: (901) 257 9897
Fax Number: (901) 416 6650
Email: mlandrs1@gmail.com
Office Hours: 10:00 AM 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM 2:15 PM

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This STEM course will focus on contents that can be applied to solve problems. As more and more
jobs demand advanced skills, requiring that people be able to learn, reason, think creatively, make
decisions, and solve problems. An understanding of science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics and their methods contribute in an essential way to these skills. This course intention
and purpose is to educate students in a main line method providing STEM education for
everyone. While providing STEM based education for all students, those interested in becoming
practicing engineers will clearly benefit from this courses content.

COURSE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL:

Journal/Composition Book
Writing Tools (Pencil/Pen)
Binder
Dividers

COURSE LAB MEETING:

Friday at East STEM Academy from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM (recommended)

LAB HOURS:

Monday through Friday from 3:00 PM 6:00 PM

Saturday from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

COURSE EXPECTIONS:
All students deserve a safe, secure, and supportive environment in which to learn.
Please be ready to begin class when you enter the lab.
Please pay attention and there will be not talking while the instructor is talking.
Please listen thoroughly and follow instructions as they are given.

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Please keep journal/composition book and binder organized and ready to submit at
any given time, while in the lab.
Please refrain from eating and/or drinking while working on or around the labs PC
workstations.
Please remember to attend lab, at least, once a week to work on and complete all
projects/activities.
Please follow the lab guidelines; and failure to abide by the East STEM Academy policy and
procedures may result further disciplinary actions as determined by the instructor.

COURSE GRADE EVALUTION:

Student assignments will be evaluated based on the following grade evaluation:
A.....................
B.....................
C.....................
D.....................
F.....................

100 90
89 80
79 70
69 60
59 0

COURSE EVLUATION:
Participation
Activities/Quizzes
Projects/Demonstrations
Tests
Total (%)

10%
25%
30%
35%
100%

COURSE OUTLINE:
The ET is a yearlong course that is divided into twenty-three (23) units that will be covered based on
the self-pace of this course. Each unit, based on the Tennessee Board of Education STEM core,
has been outlined, which includes PowerPoint presentations, reading assignments, quizzes, videos,
tutorials, simulations, and tests; and according to the evaluation of each student and their progress,
additional assignments may or may not be added.
* The activities/projects assigned for each unit are subject to change. Therefore, all
activities/projects will be issued in the lab and must be completed in the lab, so please see
your (Ms. Anderson) assigned instructor for each unit activity/project.

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COURSE CALENDAR:
Below are dates to give you a timeframe for the units that will be covered during the spring
semester of 2015. The course is self-pace; thus, you are not required to complete these
assignments by a specific date. You will ALWAYS have an opportunity to make up any
assignment as well as retry an assignment to get a better grade. This calendar is designed to give
you structure yet plenty of flexibility. Your success is our mission.

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UNIT(S)

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END DATE

Pre-Test

08/18/2014

01/31/2015

Teamwork and Concurrent Engineering

Racing Against Time
Systems and Optimization
Kick Out the Ladder
Gnatt and Flow Charts
Mini Industry Design Challenge
Mechanisms 2.0
Fluid Power 2.0
Electrical Circuits
Ethics
Gears Trebuchet
Technical Communications
Dreams vs. Nightmares
Project Management
Materials
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
Introduction to Finite Element Analysis
Problem Solving
Design and Modeling
Engineering Work Experience
Mobility 2088
Industry Design Challenge
Golf Course Development

08/18/2014
09/05/2014
09/12/2014
09/19/2014
09/26/2014
10/17/2014
10/24/2014
11/07/2014
11/21/2014
01/06/2015
01/16/2015
02/06/2015
02/20/2015
03/06/2015
03/27/2015
04/03/2015
04/10/2015
04/17/2015
04/24/2015
05/01/2015
05/08/2015
05/08/2015
05/08/2015

09/05/2014
09/12/2014
09/19/2014
09/26/2014
10/17/2014
10/24/2014
11/07/2014
11/21/2014
12/17/2014
01/16/2015
02/06/2015
02/20/2015
03/06/2015
03/27/2015
04/03/2015
04/10/2015
04/17/2015
04/24/2015
05/01/2015
05/08/2015
05/20/2015
05/20/2015
05/20/2015

Post-Test

01/06/2015

05/20/2015