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COURSES

 

Engineering (Engr)

Note: Associated lecture and laboratory courses must be taken concurrently except for Engr. 140, 140L; 160, 160L; 161, 161L; and 163, 163L.

1. Plane Surveying: Elementary (3)
Prerequisite: Math B, C, one year of mechanical drawing or Ind Arts 20. Methods of plane surveying, field practice, calculations, and mapping.

2. Plane Surveying: Advanced (2)
Topographic surveying, triangulation, land surveying, mine surveying, engineering astronomy, field practice. Prerequisite: Engr. 1.

3. Summer Course in Plane, Surveying (4)
Given odd numbered years at the Sierra Summer School. A camp is established immediately after the spring semester and maintained for four weeks. Details may be obtained from the Registrar. Prerequisite: Engr. 2.

4. Farm Surveying (2)
Chaining, use of level and transit, land surveying, mapping. Prerequisite: High school algebra and geometry.

20. Engineering Drawing (2)
Orthographic and isometric projections, intersections, dimensioning, simple machine drawings. Prerequisite: Ind. Arts 20 or a year or more of high school mechanical drawing.

21. Descriptive Geometry (3)
Methods of accurate projection of lines, planes and various types of solids; the intersections and developments of solids with plane and single-curve surfaces; applications to engineering problems. Prerequisites: Engr. 20 and plane and solid geometry, trigonometry.

22. Machine Design (3)
Elementary principles of machine design and mechanism, practice in drawing machine parts. Emphasis is placed on methods which conform with standard practice. Prerequisites: Engr. 21 and Physics 4a.

30. Analytical Mechanics: Statics (3)
Statics, analysis of force systems, equilibrium problems, friction, graphical and algebraic methods of problem solution, centroids and moments of inertia. Prerequisites: Physics 4a and Math. 4a.

101. Higher Surveying (3) 1.
Railway and highway curves, earthwork computations, route surveys, mass diagrams, control surveys. Prerequisite: Engr. 2.

122. Mechanical Engineering Design (3)
The application of the principles taught in mechanics, strength of materials, and engineering materials courses to the design of machines. Prerequisites: Engr. 130, 131, 132.

130. Analytical Mechanics -- Dynamics (3)
Mathematical treatment of the principles of kinetics and dynamics with applications to problems in engineering. Prerequisite: Engr. 30.

131. Mechanics of Materials (4)
Application of the principles of mechanics to design of timber, steel and reinforced concrete structures. Stress analysis of beams and columns. Prerequisite or concurrently: Engr. 30.

132. Materials of Engineering Construction (2)
Methods of production, structural properties of and methods of testing materials employed in engineering construction. Prerequisite or concurrently: Engr. 30.

132L. Materials Laboratory (2)
Instruction and practice in making standard tests of iron, steel, cement, concrete, brick, and other engineering materials. Prerequisite or concurrently: Engr. 132.

133. Structural Engineering (3)
Computation of stresses in roof trusses, bridge trusses, and building frames by mathematical and graphical methods. Prerequisite: Engr. 131.

140. Fluid Mechanics (3)
Properties or fluids; theory of the flow of fluids with applications to engineering problems. Prerequisite: Engr. 130.

140L. Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (1)
Laboratory experiments illustrating the principles of fluid mechanics; methods of water measurement; tests of hydraulic equipment. Prerequisite or concurrently: Engr. 140..

141. Irrigation Engineering (3)
Flow of water in canals, design of canals and canal systems, measurements of water, surveys for irrigation systems. Prerequisites: Engr. 131, 140.

150. Electrical Engineering-Direct Currents (3)
Mathematical and descriptive treatment of magnetic and electric circuits basic in design of electrical equipment; characteristics of storage cells, rectifiers, and direct current machinery. Prerequisites: Physics 4b and Math. 4a.

150L. Electrical Engineering -- D. C. Laboratory (1)
Experiments which illustrate the electrical theory presented in course Engr. 150. Training in the operation of electrical equipment. Prerequisite or concurrently: Engr. 150.

151. Electrical Engineering -- Alternating Currents (3)
Simpler alternating current circuits; characteristics of transformers, single and polyphase motors and generators. Prerequisites: Physics 4b and Math. 4a.

151L. Electrical Engineering Laboratory (1)
Experiments which illustrate the theory presented in course Engr. 151. Practice in operating electrical equipment. Prerequisite or concurrently: Engr. 151.

160. Elements of Heat Power Engineering (3)
Fuels, furnaces, boilers, steam engines and auxiliaries; internal combustion engines. Prerequisites: Physics 4a-b-c and Math. 4a.

160L. Heat Power Laboratory (2)
Experiments which illustrate the principles taught in course Engr. 160. Prerequisite or concurrently : Engr. 160.

170. Engineering Economics (2)
Interest, depreciation, sinking funds, bonds; comparisons of the costs of alternative solutions of engineering problems. Open to junior and senior students only.

190. Special Projects (1-5)

 



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