ENGR 105 Intro to Engineering GPS & Surveying
This one-credit course is a broad-brush overview of the various aspects of engineering
with emphasis on civil engineering, but with exposure to other areas of engineering.
Focus is on three main areas: 1) Being a successful engineering student; 2) understanding
engineering in a broad context that includes presentations by professional engineers,
and exposure to ethics, licensing, and societies; and 3) working on teams to attain
common goals on projects involving surveying and GPS (global positioning system)
and bridges made of popsicle sticks or manila file folders. Students will be led through
a reverse engineering activity by determining how a simple coffee maker works and
the physical processes involved. One or two field trips will take students to various
locations in and near Helena to look at engineering in action. One
hour of lecture per week. There are no prerequisites for the course.
Offered
Annual Fall Semester