GES 132 - Foundations of Engineering II (2 Credit Hours)
Course Description: Continuation of GES 131. Basic engineering skills and
introduction to the design process. Introduction to computer programming, teaming, and
oral and written communication skill development.
Course Instructors: This course is typically taught by the following instructors:
Sample Syllabus: A sample syllabus indicative of that typically used in the course
can be found here.
Pre-Requisite Skills: Students entering this course are expected to have mastered
the following skills:
- GES 131 - Foundations of
Engineering I
- use a problem solving process to solve "simple" problems in physics, math, and
engineering;
- use spreadsheet (Excel) to generate numerical and graphical solutions.
Co-Requisite Skills: Students taking this course are expected to be enrolled (or to
have taken) courses that teach students the following skills:
- MATH 132 - Calculus II
- Some advanced topics in one variable calculus, series, differential multivariable
calculus closely integrated with concurrent courses in physics and engineering, with
intensive use of advanced mathematics software.
- PH 131 - Physics I
- Introductory calculus-based course in classical mechanics for students in the TIDE
program.
Course Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course can be expected
to:
- Correctly identify and use appropriate data structures in Matlab: (k)
- reals (floating point),
- integers,
- arrays or matrices.
- Apply the following fundamental programming constructs in "typical"
engineering/computing problems: (k)
- flow control or logical comparisons and decisions (IF, WHILE, etc.),
- looping ( For …. End ),
- input and output,
- functions and subroutines.
- Develop programming algorithms to solve "typical" engineering problems using
numerical methods, such as: (k, n)
- numerical differentiation and integration,
- matrix multiplication,
- solving systems of linear equations,
- least squares fits to straight lines (summations).
Sample Examinations: Examples of Examinations given in this course can be found
here.
Downstream Users: This course serves as a pre-requisite to the following courses at
The University of Alabama: