Jun 22, 2024  
2021-2022 Catalog 
    
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Course Descriptions


 
  
  • MENG 5580G - American Literature II

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course will introduce students to the study of American Literature from the American Civil War to the contemporary period.  We will examine its history, major works, and literary concepts.
  
  • MENG 5620G - British Literature: Renaissance

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Students in this course read texts from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5630G - British Literature: Neoclassical and Romantic

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Students in this course read texts from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5640G - British Literature: Victorian

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Students in this course read texts from 1830 until roughly World War I. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5650G - British Literature: Modern

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Students in this course read texts from the first half of the twentieth century. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5660G - British Literature: Contemporary

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Students in this course read British and Anglo-Irish literature since 1950. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5670G - British Literature I

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem - Online
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course will introduce students to the study of British Literature from its earliest known works to those produced in the eighteenth century.  We will examine its history, major works, and literary concepts.
  
  • MENG 5680G - British Literature II

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course will introduce students to the study of British Literature from the eighteenth century to the contemporary period.  We will examine its history, major works, and literary concepts.
  
  • MENG 5730G - Literature of Cultures and Places

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Students in this course read texts focusing on a single national culture or works from various cultures. This course may not be applied to graduate degree requirements if an undergraduate survey covering the same time period was applied towards undergraduate degree.
  
  • MENG 5920G - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes and Special Programs

    Credits: (1-4)
    Variable Title
    In order to provide flexibility and to meet many different needs, a number of specific offerings are possible using this catalog number. When the number is used it will be accompanied by a brief and specific descriptive title. The specific title with the credit authorized for the particular offering will appear on the student transcript.
    May be repeated 5 times with a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6005 - Intercultural Classroom Discourse

    Credits: (3)
    Students will read, discuss and experience interactive learning tools from the fields of sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, and TESOL pedagogy. Students will analyze dialects and personal/social conversational styles. Examples from literature and film will help provide a contextualized means of observing and understanding cultural identities.
  
  • MENG 6010 - Introduction to Graduate Studies

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Students will learn research methods and methodologies that will allow them to produce publishable, sophisticated pieces of academic prose of the kind expected of professional academics. Students will compose abstracts, conference paper proposals, annotated bibliographies, and surveys of scholarship. Students will explore academic databases extensively and learn to evaluate rigorously other scholars’ work. Students will be encouraged to submit their work in the class to journals, conferences, or collections of essays. Students should take this course within their first year of study and focus their research on topics that may support future work on a thesis or project. Required in first or second semester.
  
  • MENG 6030 - Studies in Literary Theory and Criticism

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    Students will study influential works in literary theory–potentially ranging from Plato’s REPUBLIC to Gayatri Spivak’s groundbreaking feminist studies to Stephen Greenblatt’s New Historicist studies to Homi Bhabha’s postcolonial analyses–paying specific attention to the influence of these theories on English studies.
    May be repeated 10 times for credit hours with different content.
  
  • MENG 6110 - Writing for Teachers

    Credits: (3)
    Designed primarily for in-service teachers, this course explores the most current research and theory concerning the teaching of writing and applies it to issues in the secondary classroom. Permission of instructor required to register.
  
  • MENG 6120 - Teaching Traditional and Contemporary Young Adult Literature

    Credits: (4)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course provides a broad, practical background in young adult literature, both traditional and contemporary, with emphasis on current theories and methods in literature pedagogy. Selection and evaluation of texts that appeal to young adults, reading strategies, censorship, themes and genres will be given special attention. 
    Pre-requisite(s): MED 6050  Curriculum Design, Evaluation, Assessment (3) must be taken prior to MENG 5210G/6120.  We strongly recommend that MENG 6110  Writing for Teachers (3) or MENG 6230  Wasatch Range Writing Project Summer Institutes (3) be taken prior to MENG 5210G/6120.
    Co-Requisite(s): MENG 5210G [Inactive] and MENG 6120 must be taken concurrently.
    Note: Permission of instructor required to register.
  
  • MENG 6130 - Theories of Rhetoric and Writing Studies

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course is an intensive study of rhetoric and writing theory. Selected works of major composition and rhetorical theorists will be examined and historicized within a survey of the teaching of academic writing from antiquity to the present.
  
  • MENG 6140 - Foundations of Professional and Technical Writing

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course will study the theoretical foundations and scholarly practices of professional and technical writing and communication. The course will examine the major ideas of those who practice professional and technical writing and the main values and practices of the field.
  
  • MENG 6210 - Teaching Literature in the Secondary Schools

    Credits: (3)
    Designed primarily for in-service teachers, this course explores the most current research and theory concerning the teaching of literature and applies it to issues in the secondary classroom.
  
  • MENG 6230 - Wasatch Range Writing Project Summer Institute

    Credits: (1-6)
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 1st Blk, 2nd Blk
    This course is designed to follow the National Writing Project model. The four-week Invitational Institute is for inservice teachers nominated by their school district or their peers. It is designed to develop leadership skills in those teachers to enable them to impact the quality of writing instruction in their individual schools and district. It is also designed to develop teacher leadership for the Wasatch Range Writing Project. The One Week Open Institute is open to any inservice teacher wishing to improve writing instruction in his/her classroom.
    Can be repeated once up to eight (8) credit hours total.
    Note: Permission of instructor required to register.
  
  • MENG 6231 - Wasatch Range Writing Project Advanced Institute

    Credits: (1-6)
    Variable Title
    This is a variable topics variable title course designed for Wasatch Range Writing Project Teacher Consultants, teachers who have taken the WRWP Summer Institute and work with WRWP providing professional development to local school districts. It allows those teachers to increase their effectiveness as teachers, add to their expertise for work with inservice teachers and research possible solutions to literacy issues facing elementary and secondary education in our region. Course titles may include: Developing Utah State Core Standards Workshops, Digital Writing, Developing Argument Writing Across the disciplines. Only six hours can be used for meeting elective requirements in the MENG program.
    Pre-requisite(s): Six hours credit in MENG 6230 .
    May be repeated 6 times and up to 18 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6240 - Seminar in American Literature

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    This seminar explores major texts of one particular American era. The course focuses on literature which articulates the selected period.
    This variable emphasis course may be repeated 10 times for credit with different content.
  
  • MENG 6250 - Seminar in British Literature

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    This seminar explores major texts of one particular British era. This course focuses on the literature which articulates the selected period. This variable emphasis course may be repeated 3 times up to 6 credit hours with different subject matter.
    This course may be repeated four times for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6260 - Seminar in World Literature

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    This seminar explores literature other than American or British. The course focuses on the literature which articulates the selected time and place.
    This variable emphasis course may be repeated 10 times for credit with different subject matter.
  
  • MENG 6280 - TESOL Practicum

    Credits: (1)
    TESOL practicum provides guided and supported experience in one or more of the following: tutorial, small group teaching, whole class lesson planning. Candidates will practice a variety of instructional modes for speaking, reading and writing.
    Note: Instructor permission is required for registration.
  
  • MENG 6310 - Language and Linguistics for Teachers

    Credits: (3)
    Designed primarily for in-service teachers, this course explores recent research in linguistics and applies it to issues in the secondary classroom.
  
  • MENG 6320 - World Languages

    Credits: (3)
    This course broadens students’ awareness of diversity among the world’s languages, thereby fostering understanding and appreciation of the nature of human language in general. Issues may include language obsolescence and maintenance, writing systems of the world, prosody and poetic forms in other languages, language history, and language families. Some prior experience in linguistics or language structures will be helpful as students study profiles of selected languages representing major language families of the world and various geographical areas.
  
  • MENG 6330 - Literary and Rhetorical Stylistics

    Credits: (3)
    This course surveys the literature on style in linguistics, literature, and rhetoric. Some prior background in grammar will be useful as students engage in quantitative and qualitative stylistic analysis of texts from a literary period, genre, or particular author and learn how diction, syntax, and figurative language can be deployed to communicative and artistic ends.
  
  • MENG 6410 - Strategies and Methodology of Teaching ESL/Bilingual

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 2nd Blk, Odd Years
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course emphasizes practical strategies and methods of teaching English as a Second Language in elementary and secondary schools.
  
  • MENG 6420 - English Phonology and Syntax for ESL/Bilingual Teachers

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 2nd Blk
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem, Odd Years
    This course provides the foundation for ESL/Bilingual teachers in the workings of the English language: its pronunciation and spelling systems, its word-forming strategies, and its sentence structure patterns.
  
  • MENG 6450 - ESL/Bilingual Assessment: Theory, Methods, and Practices

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 2nd Blk, Even Years
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    This course explores how to evaluate and implement assessment processes effectively for ESL/Bilingual pupils in public schools. Students will gain experience with both standardized test and authentic assessment.
  
  • MENG 6510 - Seminar in Eminent Writers:

    Credits: (2-3)
    Variable Title
    This seminar examines significant works of and relevant criticism on an influential writer or a small group of writers.
    This variable emphasis course may be repeated 10 times for credit with different subject matter.
  
  • MENG 6520 - Seminar in Shakespeare

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: 1st Blk, Even Years
    This seminar examines a range of Shakespeare’s major works as well as relevant criticism.
  
  • MENG 6610 - Advanced Studies in Genre

    Credits: (2-3)
    Variable Title
    Students will analyze primary and secondary texts about one genre or sub-genre to develop a definition and understanding of the form.
    This variable emphasis course may be repeated 10 times for credit with different subject matter.
  
  • MENG 6710 - Variable Topics

    Credits: (2-3)
    Variable Title
    Topics will vary based on student interest and instructor expertise.
    This course may be repeated 10 times for credit with different subject matter.
  
  • MENG 6730 - Creative Writing Forms and Crafts

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    This course will investigate the relationship of form and function in creative work and explore how the underlying structure affects the impact of the work. This course will examine a variety of work to examine the effect of formal choices on readers’ response. The course will then put these strategies and insights to work by drafting, workshopping, and revising students’ own original writing.
    May be repeated 2 times and up to 9 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6740 - Creative Nonfiction Writing

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    In this course, students will study the art and craft of writing creative nonfiction. Along with writing their own original work, students will read a variety of contemporary texts and will critique their peers’ writing.
    May be repeated 2 times and up to 9 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6750 - Fiction Writing

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    In this course, students will study the art and craft of writing fiction. Along with writing their own original work, students will read a variety of contemporary texts and will critique their peers’ writing.
    May be repeated 2 times and up to 9 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6760 - Poetry Writing

    Credits: (3)
    Variable Title
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    In this course, students will study the art and craft of writing poetry. Along with writing their own original work, students will read a variety of contemporary texts and will critique their peers’ writing.
    May be repeated 2 times and up to 9 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6810 - Experimental

    Credits: (1-6)
    Experimental Course, Contact Department for More Information
    Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript.  Refer to Experimental Courses.
  
  • MENG 6810 - Screenwriting

    Credits: (3)
    Experimental Course, Contact Department for More Information
    In this class, you will learn and practice the basics of screenwriting. We will approach this goal five ways: 1) analyzing screenplays, 2) reading and discussing craft advice from great screenplay writers, 3) watching films, comparing script to screen when possible, 4) listening to short lectures and exercises on craft theory, and 5) writing scenes and short scripts. 
  
  • MENG 6821 - Teaching Developmental Reading and Writing

    Credits: (2)
    This course introduces first-time teachers to the theory and practice of teaching developmental reading and writing.
    Note: Permission of instructor required to register.
  
  • MENG 6822 - Teaching College Writing

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course introduces first-time teachers to the theory and practice of teaching college writing.
    Note: Permission of instructor required to register.
  
  • MENG 6823 - Teaching Practicum

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course supports teachers in their second semester of teaching college writing. Students will meet regularly to develop teaching strategies, enhance grading skills, resolve problems that have arisen in their classes, and plan strategies and procedures for classes they are teaching.
    Note: Permission of instructor required to register.
  
  • MENG 6830 - Directed Readings

    Credits: (1-3)
    This course allows students credit for individual study with a professor, usually for further study that grows out of course work. The student and professor agree to a written contract for study which must be approved by the program director. No more than 3 credit hours of directed readings may apply toward the MA degree unless approved by the program director. This course is designed to allow students to explore in depth and/or breadth, subject matter which goes beyond the established courses in the Master’s Degree Program.
    May be repeated 3 times with a maximum of 9 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6861 - Practicum in Secondary English Education

    Credits: (2)
    This course provides a broad, practical background in teaching young adult (YA) literature for MENG students seeking secondary school licensure. Selection, evaluation, curriculum planning, and assessment in teaching literature will receive primary emphasis. Issues concerning community values and censorship will also receive our attention.
    Pre-requisite(s): MED 6050  Curriculum Design, Evaluation, Assessment (3) must be taken prior to MED 6120 /6861.  We strongly recommend that MENG 6110  Writing for Teachers (3) or MENG 6230  Wasatch Range Writing Project Summer Institutes (3) be taken prior to MENG 6120 /6861. MENG 6120 and MENG 6861 must be taken concurrently.
  
  • MENG 6920 - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes and Special Programs

    Credits: (1-4)
    Variable Title
    In order to provide flexibility and to meet many different needs, a number of specific offerings are possible using this catalog number. When the number is used it will be accompanied by a brief and specific descriptive title. The specific title with the credit authorized for the particular offering will appear on the student transcript.
    May be repeated 5 times with a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6940 - Masters Project

    Credits: (2-6)
    This course provides for the creation and execution of a project growing out of graduate study particularly as it applies to the workplace. Project credit may be taken in increments of 1-3 hours in any term.
    May be repeated twice up to 6 credits.
  
  • MENG 6950 - Creative Writing Thesis: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

    Credits: (1-6)
    The course is designed as a rigorous academic and professional mentorship for students who intend to produce a MA thesis in creative writing. The thesis will include a manuscript of original writing with a critical foreword, both of which require extensive research and substantial writing on the thesis topic. The manuscript can be a creative response to literary works or original creative poetry, fiction, and/or nonfiction.  The critical introduction will situate the creative component within the literary, historical, and/or theoretical context(s) of the creative component. Minimum of 3 hours required, with a possible maximum of 6 hours with approval.  Credit/No Credit grading.
    Pre-requisite(s): MENG 6730 - Creative Writing Forms and Crafts (3) , must complete at least two workshops (6 Credits), MENG 6740 - Creative Nonfiction Writing (3) *, MENG 6750 - Fiction Writing (3) *, MENG 6760 - Poetry Writing (3) *.  *Repeated with different titles.
    May be repeated three times for a maximum of six credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6960 - Thesis

    Credits: (1-6)
    Thesis credit may be taken in increments of 1-3 hours in any term. The thesis is a capstone writing course for the Master’s Degree Program.
    May be repeated 5 times with a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  
  • MENG 6990 - Extension of Thesis/Project

    Credits: (1)
    This course allows students to continue to work on their thesis/project. The course is graded credit/no credit.
    May be repeated up to two times for a maximum of two credit hours.
  
  • MET 1000 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Technology and Design

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Introductory course for students majoring in mechanical engineering technology. The role of mechanical engineering technology and its place in the occupational spectrum. The experimental and analytical tools used in mechanical engineering technology and fundamentals of mechanical design and problem solving. College algebra and trigonometry strongly recommended.
  
  • MET 1500 - Mechanical Design Engineering

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course will focus on understanding the engineering design process within the MET discipline. Students will develop problem statements and use brainstorming techniques to generate design concepts. These design concepts are evaluated and implemented for possible solutions to bring a factious engineered product to market.
    Pre-requisite(s): MET 1000 , Math ACT score of 23 or above or MATH 1010  or MATH 1030  or MATH 1040  or MATH 1050  or MATH 1060  or MATH 1080 .
  
  • MET 1890 INT - Cooperative Work Experience

    Credits: (1-3)
    Provides academic credit for on-the-job experience. Grade and amount of credit will be determined by the department. Prior consent of the department chair and the employer are required.
    Pre-requisite(s): PDD 1010 , MATH 1080  and Permission of Instructor.
  
  • MET 2500 - Modern Engineering Technologies

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    A survey of modern engineering technologies including, but not necessarily limited to, energy generation, nano systems, smart materials, robotics, lasers, transportation systems, and bioengineering.
    Pre-requisite(s): MET 1500 .
  
  • MET 2890 INT - Cooperative Work Experience

    Credits: (1-3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Provides academic credit for on-the-job experience. Grade and amount of credit will be determined by the department. Prior consent of the department chair and the employer are required.
    Pre-requisite(s): Credit or concurrent enrollment in MFET 2300 .
  
  • MET 3050 - Dynamics

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Fundamentals of force, mass and acceleration, work and energy, and impulse and momentum applied to particles and rigid bodies.
    Pre-requisite(s): MATH 1210 , PHYS 2210  and MFET 2300 .
  
  • MET 3150 - Engineering Technology Materials

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Material properties, processing and selection of materials for technological applications. Design parameters for material selection of metals and nonmetals. Mechanical behavior and service failures of metallic alloys and other engineering materials at high and low temperatures.  Lecture plus laboratory work in materials testing.
    Pre-requisite(s): CHEM 1110  and MFET 2300  or MFET 2320 .
  
  • MET 3300 - Computer Programming Applications of Mechanical Engineering Technology

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Applications of computer programming and computer software to problems in mechanical engineering technology.
    Lecture plus computer-based laboratory work.
    Pre-requisite(s): MFET 2300 .
  
  • MET 3400 - Machine Design

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Application of engineering technology fundamentals to machine design. Techniques involved in designing and selecting individual machine parts.
    Pre-requisite(s): MFET 2300 .
  
  • MET 3500 - Mechanical Measurements and Instrumentation

    Credits: (3)
    Principles of temperature, pressure, strain, flow, force, and vibration measurements. Techniques of computerized data acquisition and reduction. Students will learn how to specify instrumentation systems, take data and interpret the results.
    Lecture plus laboratory work in selected topics.
    Pre-requisite(s): EET 1850  and MFET 2300 .
  
  • MET 3700 - Testing and Failure Analysis

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Mechanical testing of materials, fatigue, fracture, wear, corrosion, embrittlement, failure mechanisms and analysis, case studies of failures.
    Lecture plus laboratory work.
    Pre-requisite(s): MET 3150  and MFET 2300 .
  
  • MET 3890 INT - Cooperative Work Experience

    Credits: (1-3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Provides academic credit for on-the-job experience. Grade and amount of credit will be determined by the department. Prior consent of the department chair and the employer are required.
    Pre-requisite(s): Credit or concurrent enrollment in MET 3400 .
  
  • MET 4200 - Mechanical Design with FEA

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Application of engineering technology fundamentals in mechanical design using Finite Element Analysis.
    Lecture plus computer-based laboratory work.
    Pre-requisite(s): MET 3400  and MFET 2300 .
  
  • MET 4300 - Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning

    Credits: (3)
    Principles of heating, ventilating and air conditioning of buildings. Refrigeration systems, air and water distribution and solar energy. Indoor thermal environmental control.
    Pre-requisite(s): Permission of instructor.
  
  • MET 4500 - Senior Project I

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    A mechanical engineering technology project will be selected for team participation. Projects will require planning, analysis, design, development, production, testing and documentation.
    Pre-requisite(s): MET 4200 ; AAS or AS Degree.
    Note: MET 4500 and MET 4510 are a two-course sequence, with MET 4500 only taught in fall semester and MET 4510 only taught in spring semester. The courses must be taken back-to-back.
  
  • MET 4510 - Senior Project II

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    A mechanical engineering technology project will be selected for team participation. Projects will require planning, analysis, design, development, production, testing and documentation.
    Pre-requisite(s): MET 4500 .
    Note: MET 4500 and MET 4510 are a two-course sequence, with MET 4500 only taught in fall semester and MET 4510 only taught in spring semester. The courses must be taken back-to-back.
  
  • MET 4650 - Thermal Science

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Fundamental principles of thermal science for mechanical engineering technology. Basic thermal science theory with an emphasis on technological applications and systems. 
    Lecture plus laboratory work in selected thermal science topics.
    Pre-requisite(s): MATH 1210 , PHYS 2210  and CHEM 1110  or CHEM 1210 .
  
  • MET 4800 - Individual Research in Mechanical Engineering Technology

    Credits: (1-3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Special individual research and development projects in mechanical engineering technology. Credit and time determined by the student and the faculty project supervisor.
    Pre-requisite(s): Permission of instructor.
  
  • MET 4830 - Directed Readings

    Credits: (1-3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Directed individual readings in mechanical engineering technology. Topic selected in consultation with instructor.
    Pre-requisite(s): Permission of instructor.
  
  • MET 4890 INT - Cooperative Work Experience

    Credits: (1-3)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Provides academic credit for on-the-job experience. Grade and amount of credit will be determined by the department. Prior consent of the department chair and the employer are required.
    Pre-requisite(s): MET 3400  and Permission of instructor.
  
  • MET 4920 - Short Courses, Workshops, Institutes, and Special Programs

    Credits: (1-3)
    Variable Title
    Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title with the credit authorized for the particular offering will appear on the student transcript.
  
  • MET 4990 - Seminar in Mechanical Engineering Technology

    Credits: (1)
    Guest lectures from local industry, professionalism and engineering ethics, technology and society, and employment preparation.
    Pre-requisite(s): MET 4500 .
  
  • MFET 1000 - Manufacturing Engineering Technology Fundamentals

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This is an introductory course for students interested in majoring in Manufacturing Engineering Technology.  Students will be exposed to Manufacturing Engineering Technology through several hands-on laboratory experiences that introduce them to concepts needed for future classes.  Students will gain a clear understanding of degree requirements and possible career paths.
  
  • MFET 1150 - Pre-Professional Seminar in Manufacturing

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    An introductory course for students planning to major in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. An explanation of the Manufacturing Engineering Technology curriculum and its place in the occupational spectrum. Current job functions of manufacturing engineering technologists will be discussed by manufacturing engineers and technologists from industry.
  
  • MFET 1210 - Machining Principles Lecture/Lab I

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Introduction to machining processes through theory and practice including: setup and operation of the engine lathe & milling machine, machine and tool performance, inspection techniques, basic blueprint reading, and process planning. Students will utilize lab time to complete assignments as required.
    One lecture per week and two 3-hour labs per week are required.
  
  • MFET 1810 - Experimental Courses

    Credits: (1-4)
    Consult the semester class schedule for the current offering under this number. The specific title and credit authorized will appear on the student transcript.  Refer to Experimental Courses .
  
  • MFET 1810 - Manufacturing Electronics

    Credits: (4)
    Experimental Course, Contact Department for More Information
    Introduction to basic electricity, electrical and electronics principles and the applications of these principles to AC and DC circuitry and motor controls. The course will give students the foundation for required courses in welding power supplies and automation.  An integrated hands-on lab will reinforce concepts taught in the classroom.

  
  • MFET 1820 - Manufacturing Electricity and Electronics

    Credits: (4)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Introduction to basic electrical and electronic principles and the application of these principles to AC and DC circuits. The course will give students the foundation for required manufacturing courses in welding power supplies, motor controls and automation.  An integrated hands-on lab will reinforce concepts taught in the classroom
    Pre-requisite(s): MATH 1010  or QL.
  
  • MFET 1890 INT - Cooperative Work Experience

    Credits: (1-3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Open to all first year students in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. Department approval required before registration. Provides academic credit for on-the-job experience. Grade and amount of credit will be determined by the department.
  
  • MFET 2150 - Metal Forming, Casting and Welding

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Introduction to industrial metal forming, casting and welding processes, equipment selection, design criteria, shop procedures and terminology.
    Two one-hour lectures per week and one two-hour lab
    Co-Requisite(s): MFET 2150L . (MFET 2150L ) is required.
  
  • MFET 2150L - Metal Forming, Casting & Welding Lab

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Lab application of theories taught in MFET 2150  by use of student projects.
    Co-Requisite(s): MFET 2150 .
  
  • MFET 2151 - Metal Forming Lecture/Lab

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Introduction to industrial metal forming processes, equipment selection, design criteria, shop procedures and terminology.
    Pre-requisite(s): Instructor Approval.
  
  • MFET 2152 - Metal Casting Lecture/Lab

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Introduction to industrial metal casting processes, equipment selection, design criteria, shop procedures and terminology.
    Pre-requisite(s): Instructor Approval.
  
  • MFET 2153 - Metal Welding Lecture/Lab

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Introduction to industrial metal welding processes, equipment selection, design criteria, shop procedures and terminology.
    Pre-requisite(s): Instructor Approval.
  
  • MFET 2300 - Statics and Strength of Materials

    Credits: (5)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Principles of forces, moments, resultants & static equilibrium of force systems, center of gravity, friction, and free body diagram analysis. Also concept of stress and strain, shear, bending moments, torsion, bending stresses in beams and stress resolution and shear.
    Five lectures per week.
    Pre-requisite(s): PHYS 2010 /L or PHYS 2210 /L; MATH 1060  or MATH 1080  or MATH 1210 .
  
  • MFET 2310 - Statics for Engineering Technology

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Topics include: Principles of forces, moments, resultants & static equilibrium of force systems, center of gravity, friction, and free body diagram analysis.
    Pre-requisite(s): PS PHYS 2010 /L or PS PHYS 2210 /L and MATH 1210  or MATH 1110 .
  
  • MFET 2320 - Mechanics of Materials

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Topics include: Principles of stress and strain, shear, bending moments, torsion, and bending stresses in beams.
    Pre-requisite(s): MFET 2310 .
  
  • MFET 2360 - Manufacturing Processes and Materials

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Survey of industrially important processes used to change material shape and condition for industrial use. Survey of industrially important materials and the principles of material behavior.
  
  • MFET 2410 - Quality Concepts and Statistical Applications

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This is the first course in a series of three designed to impart the Six Sigma body of knowledge. It integrates managerial, technological and statistical concepts across all functions of an organization to ensure that a product is fit for use. Provides a foundation in current quality paradigms and introduces students to software tools (MS Excel and Minitab) used to statistically analyze problems encountered in manufacturing firms.
    Three lectures per week.
    Pre-requisite(s): MATH 1010  or Aleks (score: 30 or above).
  
  • MFET 2440 - Computer Numeric Control (CNC) in Manufacturing

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    This course is designed for those who have little or no experience with CNC programming, setup or operations. Manual programming, APT programming, and Mazatrol (a conversational programming language) will be taught. In addition, an introduction to CAD/CAM will also be discussed.
    A three-hour lab, once a week is required.
    Pre-requisite(s): MATH 1080  or MATH 1050  and MATH 1060 ; MFET 1210 .
    Co-Requisite(s): MFET 2440L .
    May be repeated 3 times up to 6 credit hours.
  
  • MFET 2440L - CNC in Manufacturing Lab

    Credits: (1)
    Applications of the theory taught in MFET 2440 . Introduction to the setup & operation of the CNC lathe and mill.
    One 3-hour lab per week.
    Co-Requisite(s): MFET 2440 .
  
  • MFET 2500 - Process Automation I

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    A study of the elements used in manufacturing automation and control technologies including: basic elements of an automated system, cost benefit analysis, programmable logic controllers, robotics (servo and non-servo), material handling devices and automated inspection technologies. One 50 minute lecture per week.
    Pre-requisite(s): EET 1850 .
    Co-Requisite(s): MFET 2510 .
  
  • MFET 2510 - Process Automation I Lab

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Students duplicate demonstration sequences of automation equipment and develop new routines in: Controlling servo and non-servo robots, computer-aided manufacturing systems, programmable logic controllers, and other devices used in process automation. Labs will include additional lectures.
    Pre-requisite(s): EET 1850 .
    Co-Requisite(s): MFET 2500 .
  
  • MFET 2550 - Basics of Quality Engineering

    Credits: (2)
    Approaches quality from the perspective of the production technician using applied statistics, total quality concepts, inspection techniques and methods and nonconforming material control. Addresses sampling principles used in production management as well as a review of industry accepted standards. (ASQC Series)
    Note: This course is offered in the evenings only.
  
  • MFET 2610 - Quality Improvement Principles and Techniques

    Credits: (2)
    This course assesses vital knowledge of quality tools and their uses by individuals, from non-traditional quality areas, who are involved in quality improvement projects. The course examines the rapid spread of quality principles and practices throughout organizations, and covers the essentials of quality management for individuals who manage quality programs, but who are not necessarily specialized in traditional quality areas. The course prepares students for the Certified Quality Improvement Associate examination administered by the American Society for Quality.
  
  • MFET 2670 - GMA, FCA and GTA Welding

    Credits: (1)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    Theory and skills course covering Gas Metal Arc Welding, Flux Core Arc Welding, and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding.
    Pre-requisite(s): MFET 2150 /MFET 2150L  or MFET 2153 .
    Co-Requisite(s): MFET 2670L .
  
  • MFET 2670L - GMA, FCA and GTA Welding Lab

    Credits: (2)
    Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
    A “hands on” lab that reinforces the theory and skills course (MFET 2670 ) covering Gas Metal Arc Welding, Flux Core Arc Welding, and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding.
    Pre-requisite(s): MFET 2150 /MFET 2150L .
    Co-Requisite(s): MFET 2670 .
  
  • MFET 2830 - Directed Readings in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

    Credits: (1-3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Individual research on topics requested by industry or which meet special needs of Manufacturing Engineering Technology students.
    Pre-requisite(s): Departmental approval.
  
  • MFET 2850 - CNC/CAM for Plastics and Composites Lecture/Lab

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Traditional and nontraditional methods for machining organic-matrix and metal-matrix composites are reviewed. Traditional machining procedures are discussed together with the damage introduced into composites by these manipulations. Computer Numerical Control (CNC) codes and Computer Aided Manufacturing are covered, focusing on the production of plastic products and tooling. Machining concepts also including laser, water-jet, electrodischarge, electrochemical spark, and ultrasonic machining.
    Pre-requisite(s): MFET 1210 /L.
  
  • MFET 2860 - Plastics/Composites Materials & Properties

    Credits: (3)
    Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
    Coverage of the most common commercial plastics including their additives, fillers, and fibers; includes common physical tests used to determine material characteristics; writing intensive.
    Pre-requisite(s): CHEM 1110 .
 

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