EGR 101 - Introduction to Engineering, 1 credit hour

This course introduces the student to the engineering profession, basic engineering skills and knowledge, engineering approach to problem solving, and the engineering design process. The course exposes and enables the student to develop hands-on engineering design experience, teamwork and leadership skills, communication skills, experimentation skills, as well as engineering ethics. It also provides an introduction to computer tools used by engineers (spreadsheet, word processing, presentation software, and MATLAB).