2003 / 2004 - Bellevue College

Course Descriptions
ENGR 123
Engineering Graphics • 4 CR
Introduces methods of communicating technical
information in engineering design and research.
Topics include freehand sketching, lettering, scales,
drawing layout, orthographic projection, pictorials,
auxiliary views, section views, dimensioning,
descriptive geometry, thread and fastener specifications,
and tolerances. Includes an introduction
to computer-aided drafting. Prerequisite: MATH
092 or 099.
ENGR 125
Applied Descriptive Geometry • 3 CR
Introduces concepts and techniques of descriptive
geometry and graphical solutions for engineering
problems. Topics include intersection and development
revolution principles. Prerequisite: ENGR 123
or permission of instructor.
ENGR 170
Fundamentals of
Materials Science • 4 CR
Explores elementary principles underlying the structure
and properties of materials. Topics include the
properties of inorganic and organic materials as related
to atomic, molecular, and crystalline structure.
Also covers metals, ceramics, multi-phase systems,
natural and synthetic polymeric materials, mechanical
stress, electromagnetic fields, irradiation, and thermal
and chemical changes. Prerequisite: CHEM 150.
ENGR 200
Computer-Aided Drafting I • 3 CR
Introduces the fundamentals of drawing with a
computer-aided drafting software system. Drawing
and editing commands are used to create and revise
a variety of drawings. Topics include CAD systems,
advantages, applications, and operational skills.
Prerequisite: ENGR 123 or permission of instructor.
ENGR 201
Computer-Aided Drafting II • 3 CR
Continues ENGR 200, involving more complex
CAD techniques. Prerequisite: ENGR 200 or permission
of instructor.
ENGR 210
Statics • 4 CR
Explores principles of statics, vector algebra, forcecouple
relationships, equilibrium analysis, structures,
area properties, beams, and friction. Prerequisite:
PHYS 121 or MATH 126 or ENGR 111.
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ENGR 215
Electrical Circuits • 4 CR
Introduces fundamental concepts of electrical science.
Topics include resistors, sources, capacitors,
inductors, and operational amplifiers as individual
components and as circuit systems. Also covers simultaneous
algebraic equations and differential
equations in solution methods. Prerequisite: PHYS
122 and MATH 238.
ENGR 220
Introduction to
Mechanics of Materials • 4 CR
Introduces the concepts of stress, deformation, and
strain in solid materials. Topics include basic relationships
between loads on structural and machine
elements such as rods, shafts, and beams, and the
stresses, deflection and load-carrying capacity of
these elements under tension, compression, torsion,
bending, and shear forces. Prerequisite: ENGR 210.
ENGR 230
Dynamics • 4 CR
Surveys the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies
using vector analysis. Specific topics include kinematics,
kinetics, momentum, and energy principles
for particles and rigid bodies, as well as Euler’s Equations
of Motion. Prerequisite: ENGR 210.
ENGR 260
Thermodynamics • 4 CR
Introduces basic principles of thermodynamics
from a predominately macroscopic point of view.
Topics include the basic laws of thermodynamics
as relating to energy transformations and state
changes in engineering problems. Recommended:
CHEM 150 and MATH 125.
ENGR 299
Individual Studies in
Engineering • V1-5 CR
Covers directed readings, special projects, and independent
study by an individual student. May be
repeated for a maximum of 15 credits. Prerequisite:
Permission of instructor.
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curricula are subject to change.
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English
ARTS & HUMANITIES DIVISION
ENGL 071/072/073/074
Developmental English • 10 CR
Presents reading and writing strategies for students
placing below the ENGL 092/093 or ENGL 106
level. Students must also take 1 or 2 credits of ENGL
080 (Reading Lab). Students may start the intensive
Developmental English series in any quarter
and may repeat courses until they test into ENGL
092 or 093. ENGL 071 is offered in Summer Quarter,
072 in Fall, 073 in Winter, 074 in Spring.
Course is graded “credit/no credit.” Prerequisite:
Placement by assessment.
ENGL 080
Improving Reading Skills
(Reading Lab) • V1-2 CR
Allows independent work in the Reading Lab. Students
work individually under the supervision of the
Reading Lab Director. Course is graded “credit/no
credit.” One credit represents 22 hours of lab work.
ENGL 089
Preparation for College Reading • 5 CR
Develops skills for students with reading assessment
scores at grade levels of 11 to 12. Students
develop strategies for effective reading and critical
analysis of textbook readings with emphasis on
discipline differences. Coordinated with parallel
reading lab sections that emphasize acquisition of
vocabulary and development of literal and inferential
comprehension skills. Prerequisite: Placement
by assessment.
ENGL 090
Strategies for Improving Writing
Skills • V1-5 CR
Allows a student to work individually on an area
of special need by arrangement with an instructor.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
ENGL 091
Basic Grammar & Sentence
Patterns • V2-5 CR
Reviews parts of speech, verb tenses, basic sentence
patterns, and punctuation in the context of students’
own writing. Students learn to combat writer’s block,
find and correct grammatical mistakes, and understand
what teachers are telling them about their writing.
Open to both native and non-native speakers.
Prerequisite: Eligible to register for DEVED 061 or
placement in ENGL 071 or higher.