5700   PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING (POE)

Year, 2 credits

Prerequisite:  Completion of IED with a ‘C’

 

This second level course of “Project Lead the Way” (www.pltw.org) helps students understand the field of engineering/engineering technology.  Using Inventor modeling software, Fischertecnik models and applied physics concepts they will explore various technology systems and manufacturing processes to help students learn how engineers and technicians use math, science and technology in an engineering problem solving process to benefit people.  The course also includes concerns about social and political consequences of technological change