General Engineering Courses

The ENGR courses stress engineering fundamentals which are important to many engineering disciplines. Many of these courses form the core body of classes taken by all engineering students at USD.

ELEC 200 Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications (4)
Introduction to the basic concepts related to circuits and circuit elements, power and semiconductor devices. Selected topics that illustrate the variety of applications of electrical engineering. Three hours lecture and one laboratory weekly. Prerequisites: Mathematics 151, Physics 271; concurrent enrollment in Mathematics 310. Not open to Electrical Engineering majors. (Every Spring)

ELEC 201 Electrical Circuits (4)
Electrical element physical behavior and component models; Network laws and analysis techniques; time and frequency domain techniques for the analysis of linear networks; computer-aided analysis using SPICE or approved equivalent; introduction to AC power; laboratory circuit design, testing, and verification. Three hours lecture and one laboratory weekly. Prerequisites: mathematics 151, Physics 271: concurrent enrollment I Mathematics 310. (Every Spring)

ENGR 101 Introduction to Engineering (3)
[Required Preceptorial, Freshman Fall Semester]
Introduction to the field of engineering. Exploration of problem solving in lecture and laboratory projects in differing engineering disciplines. Introduction to engineering software tools. Intended for majors in engineering or those exploring careers in engineering. Four hours lecture-recitation-laboratory weekly. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Mathematics 115 or 150 required. (Every Fall)

ENGR 102 Introduction to Engineering Design Practice (3)
Planning, development, implementation, and documentation of a team design project including project proposals, design status reports, and final project reports. Topics in engineering graphics. Four hours lecture-recitation-laboratory weekly. Prerequisites: Engineering 101. Concurrent enrollment in Physics 270; Mathematics 150. Concurrent enrollment in Mathematics 151 recommended. (Every Spring)

ENGR 121 Engineering Programming (3)
Fundamentals of computer usage and programming in a structured, high-level language as commonly used in engineering systems development and applications; modular programming principles; use of the operating system and language constructs for program input/output; object-oriented programming. Three hours lecture weekly. Prerequisites: Mathematics 150.

ENGR 311 Engineering Materials Science (3)
Basic concepts of material structure and its relation to properties; atomic structure; mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties; engineering applications; introduction to semiconductor physics. Three hours lecture weekly. Prerequisites: Chemistry 150 & 150L or equivalent; Physics 271; Mathematics 151. Physics 272 completed or concurrent recommended. (Every Fall)