Credit Hours - 3

UGRC 150: Critical Thinking and Practical Reasoning An essential element in the training of social studies and humanities students is providing a corrective and diagnostic skill set that enables students to discriminate logically between: rhetorical ploys that give motives vs. arguments providing good logical reasons for believing an assertion. Students need to recognise the contrast between inductive and deductive reasoning and the different types of support yielded by each, to evaluate the quality of evidence confirming an empirical hypothesis about human conduct, to maintain individual professional and scholarly discretion in the face of peer pressure and mob mentality. Those enrolled in this course will be provided the vocabulary and techniques to employ critical thought and practice within the academic arena and beyond.

Credit Hours - 3

The main objective of Academic Writing I is to equip students with the language skills that will enable them to read and write effectively. Students will be taken initially through fundamental issues in grammar and composition in order to consolidate their language skills in these areas. Subsequently, reading and writing skills relevant to university work will be introduced. These will include the structure of the essay, unity, completeness and coherence in essay writing; summarizing as a skill basic to exposition, writing from sources, referencing skills and avoiding plagiarism. The course will be taught in small groups and class activities are characterised by group work, oral presentations and extensive practical assignments.

Credit Hours - 3

Objective: 
The main purpose of the course is to give students a foundation on how physical phenomena from nature (real life) are modelled (into mathematics) for engineering applications.

Description: 
The course introduces students to theories of vibrations and waves, electricity and magnetism and modern physics. The course provides students with a foundation on how to model real-life scenario for engineering designs. For vibrations and waves, the focus is on generation and propagation. For electricity and magnetism, the course concentrates on the relationship between electric fields and magnetic flux and discusses some of its applications including; cranes for lifting huge loads in industries and magnetic levitation for fast-moving trains in transportation. Finally, for modern physics, much attention is paid to quantum theories because of the breakthrough in electronics.

Credit Hours - 3

Objective: 
The objective of this course is to equip students with the necessary knowledge, tools, and skills to analyze and understand basic analog and digital electronic components and circuits.

Description: 
History of electronics from vacuum tubes to Large Scale (LS) through to Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) systems. Semiconductivity. Diodes and Diode circuits: Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT), the physical structure of the BJT, circuit analysis. Field-Effect Transistors and Circuits: MOSFET characteristics and model, biasing techniques, analog MOSFET amplifier. Digital electronics and logic gates analysis.

Credit Hours - 3

Objective: 
This course introduces students to the workings of basic electrical circuits leading to the generation of electricity. It presents the definition and modelling of circuit components.

Description: 
Electricity supply types: definition and characteristics of AC and DC voltages and currents, instantaneous, average and RMS values, energy and power, and simple billing calculations of household appliances. AC power: active, reactive, and apparent power, power factor and correction methods. Introduction to electricity generation and sources. AC transmission and distribution for 1-phase, 2-phase, and 3-phase. Introduction to transformers and operations. Introduction to motors. Electrical safety.

Credit Hours - 3

Objective: 
This course introduces students to MS Excel and MATLAB in solving engineering problems. It presents in-depth knowledge of the above computational tools for use in engineering.

Description: 
Computing Systems: Hardware/software components & organization, types of software, types of computer languages and concepts for executing a program. Engineering problem-solving methodology. Introduction to software tools for solving engineering problems, spreadsheets for engineers – MS Excel for Windows. Technical use of MS Excel: Characteristics of spreadsheets, Arithmetic operations, Common engineering functions and operations, logic operations, plotting, and simple engineering applications. Introduction to MATLAB for engineering problem-solving.

Credit Hours - 3

Objectives: 
This course develops basic understanding of chemistry which is useful for engineering application.

Description: 
The course covers discussion on atoms to molecules, introduction to the chemistry of organic compounds and biochemistry, chemical kinetics and equilibrium, thermochemistry, redox reactions, and acids and bases. Students will be able to explain simple chemical models which has application in engineering related fields, gain insight into the physical origins of chemical behavior, guide in the design of materials with specific chemical properties, predict a materials response under some chemical conditions, and describe some biochemical processes that occurs in human body.

Credit Hours - 2

Objectives: 
This course includes lectures, seminars, and activities to introduce engineering students to various engineering practices, historical developments in various field of engineering and current industrial practices delivered by researchers on campus and practicing engineers.

Description: 
The course will introduce students to emerging technologies and trends, engineering ethics, engineering communication tools, and metrology. Also, students will be introduced to and be able to apply the principles of the engineering design process to a case study or project. Moreover, students shall be provided with group advisement regarding specific fields of engineering.

Credit Hours - 3

Objectives: 

This is an introductory course in computer aided graphics and design for engineers. This course will introduce students to modeling techniques for engineering parts and assemblies, and its application to real life engineering problems using a computer aided design (CAD) software. It will familiarize students with 3-D solid modeling and conventions of 2-D graphical representation of engineering components. As part of the course, there will be a group design project that will produce a drawing package of an appealing, functional, and marketable mechanism or device.

Description: 

The course will cover: Introduction to Engineering Graphics (graphics communication, traditional and CAD approaches and tools, evolution of CAD (wireframe modeling, surface modeling, solid modeling, primitive modeling, constructive solid geometry (CSG) modeling, feature based modeling, etc.); Sketch Tools (lines, arcs, circle, rectangle, fillet, chamfer,  sketch relations, smart dimension, pattern, mirror, offset entity, trim, etc.); Parts Modeling Techniques (extrusion, revolve, sweep, loft, shell, hole wizard, pattern, rib, mirror, fillet, chamfer, etc.); Detailed Part Drawing (Projection theory and types: perspective, parallel, orthogonal, axonometric, isometric, dimetric, trimetric, Multiview, line types and conventions, types of projection, sheet format: title block and border line, scale, section view, detailed view, dimensioning and tolerancing: ANSI and ISO drafting standards, size and geometry tolerancing (limit, unilateral, bilateral, general tolerance, etc.); Assembly Modeling (standard mating techniques and exploded views); Detailed Assembly Drawing (balloons, BOM, exploded view, reference dimensioning, sheet format).

Credit Hours - 4

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This course covers differentiation and integration of functions of multiple variables and their applications in engineering. These mathematical tools and methods are used extensively in the physical sciences, engineering, economics, and computer graphics.

Description: 

The course involves Introduction to Multivariable Calculus, Derivatives of Multivariable Functions (partial derivatives, gradient and directional derivatives, divergence, curl, multivariable chain rule, Laplacian, Jacobian, applications, etc.), Integrating Multivariable Functions (line integrals for scalar functions, line integrals in vector fields, double integrals, triple integrals, change of variables, polar, spherical, and cylindrical coordinates, surface integrals, flux in 3D, and applications, etc.), Green's, Stokes', and the divergence theorems.

Credit Hours - 3

Objectives: 

This course is aimed at enabling students to attain an understanding of the fundamental principles of the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Students will be able to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems under dynamic conditions. The course includes the use of computational software to solve numerical problems.

Description: 

The course covers the motions of particles and rigid bodies, and the forces that accompany or cause those motions. It will involve Newton's laws, the work and energy principle, and the impulse and momentum principle.

Credit Hours - 3

Objectives:

This course is designed to provide students with understanding of engineering mechanics of statics of particles and rigid bodies. Students will be able to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems under static conditions. The course includes the use of computational software to solve numerical problems.

Description: 

This course covers basic vector concepts of force, moment of a force, conditions of equilibrium of machine members such as beams, trusses, and frames under static loads, friction, distributed forces, determination of centroid and center of mass, area moment of inertia, and mass moment of inertia.

Credit Hours - 2

Objective: 

The course will introduce students to the concept of food systems at the local, regional, and global levels and enable students to appreciate issues, processes, trends, and systems in the context of food production, processing, packaging, distribution and consumption.

Description: 

The course will cover definitions, models and the different sectors of food systems. Appropriate post-harvest technologies (for various value chain levels), including indigenous storage and preservation systems, will be explored. Students will gain knowledge on critical issues influencing food production, processing, packaging, distribution, storage, consumption, nutrition, safety, and food waste (recycling). The impact of labor and technology in farming and food processing, packaging, and distribution will be discussed.  Regulatory influences on food processing, distribution, and consumption will also be explored in this course. Students will also be briefly introduced to the concept of sustainability.

Credit Hours - 3

Objectives: 

This is a foundational course that plays an important role in preparing students in understanding of science, engineering, and mathematics.

Description: 

Students are introduced to concepts of limits and continuity of a function of a single variable as well as differentiation of trigonometric functions and their inverses, exponential and logarithmic functions, basic concepts on Leibnitz’s rule, trapezium and Simpson rules, Rolle’s Theorem, introduction to differentiation and integration of vector functions, systems of equations, inequalities, vectors, and matrices.