Engineering Mechanics II Syllabus for 2013-2014
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Course

ENGR-2302-001 Engineering Mechanics II

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: ENGR 2301-minimum grade of C

Course Description

Basic theory of engineering mechanics, using calculus, involving the motion of particles, rigid bodies and systems of particles; Newton’s Laws; work and energy relationships; principles of impulse and momentum; application of kinetics and kinematics to the solution of engineering problems.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

On Campus Course

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Supplies

1. Graphing Calculator
2. Engineering Graph Paper

Student Performance

After completing this course, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the following topics with 70% accuracy as evaluated by the engineering faculty:  

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Expected Student Behavior

\ Students are expected to behave in the classroom in a manner that is supportive of the learning environment. Behaviors that are not supportive include, but are not limited to: tardiness/leaving early; electronic device noises; texting or using electronic devices for non-course related activities during the lecture; talking during the lecture; abusive, offensive, and/or disrespectful language or demeanor toward AC faculty, staff, students, and/or Amarillo College property.
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\ Students who fail to comply with the standards outlined in the syllabus and/or AC’s Student Rights & Responsibilities document will be subject to disciplinary action which may include, but is not limited to: removal from the classroom; consultation with the Math & Engineering Department Chair and/or other AC authority; withdrawal from the course and/or Amarillo College.

Grading Criteria

The final grades of A (90-100), B (80-89), C (70-79), D (60-69), and F (below 60) will be computed as the average of the earned grades as follows:

Absence from an exam will incur a zero unless there is prior notification to the instructor with approval granted. Make-up exams will be given only under rare, extenuating circumstances and at the discretion of the instructor (after written petition for consideration).

The project includes a written report.

As a practicing engineer, you will need to continue lifelong learning throughout your career.  You will attend workshops, tour work sites, interview clients, among other duties.  To support the goal of lifelong learning outside of the classroom, the Engineering Department will arrange for guest speakers and tours to broaden your education.  There will be speakers on the first Wednesday, at noon, of each month and two tours.  You must attend 4 of the 6 actitives and fill out a short report form.  If you cannot attend the activity, you will submit a 3 page, double spaced, 12 point paper (including footnotes) on the topic you missed.  The due date for the paper will be 1 week after the missed activity.  You must notify me one week before each scheduled activity as to whether or not you will be able to attend.

Homework shall be presented on ruled or engineering (quadrille) paper, in pencil, one side only. If an error is made, erase thoroughly.  Homework with scratched out work will NOT  be accepted.  Homework presentations shall be as follows:

• Explicitly state any assumptions that you make.
• Show all significant steps.  It should be clear why each step is taken.
• Redraw figures and clearly label as needed with dimensions, labels, and units.
• Include important intermediate results.
• Box final results.
• Review work to be certain all work is neat* and easy to read.
• Make the solution legible, or it may recieve a score of 0.

Homework sets shall be stapled at the upper left corner and then folded in half vertically.The student’s name and date

Grades will be awarded based on 10 points possible per problem. Each of the homework assignment sets will count equally towards the Homework grade.

• The Instructor reserves the right to grade any number of problem(s) per assignment.
• Collaboration between students is allowed on problem solving; however, EACH STUDENT must hand in an ORIGINAL, COMPLETE, problem set.

Grading of Tests: In complex problem analyses, such as those used in this course, there are many opportunities for errors. Thus exams will be graded using "partial credit" as it is recognized that  some sections of an individual problem may have been carried out correctly even though the final answer may be incorrect.  Partial credit will only be given if the student work is logically developed, with clear and well marked diagrams.Thus, the student's contribution, needed to obtain partial credit, is to be able to clearly lead the grader through the student's thought process on the exam page alone. Partial credit value are not negotiable.

Attendance

It is of extreme importance to attend every minute of every class meeting. Your attendence will not be part of your assigned grade, however this data will be used for purposes of academic counseling throughout the course.

You may be assigned homework on any class day.assigned each day.  Please note the homework format requirements.  In-class quizzes may be given during lecture or laboratory periods. These will count as homework in the grading scheme described below. Homework and in-class quiz grades will comprise 10 % of the course grade.

Please remember the deadline for dropping a class at Amarillo College during the Fall semester is November 20.  If you stop attending class and do not officially drop the course by this deadline, and your average is below a 60, you will receive an F for the course.

Late homework is not accepted and in-class quizzes may not be made up unless permission of the instructor is granted.

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