Course Descriptions
Undergraduate
LEGR 1111. Technological Bases of Society I. (3) Concepts underlying the systems which relate directly to the life of the individual in relation to the field of engineering. Emphasis on scientific ideas relevant to the student--ones that he or she should understand to participate in the decisions of an age of rapidly changing technology. Specific topics include decision making, optimization, modeling and systems. (May be taken with or without LEGR 1151.) (On demand)
LEGR 1112. Technological Bases of Society II. (3) Prerequisite: LEGR 1111. A continuation of LEGR 1111. Introduction to technological concepts which are applicable to the solution of problems of a social and economic, as well as a technical, nature--problems that are rapidly becoming the frame of reference for contemporary society. Specific topics include patterns of change, feedback, stability, and machines and systems. (May be taken with or without LEGR 1152.) (On demand)
LEGR 1151. Technological Bases of Society-Laboratory I. (1) Corequisite: LEGR 1111. A laboratory course designed to illustrate the concepts presented in LEGR 1111. Simulation of real life situations using simple laboratory equipment. Two laboratory hours per week. (On demand)
LEGR 1152. Technological Bases of Society-Laboratory II. (1) Prerequisite: LEGR 1151. Corequisite: LEGR 1112. A laboratory course designed to illustrate the concepts presented in LEGR 1112. A continuation of LEGR 1151. Two laboratory hours per week. (On demand)
LEGR 3090. Special Topics in Liberal Engineering. (1-4) Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Supervised study or travel opportunities that are beyond the scope of existing courses. May be repeated for credit. (On demand)
LEGR 3111. Technology in Historical Perspective. (3) Prerequisite: junior standing. Selected historical cases in science, applied science and technology are reviewed to show the impacts that technological advances have had on our world. Emphasis is placed on the technologies and their effect on our physical environment rather than on the resulting change in our viewpoint toward society, economics or politics. (On demand)
LEGR 3114. Problems in Environmental Control. (W) (3) Prerequisite: junior standing. Study of a range of environmental problems of interest to the class. The tracing of problem cases to their technological origins; the identification of available, feasible, technological origins; the identification of available, feasible, technological solutions to the specific problems treated. On-site inspection of industrial sources of pollution will be made in a series of field trips. (On demand)
LEGR 3116. Energy, Power and Conservation. (3) Prerequisite: junior standing. A survey of historic, current and future power sources and devices, including waterwheels and windmills, steam engines and turbines, internal combustion and jet engines, fission and fusion reactors and geothermal, tidal and solar power. Fuel resource reserves, costs, benefits and conservation will be studied. (On demand)