Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CONCEPTS

Department: Engineering Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Distribution Group: Distribution Group III

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Summer course to reinforce scientific concepts for incoming Rice freshmen that will serve as a foundation for freshman chemistry, physics, and calculus classes. Summer 09 Meeting Days and Hours: June 15 to July 24, 2009. Hours will be from 9:15-11:30am and 12:30-3:00pm, Monday through Friday until June 29th. From June 29 - July 24, 2009, the class will only meet in the morning from 9:15-11:30am. Instructor Permission Required.

Long Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING

Department: Engineering Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Distribution Group: Distribution Group III

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Engineering concepts and engineering design will be explored through teamwork using Lego mindstorm kits and other hands on activities problem solving skills and presentation skills will be emphasized. Summer 09 Meeting Days and Hours: June 29 - July 24, 2009. Hours will be from 12:30-3:00pm with evening sessions on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday evenings from 7:30-9:00pm. Instructor Permission Required.

Long Title: PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN ENGINEERING

Department: Engineering Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Students will solve contemporary, challenging, real-world problems in chemical engineering, bioengineering, and environmental engineering. The problems will orient around the skills of engineering evaluation, engineering modeling, and engineering design. There will be a significant emphasis on problem formulation and problem solving, as well as oral and written communication. Course is designed for first year undergraduate students.

Long Title: TOPICS IN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP & TECHNOLOGY: INNOVATE 2009 VIETNAM & TAIWAN

Department: Engineering Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Preparatory course for the INNOVATE confernece for undergraduate and graduate engineering, science and technical students that exmanies the relationship between technology, globalization, and leadership in the contemporary marketplace. Student delegates spend five days each in two locations in Asia participating in meetings with key business, academic, and government leaders and will also conduct site visits to a range of engineering, scientific, and technical companies abroad. The course provides students with an introduction to the history, government, and politics of the host countries and enable us to examine in greater detail impact of globalization in Asia on engineering, science, and technical fields.

Long Title: ENGINEERING ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

Department: Engineering Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Introduction to the evaluation of alternative investment opportunities with emphasis on engineering projects and capital infrastructure. Time value of money concepts are developed in the context of detailed project evaluation and presentations. In addition, concepts and applications of risk analysis and investment under uncertainty are developed. Requires oral and written presentations by students. Cross-list: CEVE 322.

Long Title: PREPARING FOR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN FIVE COUNTRIES, MANY CULTURES

Department: Engineering Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 1

Description: Prepares students to anticipate the roles, situations, and communication practices they might encounter when working as an engineer or health professional in a developing country. Course meets two Saturdays during the semester, once in January and once in February, and coursework finishes by March. Cross-list: NSCI 307.

Long Title: ETHICS AND ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP

Department: Engineering Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Seminar introduces students to a framework for discussing and making ethical engineering and business decisions. Using case studies and exercises, students will look at their own profession and its Engineering Code of Ethics as well as at the issues and risks they may face as managers and executives. Cross-list: CEVE 320.

Long Title: TEACHING ENGINEERING

Department: Engineering Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: A graduate seminar on the issues, principles, and practices associated with effective teaching of engineering. Workshops, speakers, and readings on pedagogy, course design, learning styles, active learning, use of technology, and testing. Students will develop a teaching portfolio and, in teams, develop a course module covering a topic.

Long Title: MANAGEMENT FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Department: Engineering Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course is for graduate and undergraduate students who want to understand the basics of management in new and/or small technology-based businesses and is particularly relevant to students who are interested in careers in technology or entrepreneurial ventures. NSCI 610/ENGI 610 is team taught to provide insight into how technology oriented firms manage people, projects, accounting, marketing, strategy, intellectual property, organizations and entrepreneurship. Student's active participation is essential. Student's who take this course are eligible for MGMT 625. Cross-list: NSCI 610.