Policy for Accepting Transfer Courses – Bundled 4-credit Statics/Dynamics
Approved by the CENE Faculty
October 31, 2007
Background
The CENE has seen a recent increase in students transferring to NAU from engineering programs whereby the topics of statics and dynamics have been bundled into one 4-credit course. Typical of this is the Maricopa Community College system course ECE 214 and Arizona State University – Tempe Campus course CEE 211.
ECE214 Engineering Mechanics
Foundations of engineering mechanics, including forcesystems, resultants equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies,centroids and centers of mass, area and mass moments ofinertia, friction, internal forces in structures, kinematics andkinetics of particles, kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies,energy and momentum principles. Prerequisites: (ECE103 orECE103AB), (MAT230 or MAT231), and (PHY115 or PHY121).Corequisites: MAT240 or MAT241. 4 credits 4 periods
M CEE 211 Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics. (4)
fall, spring, summerForce systems, equilibrium, structural analysis, area-related
properties, kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies,energy and conservation principles. Lecture, recitation. Prerequisites:CEE 100; MAT 272 (or 294 ST: Calculus for Engineers III); PHY 121,122.
Neither course provides the full coverage of either statics or dynamics content that our respective 3-credit stand-alone statics (CENE 251) and dynamics (ME 252) courses provide. After some discussion, the CENE has decided on a process/policy for accepting these courses into our current curriculum.
Transfer Course Equivalency/Substitution Policy
Allow the bundled course to substitute for ME 252 at 4 credits. Require the student, however, to take our CENE 251. This is applicable for either the CE or ENE programs. The ME 252 equivalency could be used by the ENE student as the non-CENE technical elective.
Future Possible Activities
For those students, who wish to challenge the above policy requiring the taking of CENE 251, the Department will create and administer a comprehensive challenge exam for statics that a student must take and pass at the 80% competency level. Upon passing, the bundled course credits will be split into 2 for statics and 2 for dynamics for substitution into their degree requirements. The student is still responsible for the remaining 2 credits of his or her program to be completed by other suitable courses. This process has yet to be implemented in the department and is contingent upon the Registrar’s ability to split course credits.