Bruce Mayer, PE Licensed Electrical & Mechanical Engineer BMayer@ChabotCollege

1. Engineering 10 HomeWork Assignment:Engineering DegreeCourse-Planning Bruce Mayer, PE Licensed Electrical & Mechanical EngineerBMayer@ChabotCollege.edu

2. Assignment Importance • Most IMPORTANT ENGR10 Topics • Engineering Ethics • How to Earn the BSEngineering • Most IMPORTANT ENGR10 HomeWork Assignments • Student Education Plan to Earn the BSEngineering (This Assignement) • Engineering Ethics

3. Recall the “Golden Ticket” to the Engineering Profession

4. Assignment • Design for YOURSELF a Course-By-Course, and Term-by-Term Plan to Obtain a BaccalaureateEngineering Degree from a Transfer University • To Include (examples follow) • Your Choice of Engineering Discipline • Year and Semester/Quarter • Institution = Chabot + Transfer-University • Course: Title, Number, PreReqs, Units

5. Assignment Starting-Point • DEFAULT: Assume that Student will take MTH1 during THIS Semester • For Students who HAVE taken, or ARE taking, MTH1 • ALTERNATIVE: Any Sub-MTH1 point of the Student’s Choosing • For Students taking: MTH20, MTH37, MTH55, MTH65 • Examples of Each StartPt Follows

6. ChabotCollegeMathCourseProgression

7. Assignment Format • Use the Planning Templates found on ENGR10 WebPage in File: • ENGR10_4Year-Degree_Plan_Template_1407.xlsx

8. Success Story  Robert Moore Earned BSME from UCBerkeley in May2011

9. Mr. Moore Chabot Class Schedule Chabot GPA: 3.52

10. UCB MechEngrngCurriculum All can be completed at Chabot College

11. UC Berkeley Schedule GPA after summer 2010: 3.6

12. FSAE at UC Berkeley • Student run group, from design to racing • Get hands on experience building a race car • Compete against other universities

13. Mr. Moore: FSAE at UC Berkeley • Student run group, from design to racing • Get hands on experience building a race car • Compete against other universities (e.g. CP-SLO)

14. Example  BSME from • Goal = Baccalaureate in Mechanical Engineering from UC Davis (UCD) • Assume • Took Lots of Math, Science, and English at Mt. Eden High School • i.e., I’m Well Prepared for MTH1 & ENGL1A • Parents GENEROUSLY Allow me to Live at Home for While At Chabot • No Living Expenses for First Two Years • Work ALL Summers to pay for UCDavis

15. Planning Table Color-Code • In the Subsequent Ed-Plan Tables

16. BSME  Year1 at Chabot • Notes & Comments on Year-1 • Took, and PASSED, 3 Placement Exams • ENGR10 Not Required, but Recommended by UCD • NonTechnical, Major-Required = COMM1, ENGL1A • Unit Load is Quite High in Both Terms • Need Approval From Chabot Counseling to take more than 18 Units

17. BSME  Year2 at Chabot • Notes & Comments on Year-2 • Unit Load is Quite High in Both Terms • Both Terms were Intense, but Acceptance by UCD made it worth all the effort • Had a Very Strong Transfer Application Due to • 3.71 Chabot GPA • Completion of ALL POSSIBLE Lower Div Courses • A technical project for, and membership in, the Chabot Science & Engineering Club

18. BSME  Year3 at UCD • Notes & Comments on Year-3 • Expect Much More Intense & Competitive Atmosphere at UCDavis • Quarter-Terms “took some getting used to” • They go by VERY Quickly • “Lower Division” Course & EME50 were not Available at Chabot (happens occasionally) • Many PreReqs to Navigate • Cool Technical Electives: EME115, EME154

19. BSME  Year4 at UCD • Notes & Comments on Year-4 • HardCore and Cool Engineering-Intensive Year • Major Advantage of a POPULAR Discipline at a LARGE School →WIDE Selection of Potential Electives • Took NonMech Electives in Materials (EMS172) and Electrical (EEC157A) Engineering • Interview for Engineering Position with Several Companies in Winter & Spring Terms

20. FUN Part → Course Descriptions • Read About the COOL STUFF we Get to Learn 106. Thermo-Fluid Dynamics (4) Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: C- or better in Engineering 103 and 105. Restricted to Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science Engineering majors. Inviscid incompressible flow, compressible flow, ideal gas mixtures, psychrometrics, reacting mixtures and combustion.  154. Mechatronics (4) Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: C- or better in each of the following: Engineering 100 and Engineering 102 and course 50. Restricted to Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science and Engineering. Mechatronics system concept and overview, control system design ware architecture, microcontroller and interface technology for mechatronics control, sensor for mechatronics systems, actuator drives. 185A. Mechanical Engineering Systems Design Project (4) Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: C- or better in: course 150A and course 165 (may be taken concurrently); Communications 1 or 3 recommended; upper division composition recommended. Restricted to Senior standing in Mechanical Engineering (EMEC). Major mechanical engineering design experience; the mechanical engineering design process and its use in the design of engineering systems incorporating appropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints.

21. 4-Year Summary • Notes & Comments • An Engineering Degree from a World-Class University in Four-Years requires a 100% Commitment to Academics • Saved about $40k by Going to Chabot for the First Two Years • Earn 3.63 GPA at UCD • Resulted in $65k/yr Offer from Ford Motor for Design Engr

22. UCD GE  RedTape City • MultiLayered GE Requirements

23. GE Analysis • See Also MS Excel file • UCDavis_BSME_4Year-Degree_Plan_BMayer.xlsx

24. GE BottomLine aOK • “Bottom Lines” of the SpreadSheet 

25. UCD Advice to CC Transfers Transfer students. To be eligible for transfer into the College of Engineering you must have at least ninety transferable quarter units (sixty semester units) from another institution. To be a competitive applicant, you must have a minimum overall GPA of 3.100. Highest priority for transfer admission is given to California community college transfer applicants who have completed two transferable English composition courses and all of the required lower division engineering coursework offered at the community college they attended. We give lower priority for admission to community college applicants who are missing one or two of the required lower division courses. Community college applicants will be denied admission if they are missing THREE or more of the required lower-division courses.

26. Potential Issues • A Student’s Plan MUST meet the Transfer-University DEGREE REQUIRMENTS for the Major chosen • Caveat (i.e., Beware) • PreReqs often result in “brush up” Courses that Do Not Ultimately Count toward the Baccalaureate degree • This Happened to the Instructor • Started Math at Algebra II, Not Calculus

27. Potential Issues cont.1 • Caveat (i.e., Beware) cont. • Some LOWER Division Courses May NOT be offered by Chabot (e.g., EME 50) so Plan on Taking Them at the University • This Happened to the Instructor • Circuit Engineering NOT offered at my Comm College • If you have to WORK Part-Time to support yourself, PACE your Course Offerings to allow for time on the Job • This Happened to the Instructor • Worked at a SuperMarket All Thru the Higher Ed

28. Potential Issues cont.2 • Caveat (i.e., Beware) cont • Working-Student Pacing • Assume that Transfer occurs at the FALL Term • Most University Engineering Schools do NOT accept MID-YEAR Transfers • Most Transfer Universities have PROGRESS REQUIREMENTS; assume UP TO • 8 Semesters (4 years) at Chabot • 5-Semesters or 7-Quarters at the University • At UCD the Progress Requirement is 13 units per Quarter • At UCBerkeley the Progress Requirement is 12 Units Per Semester

29. Potential Issues cont.3 • Caveat (i.e., Beware) cont • Beware of PreReQ CHAINS and BottleNecks • Some Courses may Have PreReqs THREE, or More, Levels Deep • A Single Course could be a PreReq to MANY More courses • e.g.; A Chabot transfer student reported that a “GateKeeper” Dynamics course was required for almost ALL upper-division ME Coures at UCSB (offered ONLY Summer & Spring) • VERY CAREFULLY Check all PreReqs

30. Chabot PreReq “BottleNeck” • MTH-1 (Calculus-1) is a PreReq for These Engineering-Required Courses • MTH-2 • MTH-3 • MTH-4 • MTH-6 • PHYS-4A • PHYS-4B • PHYS-4C • PHYS-5 • ENGR-25 • ENGR-36 • ENGR-43 • ENGR-45

31. ENGR10 (2) Intro to Engineering (Fall, Spring) CHEM1A (5) College Chemistry I (Fall, Spring) MTH1 (5) Calculus I (Fall, Spring) ENGR22 (3) Engineering Graphics (Fall, Spring) ENGR11 (2) Engineering Design (Fall, Spring) ENGR25 (3) Computer Methods (Fall, Spring) MTH2 (5) Calculus II (Fall, Spring) PHYS4A (5) General Physics I (Fall, Spring) ENGR45 (3) Engineering Matls (Fall-Only) ENGR36 (3) Engineer Mechanics (Fall-Only) MTH3 (5) MultiVar Calculus (Fall, Spring) PHYS4B (5) General Physics II (Fall, Spring) ENGR43 (4) Electrical Ckts & Devs (Spring-Only) PHYS4C (5) General Physics III (Fall, Spring) MTH6 (3) Linear Algebra (Fall, Spring) MTH4 (3) Differential Eqms (Fall, Spring)

32. Chabot ENGR Schedule Pattern

33. Articulation vs Transferability • Articulated courses Transfer DIRECTLY and ONE-to-ONE against Courses REQUIRED for the BS-Engineering Degree • e.g; Chabot ENGR45 counts as UCLA MatSci104 or SCUS-Chico MECH210, etc. • “Transferable” courses apply GENERALLY to the 60 units needed for transfer; they are NON-Required Electives • e.g; Chabot GEOG-1 transfers to UC/CSU but does NOT apply to BS-Engineering Degrees

34. Beware IGETC • Following IGETC for GE almost always results in Engineering Students Taking TOO MANY GE Courses • IGETC almost always WORKS, but almost always OverDoesGE for Engineers CALL the Xfer University ENGINEERING Operation About GE

35. Helpful (I Hope) Hints & Tips • On WebSite Look For SomeThing Like • “Degree Map” or “Degree FlowChart” • “Planning WorkSheet” • “Degree Requirements” or “Required Courses” • “Model Program” or “Example Program” • “Breadth”, “Depth”, or “Core” • The University “Course Search” Tool • The University “GE Search” Tool • Often Part of the “Course Search” Tool

36. Track UseFulWebPages • Navigation of 1000’s of University WebPage can be a NightMare • PART of My Tracking List: xhttp://mae.ucdavis.edu/undergraduate/mechanical-engineering- * all links below appear on this page ============================================================== http://mae.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/EMEC1314Map.pdf UCDavis_Mechanical_Engineering_EMEC1314Map.pdf http://mae.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/EMEC1415Reqd4.pdf UCDavis_Mechanical_Engineering_EMEC1415Reqd4.pdf http://mae.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/EMEC1415Hold.pdf UCDavis_Planning WorkSheet_EMEC1415Hold.pdf * Very Good http://mae.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Technical-Elective-List.pdf UCDavis_Mechanical_Engineering_Technical-Elective-List.pdf COURSE SEARCH https://registrar.ucdavis.edu/courses/search/index.cfm

37. University Unit InterAction • OverLaps, InterActions, PreEmptions… • Then Confusion & Frustration • Expect Contradictions in Requirements Among the • University • Engineering School/College • The Major (e.g., ME) • General Education

38. UCD Mechanical EngineeringCurriculum Map What a Rat’s Nest!

39. UCD Mechanical Engineering - 2014-2015 Degree Requirements Shows the MAJOR-REQUIRED Courses Note the Nice CheckBoxes

40. UCD Planning WorkSheet A SCHEDULE of the courses Listed in the Degree Requirements Doc. Also contains a Sample Shedule

41. UCDCourseSearchTool

42. UCD GE Search Tool

43. Resources ExCel Template on WebPage • Chabot College • Counseling Group • Course Catalog & Schedule • assist.org = student-transfer information-system • The BEST Place to Start • Chabot CSE Colleagues who • Have Taken ENGR10 Before • Are Nearing University Transfer CSE Secretary Marianne Medrano

44. The BEST Resource • The University Engineering School/College WebSite • Do NOT be afraid to PHONE CALL The • University ADVISING Operation • School of Engineering Advisors Plan on Spending aa LOT of Time There

45. Chabot↔UCD Assist

46. Chabot↔UCD Assist

47. Case2 – BSME from UCD • Goal = Baccalaureate in Mechanical Engineering from UC Davis (UCD) • Assume • Didn’t Know What I wanted to Do While at San Lorenzo High School • i.e., Not Quite Ready for MTH1, ENGL1A, CHEM1A • Want to Be On My Own at 19 • Get an Apartment with a RoomMate • Must Work 24 hrs/week on Average While at Chabot • Get Loans and work 16 hrs/week While at UCD

48. BSME – Year1 at Chabot • Notes & Comments • “Brush Up” PreReq Courses Shown in Brown • 18 Units Worth • Even though Added a 3rd Year at Chabot, still take more than 15 units • Really looking forward to Calculus

49. BSME – Year2 at Chabot • Notes & Comments • Discover that Calculus is Pretty Cool • Learned a LOT about Engineering in ENGR10 • Talked to Guest Speaker who helped me earn an INTERNSHIP in Summer After 3rd year • Doing Calculus on the Computer in ENGR25 was Way-Interesting

50. BSME – Year3 at Chabot • Notes & Comments • Both Terms TOUGH while Working 24 hrs/wk • Hands-On Labs in ENGR43 are Way-Interesting • Field Trips in ENGR45 were Quite Cool • ALL Classes in Last 3 Semesters had MTH1 as PreReq • Wish I had Studied More in Math at SLZ (From Mr. Fishman) so I could at least have Started in MTH20