Student Learning Outcomes

Discipline: Humanities & Social Sciences: English, Literature & Creative Writing Unit

Course Name	Course Number	Objectives
African American Literature	LIT 20	Students will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will write a literary analysis.
Children's Literature	LIT 40	Students will write a literary analysis. Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will analyze major themes and concerns in children's literature.
Contemporary Mexican American Literature	LIT 25	Students will write a literary analysis.
Creative Writing - Fiction	ENGL 8A	Students will write a short story.
Creative Writing - Poetry	ENGL 8B	Students will understand the elements of poetry. Students will write a poem.
Critical Thinking and Writing	ENGL 1C	In conversation with multiple texts, whether assigned by the instructor or chosen by the student, students will write a formal argument. Students will evaluate the soundness of arguments.
Critical Thinking and Writing - Honors	ENGL 1CH	In conversation with multiple texts, whether assigned by the instructor or chosen by the student, students will write a formal argument. Students will evaluate the soundness of arguments.
Dynamics	ENGR 41	Students will be able to apply kinematics principles to particles and rigid bodies to obtain position, velocity and acceleration. Students will be able to obtain the location of instantaneous center of rotation of rigid bodies. Students will be able to evaluate forces in connected particles and rigid bodies. Students will be able to use Newton's Second Law for particles and rigid bodies. Students will be able to calculate mass moment of inertia of rigid bodies. Students will be able to apply energy and impulse-momentum principles. Students will be able to apply dynamics to mechanical vibrations of structures.
Early American Literature	LIT 1	Students completing an assignment is Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will write a literary analysis.
Electrical Engineering	ENGR 44	Students will be able to apply operational amplifiers to create analog models of mathematical operations. Students will be able to analyze simple circuits. Students will be able to apply the theories of engineering physics to electrical devices. Students will be able to evaluate applications of electrical circuits and devices. Students will be able to utilize modeling techniques for system analyses. Students will be able to explain the purposes of electrical devices.
Elementary Latin	LATN 1	Students will be able to identify and parse nouns and adjectives of the first and second declensions. Students will be able to translate a simple sentence in the original Latin into idiomatic English. Students will be able to translate a compound sentence in the original Latin into idiomatic English.
Elementary Latin - Honors	LATN 1H	Students will be able to translate a compound sentence in the original Latin into idiomatic English. Students will be able to identify and parse nouns and adjectives of the first and second declensions. Students will be able to translate a simple sentence in the original Latin into idiomatic English.
Engineering Critical Thinking	ENGR 1C	Students will be able to connect critical thinking, writing and language skills to the daily practice of engineering. Students will be able to assess the discovery, critical evaluation, and reporting of information in engineering projects. Students will be able to analyze, advocate and criticize ideas and reach conclusions. Students will be able to illustrate and distinguish matters of fact from opinion or judgment and reach supported factual conclusions based on evidence. Students will be able to understand and identify formal and informal fallacies of thought and language including those that are commonly found in technical practice. Students will be able to produce high quality writing that is appropriate to a college level course. Students will be able to evaluate the performance of engineering design projects, including presentations. Students will be able to complete team based projects, including stage of group formation and conflict resolution. Students will be able to write reports (6000 words total per semester) that analyze, summarize and evaluate student design projects that employ such strategies as analysis and synthesis and require definition, analysis, interpretation and refutation. Students will be able to construct and evaluate arguments that utilize both the rational and creative faculties. Students will be able to construct and evaluate logical arguments for client-centered design project presentations.
Engineering Graphics	ENGR 24	Students will be able to prepare engineering drawings using a CAD platform for 2D and 3D drawings. Students will be able to perform necessary calculations for design. Students will be able to demonstrate use of extrusion process for solid modeling. Students will be able to insert text and data in drawings. Students will be able to apply good dimensioning techniques using CAD. Students will be able to prepare detailed and assembly drawings for the portfolio. Students will be able to develop a 3D model of an existing product based on direct measurement.
English - Introduction to Literary Types	ENGL 1B	Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will write a literary analysis.
Freshman Composition	ENGL 1A	Students will apply MLA format for citing and documenting sources. Students will write an essay in which they synthesize information from a variety of sources.
Freshman Composition - Honors	ENGL 1AH	Students will write an essay in which they synthesize information from multiple texts. Students will apply MLA format for citing and documenting sources.
Introduction to Cinema	LIT 15	Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will write a literary analysis.
Introduction to Engineering	ENGR 1	Students will be able to describe advantages of engineering and surveying degrees as a preparation for careers in medicine, law, and business administration. Students will be able to locate information on Fundamentals of Engineering and Land Surveyors-in Training examinations. Students will be able to apply engineering ethics principles to decisions pertaining to public safety. Students will be able to create course sequence plans for engineering or surveying majors Students will be able to plan proper course sequences for transition to a four-year institution. Students will be able to evaluate engineering majors to find the best fit for abilities and interests.
Introduction to Engineering Graphics	ENGR 18	Students will be able to apply geometric construction principles to engineering problems. Students will be able to identify and use drafting instruments. Students will be able to determine the proper position of objects for auxiliary views. Students will be able to select the best orientation for isometric views. Students will be able to prepare orthographic, isometric, and oblique drawings.
Introduction to mythology	LIT 36	Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will write a literary analysis.
Language Acquisition	ENGL 81	Students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental components of human language.
Mechanics of Materials	ENGR 42	Students will be able to apply fundamentals of statics to determine reactions at supports and stresses. Students will be able to evaluate deflections of beams and shafts. Students will be able to perform stress analysis of shafts and beams. Students will be able to analyze structures subjected to normal, shearing, torsional and bending stresses. Students will be able to design columns axial loading. Students will be able to analyze pressure vessels for stresses. Students will be able to design beams and shafts. Given loading diagram for a beam. Students will prepare a bending moment diagram to identify the maximum and minimum values of bending moment on the beam. Students will be able to determine the axial force in the components of a composite structure. Students will be able to use strain gauge data to obtain normal stresses.
Modern American Literature	LIT 2	Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will analyze major themes and concerns in American literature after 1850.
Multicultural American Literature	LIT 3	Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will write a literary analysis.
Preparation for College Writing	ENGL 68	In response to one or more assigned texts, students will write an expository essay. Students will be able to punctuate a variety of sentence types.
Programming Applications for Engineers	ENGR 7	Students will be able to create embedded programs to run on a microcontroller. Students will be able to design and document computer programs in a careful and complete manner so as to facilitate analysis and debugging by another programmer, and to anticipate and resolve user errors. Students will be able to communicate analytical approaches and results according to standard engineering practices. Students will be able to create and apply MATLAB computer programs to analyze data and to generate tables, charts, and graphs. Students will be able to apply numeric techniques and computer simulations to solve engineering-related computational problems. Students will be able to create, test, and debug computer programs using procedural and object-oriented approaches. Students will be able to design algorithms and flowcharts to facilitate programming and problem solution. Students will be able to identify, formulate, and solve computational problems using a methodical approach.
Properties of Materials	ENGR 8	Students will be able to use of various formulas for computing the solidification time of a simple casting. Describe both vacancies and interstitial crystalline defects. Compute the densities for metals having face-centered cubic and body-centered cubic crystal structures given their unit cell dimensions. Compare and contrast the atomic and molecular structure in crystalline and noncrystalline materials. Students will be able to identify regions and lines on a Eutectic Phase Diagram. Describe and explain how the macroscopic properties of different glasses (ceramics), polymers, composites, soft/hard magnetic materials and superconductors relate to their submicroscopic/atomic structure. Draw, label and explain different phase diagrams. Explain the mechanism of crack propagation for ductile and brittle modes of fracture. Describe dislocation and strengthening mechanisms. Interpret and draw stress-strain diagrams. Describe the mechanism of diffusion and calculate diffusion coefficients for some given materials at specified conditions.
Robotics Team Project Development	ENGR 50A	Students will be able to apply basic project management techniques. Students will be able to apply problem analysis to determine optimal project designs. Students will be able to explain basic electronic design techniques related to projects. Students will be able to apply research data to create a solution for robotics projects. Students will be able to implement basic programming functions. Students will be able to participate in regional and state level robotics competitions.
Special Projects in Engineering	ENGR 99	Students will write a engineering or technology paper on their project. Students will give a presentation on their engineering project. Implement or complete projects, research papers, or experiments. Evaluate information from a minimum of three sources (journals or other sources approved by the instructor) that relate to projects. Create proposals for projects, research papers, or experiments. Design projects, research papers, or experiments. Integrate information from sources collected into collegiate-level research papers or project reports.
Special Projects in English	ENGL 99	Students will complete an independent reading or writing project in composition, literature, journalism, or creative writing.
Statics	ENGR 40	Students will be able to define and apply the fundamental laws of mechanics and calculate resultants. Students will be able to draw free-body diagrams of rigid bodies. Students will be able to apply equations of static equilibrium to two- and three- dimensional problems. Students will be able to determine centroids by integration. Students will be able to expand the usage of equations of static equilibrium to distributed loads and submerged areas. Students will be able to determine internal forces in trusses, frames and machines. Students will be able to draw a free body diagram for a multiforce member and determine reactions. Students will be able to analyze systems involving friction such as wedges, belts and screws. Students will be able to use parallel-axis theorem to calculate moment of inertia of structural members. Students will be able to apply principle of virtual work to solve equilibrium problems. Engineering 40 students will be able to analyze a typical truss to determine the force in a truss member.
Survey of English Literature	LIT 6A	Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will write a literary analysis.
Survey of English Literature	LIT 6B	Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will write a literary analysis.
Survey of Shakespeare	LIT 10	Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression. Students will write a literary analysis.
Writing Fundamentals	ENGL 67	Students will be able to write logical sentences. In response to one assigned text, students will write a unified paragraph. Students will summarize short expository and literary texts.

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