72 MET 4500, 4510 Senior Project (6) MET 4650 Thermal-fluid Sciences (5) MET 4990 Seminar in MET (1) Support Courses Required (9 credit hours) MFET 1210/L Machining Principles I (3) MFET 3340/L Applied Fluid Power (3) TBE 3250 Business Communications (3) or ENGL 3100 Professional & Technical Writing (3) Technical Electives (9 credit hours) A minimum of 9 credit hours of technical electives chosen from the following list are required. At least 3 credit hours must be upper division. DGET 2450 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (2) DGET 2650 Advanced Mechanical Design (3) DGET 3470 Applications in CAD (3) DGET 4470 Advanced 3D CAD Modeling (3) MATH 2210 Calculus III (4) MATH 2270 Elementary Linear Algebra (3) MATH 2280 Ordinary Differential Equations (3) MET 4300 Heating, Ventilating, & Air Conditioning (3) MFET SI2410 Quality Concepts & Statistical Applications (3) MFET 3010 Tool Design (3) MFET 3 35 0/L Plastic & Composite Manufacturing (4) MFET 3460/L Engineering Design using Solid Modeling (3) MFET 3750 Welding Metallurgy I (3) MFET 3820 Nondestructive Testing (3) MFET 4210 Cost Estimating & Engineering Economics (3) MFET 4310 Corrosion (3) MFET 4590 Production Planning & Process Control (3) Other Required Cou rses (9 credit hou rs) Gen Ed Humanities Elective (3) Gen Ed Social Science Diversity Elective (3) Gen Ed Life Science Elective (3) Suggested Course Sequence Please refer to this program in the online catalog (weber.edu/catalog) and/or contact the department for a suggested course sequence. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY COURSES - MET MET 1000. Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Technology (1) F Introductory course for students majoring in mechanical engineering technology. The role of mechanical engineering technology and its place in the occupational spectrum. The experimental and analytical tools used in mechanical engineering technology and fundamentals of mechanical design and problem solving. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent enrollment in MATH QL1080 or equivalent. MET 1890. Cooperative Work Experience (1-3) Provides academic credit for on-the-job experience. Grade and amount of credit will be determined by the department. Prior consent of the department chair and the employer are required. Prerequisites: DGET 1250, MATH QL1080. MET 2890. Cooperative Work Experience (1-3) Provides academic credit for on-the-job experience. Grade and amount of credit will be determined by the department. Prior consent of the department chair and the employer are required. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent enrollment in MFET SI2300. MET 2899. Associate Degree Assessment (0) This course is to serve as an assessment tool whereby all AAS degree seeking students in the College of Applied Science and Technology demonstrate their learned knowledge in at least three areas of Applied Technology study. At present, this knowledge will be demonstrated through the use of the Work Keys exams administered through the Campus Testing Center. MET 3050. Dynamics (3) F Fundamentals of force, mass and acceleration, work and energy, and impulse and momentum applied to particles and rigid bodies. Prerequisites: MATH SI1210, PHYS PS/SI2210 and MFET SI2300. MET 3150. Engineering Technology Materials (3) 5 Material properties, processing and selection of materials for technological applications. Design parameters for material selection of metals and nonmetals. Mechanical behavior and service failures of metallic alloys and other engineering materials at high and low temperatures. Lecture plus laboratory work in materials testing. Prerequisites: CHEM PS/SI1110 and MFET SI2300. MET 3300. Computer Programming Applications of Mechanical Engineering Technology (3) F Applications of computer programming and computer software to problems in mechanical engineering technology. Lecture plus computer-based laboratory work. Prerequisites: TBETE1700 or equivalent, MFET SI2300. MET 3400. Machine Design (3) F Application of engineering technology fundamentals to machine design. Techniques involved in designing and selecting individual machine parts. Prerequisite: MFET 2300. MET 3500. Mechanical Measurements and Instrumentation (3) 5 Principles of temperature, pressure, strain, flow, force, and vibration measurements. Techniques of computerized data acquisition and reduction. Students will learn how to specify instrumentation systems, take data and interpret the results. Lecture plus laboratory work in selected topics. Prerequisites: CEET 1850, MET 3400. MET 3700. Testing and Failure Analysis (3) F Mechanical testing of materials, fatigue, fracture, wear, corrosion, embrittlement, failure mechanisms and analysis, case studies of failures. Lecture plus laboratory work. Prerequisite: MET 3150 MET 3890. Cooperative Work Experience (1-3) Provides academic credit for on-the-job experience. Grade and amount of credit will be determined by the department. Prior consent of the department chair and the employer are required. Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent enrollment in MET 3400. MET 4200. Mechanical Design with FEA (3) 5 Application of engineering technology fundamentals in mechanical design using Finite Element Analysis. Lecture plus computer-based laboratory work. Prerequisite: MET 3400. MET 4300. Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning (3) 5 Principles of heating, ventilating and air conditioning of buildings. Refrigeration systems, air and water distribution and solar energy. Indoor thermal environmental control. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. MET 4500, 4510. Senior Project (3,3) F, 5 A mechanical engineering technology project will be selected for team participation. Projects will require planning, analysis, design, development, production, testing and documentation. Prerequisite: MET 4200. MET 4650. Thermal-fluid Sciences (5) 5 Fundamentals of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer. First and second laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic cycles, fluid statics and fluid dynamics, basic principles of heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation. Lecture plus laboratory work in thermal-fluid sciences. Prerequisites: MATH SI 1210, PHYS PS/SI2210 and CHEM PS/SI1110. Weber State University 2006-2007 Catalog