Technology Technology Department of Pre-Engineering W. Lee Dickson, Chairman Associate Professors, G. M. Alexander, Newel B. Cutler, W. Lee Dickson; Instructor, David M. Tormey. The Engineering Program offers the first two years of the professional engineering curricula for civil, electrical, mechanical, aeronautical, mining, metallurgical, and geological engineering. These two-year curricula are designed to prepare the engineering student so that he can transfer to the junior year of engineering at the senior colleges of engineering in the State of Utah and also to many other professional engineering col- lges and universities. Entrance Requirements—To be fully matriculated in the Engineering Program, the student must have satisfactorily met the following entrance requirements: 1. Meet Weber State College entrance requirements. 2. Have satisfactorily completed: a. Plane geometry b. First and second courses in algebra c. Three units of English d. Successfully pass a trigonometry proficiency exam or complete a class in college trigonometry with a grade of C or better. If the above subjects are taken in high school, the student must pass a Weber State College placement test with a satisfactory score, as specified by the department (see Mathematics section of this catalog). Students desiring entrance as majors in the professional engineering curriculum must file application with both the College and the Department. Students meeting full matriculation in Engineering will be notified of their acceptance both to Weber State College and to the Department. They will be assigned to a departmental advisor. Since the Department cannot adequately handle guidance problems for all unmatriculated students applying for registration as majors in engineering, the Department will admit conditionally as many as it can adequately handle. They will be registered as provisional engineering majors. As soon as their deficiencies are worked off, and if the specified academic standards are met, they will be admitted as fully matriculated majors. Those unmatriculated applicants whom the Department is unable to counsel will be referred to the guidance committee with a statement of deficiencies. When these are removed, subject to satisfactory academic progress, applicants may reapply for admission to the Engineering Program and will be admitted as fully matriculated engineering majors. Transfer students must meet the matriculation requirements and the specific academic standards of the Department. Academic Standards—Same as for college in general. Scheduling of Courses—In planning his program it is important for a student to be aware of certain prerequisites to, and scheduling of, key courses. If the student becomes irregular in his program, the scheduling of courses can cause some delay in his graduation. The following facts are important in scheduling an irregular program. 1. Mathematics 52, 53 and 54 are prerequisite or parallel to Physics 61, 62, 63. 2. The series of physics courses 61, 62 and 63 begins only in the autumn quarter. 3. Some physics and calculus are prerequisite to the engineering courses 150, 151 and 152. See the course descriptions for details. 4. Physics 63 and Mathematics 54 are prerequisite courses to all junior and senior engineering courses. Mathematics 51 should be taken during the freshman year so that Physics 61 can be scheduled during the autumn quarter of the sophomore year. It is important that a mathematics course be taken every quarter of the freshman and sophomore years. In many cases a student will find it advantageous to take a mathematics course during the summer between freshman and sophomore years in order to begin the physics series in the following autumn quarter. Area Requirements—Area requirements for engineers differ significantly from those for other fields of study. Engineering students should consult the catalog of the school to which they plan to transfer, and also their advisor, concerning area requirements. Courses of Instruction 1. Engineering Drawing—Use of drawing instruments and instrument exercises, lettering practice, geometric construction and problems, orthographic projections and multiview drawing, primary auxiliary views, and secondary auxiliary views. Two laboratory periods a week. A W (2). Staff 2. Engineering Drawing—Revolution problems, sections, isometric and oblique drawings, dimensioning principles and limit dimensions, threads and fasteners, working drawings, graphs and engineering graphics. Prerequisite: Engineering 1. Two laboratory periods a week. W S (2). Staff 276 277