UNCA Catalog: Courses of Instruction
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Special Study Programs

Asheville Area Educational Consortium (AAEC)

Degree-seeking students may enroll in courses at Mars Hill College and Warren Wilson College through the Asheville Area Educational Consortium. Credit hours and grades will be awarded by UNCA. UNCA students interested in cross-registering should contact the UNCA Registrar for approval and registration information. General guidelines for participation are outlined on page 54.

171-6, 271-6, 371-6, 471-6 Asheville Area Educational Consortium Courses
Courses numbers and titles are to be assigned based on the subject matter and the course level designated by the host institution.

North Carolina Research and Education Network

Colleges and universities across North Carolina are linked through the high-speed microcommunications system NC-REN (North Carolina Research and Education Network). Instruction is provided through teleconference by the faculty at the sponsoring institution. Work will be assigned and graded by the course instructor. Titles and topics will vary each semester.

171-6, 271-6, 371-6, 471-6 Concert Video Network Courses
Course numbers and titles are to be assigned based on the subject matter and course level designated by the sponsoring institution.

Joint Engineering Programs

Two joint engineering programs are offered at the University of North Carolina at Asheville in cooperation with North Carolina State University, College of Engineering. The intent of these collaborative programs is to broaden the base of educational opportunities to students in Western North Carolina and to integrate the engineering sciences within a liberal arts environment.

The Two-Plus-Two Engineering Program allows students interested in 13 different engineering fields to complete their first two years of study at UNCA and then transfer to NCSU for the remaining two years. Engineering courses offered during the first two years are taught by NCSU faculty or adjunct faculty. Students graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in a specific field of engineering from NCSU.

The Bachelor of Science in Engineering-Mechatronics Concentration (BSE) degree allows students to complete an engineering degree while living and working in the Asheville area. Approximately half the courses in the degree are taught by UNCA and the remaining half are received from N.C. State by distance education technology or are delivered live by NCSU faculty or adjunct faculty. The degree is designed to be accessible to students employed in local industries as well as to traditional students. Students graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering-Mechatronics Concentration degree from NCSU.

Courses offered at UNCA under the ENGR/MCTR prefix are catalog courses from N.C. State University provided by distance education to facilitate the two joint engineering programs. ENGR/MCTR courses are subject to the transfer policies of UNCA for UNCA degree-seeking students.

Some ENGR/MCTR courses are approved components of particular UNCA curricula, but other ENGR/MCTR courses are not necessarily acceptable by UNCA, unless approved beforehand by the appropriate UNCA department chair or academic officer. UNCA students are advised to consult the department chair of their major or the Registrar to ascertain the applicability of a given ENGR/MCTR prefix course to a specific degree program.

Courses in Engineering/Mechatronics

200 Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratory (2)
Laboratory with experiments in six groups designed to provide an overview of electrical and computer engineering: Fundamental Concepts, Analog Electronic Circuits, Digital Circuits, Communications Systems, Signal Processing. Prerequisite: MATH 192. Corequisite: PHYS 222. Fall.

201 Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials (3)
Introduction to the fundamental physical principles governing the structure and constitution of metallic and nonmetallic materials and the relationships among these principles and the mechanical, physical and chemical properties of engineering materials. Prerequisite: CHEM 132. Fall.

205 Computer Organization (3)
Digital computer organization. Assembly language programming. Input/output. Interrupts and traps. Direct memory access. Structured program development. Comparison of microprocessor architectures. Prerequisites: CSCI 201. Fall.

206 Engineering Statics (3)
Basic concepts of forces in equilibrium. Distributed forces, frictional forces. Inertial properties. Application to machines, structures and systems. Prerequisite: PHYS 221. Corequisite: MATH 291. Fall.

208 Engineering Dynamics (3)
Kinematics and kinetics of particles in rectangular, cylindrical and curvilinear coordinate systems; energy and momentum methods for particles; kinetics of systems of particles; kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies in two and three dimensions; motion relative to rotating coordinate systems. Prerequisite: ENGR 206, MATH 291. Spring.

211 Electric Circuits (4)
Introduction to analysis and design of electric circuits. Circuit elements and parameters, resistance, capacitance, inductance, impedance, admittance, charge, current, voltage, energy, power. Kirchoff's voltage and current laws. Superposition, periodic functions, RMS values, phasors, resonance, Q, band width. Balanced three-phase systems. DC, AC steady state and transient conditions. Prerequisites: MATH 192; PHYS 221. Corequisites: MATH 291; PHYS 222. Spring.

212 Fundamentals of Logic Design (3)
Introduction to digital logic design. Boolean algebra, switching functions, Karnaugh maps, modular combinational circuit design, flip-flops, latches, programmable logic and synchronous sequential circuit design. Use of several CAD tools for logic synthesis, state assignment and technology mapping. Prerequisites: ENGR 205; MATH 192; PHYS 221. Spring.

220 Analytical Foundations of Electrical and Computer Engineering (3)
The modeling, analysis and solution of circuit theory, control, communication, computer and other systems arising in electrical and computer engineering using various analytical techniques. Numerical solutions to ECE problems using MATLAB and SPICE. Prerequisite: MATH 291. Corequisite: ENGR 211.

301 Engineering Thermodynamics I (3)
Introduction to the concept of energy and the laws governing the transfers and transformations of energy. Emphasis on thermodynamic properties and the First and Second Law analysis of systems and control volumes. Integration of these concepts into the analysis of basic power cycles is introduced. Prerequisites: MATH 291; PHYS 222. Fall.

302 Engineering Thermodynamics II (3)
Continuation of Engineering Thermodynamics I with emphasis on the analysis of power and refrigeration cycles and the application of basic principles to engineering problems with systems involving mixtures of ideal gases, psychrometrics, nonideal gases, chemical reactions, combustion, chemical equilibrium cycle analysis, and one-dimensional compressible flow. Prerequisite: ENGR 301. Spring.

310 Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer (3)
Analysis of steady state and transient one and multidimensional heat transfer by conduction, employing both analytical methods and numerical techniques. Heat transfer by the mechanism of radiation. Prerequisites: ENGR 301; and MATH 394. Fall.

313 Microelectronics (3)
Introduction to the physics of semiconductors, PN Junctions, BJT and MOS field Effects Transistors: Physics of operation, I-V characteristics, circuit models, SPICE analysis: simple diode circuits; Single Stage Transistor Amplifiers: Common Emitter and Common Source configurations, biasing, calculations of small signal voltage gain, current gain, input resistance and output resistance; Introduction to Differential Amplifiers, Operational Amplifiers. Prerequisitie: ENGR 211. Spring.

314 Solid Mechanics (3)
Concepts and theories of internal force, stress, strain and strength of structural element under static loading conditions. Constitutive behavior for linear elastic structures. Deflection and stress analysis procedures for bars, beams and shafts. Introduction to matrix analysis of structures. Prerequisite: ENGR 206, MATH 291. Spring.

315 Dynamics of Machines (3)
Application of dynamics to the analysis and design of machine and mechanical components. Motions resulting from applied loads, and the forces required to produce specified motions. Introduction to mechanical vibration, free and forced response of discrete and continuous systems. Prerequisite: ENGR 208. Corequisite: MATH 394. Fall.

316 Strength of Mechanical Components (3)
Analysis and design of mechanical components based on deflection, material, static strength and fatigue requirements. Typical components include beams, shafts, pressure vessels and bolted and welded joints. Classical and modern analysis and design techniques. Computer analysis using the finite element method. Material and manufacturing considerations in design. Prerequisite: ENGR 314. Corequisite: MATH 394. Spring.

331 Communication for Engineering and Technology (3)
Written communication in industrial and technical organizations, emphasizing internal communication with managers and technical personnel and including external communication with regulators, vendors and clients. Intensive practice in writing; relationship of writing to oral and visual communication. For students in engineering and other primarily technological curricula. Prerequisite: junior standing. Every other year.

342 Design of Complex Digital Systems (3)
Design principles for complex digital systems: Iteration, top-down/bottom- up, divide and conquer and decomposition. Descriptive techniques, including block diagrams, timing diagrams, register transfer and hardware-description languages. Consideration of transmission-line effects on digital systems. Prerequisites: CSCI 202; ENGR 205. Fall.

435 Principles of Automatic Control (3)
Study of linear feedback control systems using transfer functions. Transient and steady state responses. Stability and dynamic analyses using time response and frequency response techniques. Compensation methods. Classical control theory techniques for determination and modification of the dynamic response of a system. Synthesis and design applications to typical mechanical engineering control systems. Introduction to modern control theory. Prerequisites: ENGR 313; MATH 394. Spring.

444 Computer Control of Robots (3)
Techniques of computer control of industrial robots. Interfacing with synchronous hardware including analog/digital and digital/analog converters, interfacing noise problems, control of electric and hydraulic actuators, kinematics and kinetics of robots, path control, force control, sensing including vision. Major design project. Prerequisites: ENGR 205; 313. Spring.

460 Digital Systems Interfacing (3)
Concepts of microcomputer system architecture and applications to fundamental computer hardware. Theoretical and practical aspects of interfacing and a variety of microprocessor peripheral chips with specific microprocessor/microcomputer systems from both hardware and software points of view. Prerequisite: ENGR 205. Fall.

480 Senior Design Project in Electrical Engineering (3)
Applications of engineering and basic sciences to the total design of electrical engineering circuits and systems. Consideration of the design process including feasibility study, preliminary design detail, cost effectiveness, along with development and evaluation of a prototype accomplished through design-team project activity. Complete written and oral engineering report required. Prerequisites: ENGR 205; 313. Spring.

171-4, 271-4, 371-4, 471-4 Special Topics in Engineering (1-4)

Courses not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit as often as permitted and as subject matter changes. On demand.

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