EM380 – Engineering Review
United States Naval Academy
Mechanical Engineering Department
Catalog Description: EM380 Engineering Review
Designation: Elective, engineering majors
Credit: 0 (0-2-0)
A comprehensive review course to prepare students to take the Engineer-In-Training (EIT) or
Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination. Topics include mathematics, chemistry,
computers, electrical engineering, engineering economics, statics, dynamics, thermodynamics,
fluid mechanics, and mechanics of materials.
Prerequisites:
1/C engineering major.
Course Director:
CAPT Lloyd Brown, USN
Course Content:
Wk
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
12
13
Topic
Course introduction, Topic III: Mathematics
Topic IV: Statics
Topic V: Dynamics
Topic VI: Mechanics of Materials
Topic VII: Fluid Mechanics
Topic VIII: Thermodynamics
Topics XI, X: Heat Transfer, Transport Phenomena
Topics XI, XII: Biology, Chemistry
Topic XIII: Materials Science/Structure of Matter
Topic XIV: Electric Circuits
Topic XV: Computers, Measurement, and Controls
Topics XVI, XVII: Engineering Economics, Ethics
Hrs.
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Assessment Methods:
Method
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
Quizzes
Homework
Exams
Laboratory Reports
Oral Presentations
Design Reports/Notebooks
Prototypes/Demonstrations
Projects
YES
X
NO
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
EM380 – Engineering Review
I
Other
X
Because this course was offered for 0 credits, the only assessment tools used were weekly selfguided, zero-credit quizzes and attendance.
Course Outcomes1
1. Prepare for the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (A, I ).
1
Letters in parenthesis refer to the assessment methods listed in the previous section.
Course Outcomes
Program
Outcomes
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(1)
X
X
X
X
X
X
Date of Latest Revision: 1 JUN 2010, CAPT Lloyd Brown, USN