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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED or equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

84 Hours

Course Duration

1 Year (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

14

Courses Offered In ASSOCIATE TO BACHELORS DEGREE

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Basics of Industrial Engineering

  • This course defines industrial and systems engineering; describing its place in the business world and offering a wide picture of the functional areas with some solution techniques.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Engineering

  • This course helps you in acquiring an engineering mindset; providing you with the core knowledge and skills all engineers need to succeed. It helps you in seeing the world through the eyes of an engineer; looking at how engineers apply science and technology to solve problems facing society today.

  • 6 Credits

  • Latest Developments in Engineering

  • Latest developments in engineering discusses about the latest trends in engineering which keep on adding new subjects and new versions of old subjects and techniques.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to E-Engineering

  • In this course, you will find a lot of the e-engineering basics presented in an easy-to-follow and friendly style, you will also get the latest on internet, web page design, and much more-stuff barely on the horizon a couple of years ago that now dominates the online landscape.

  • 6 Credits

  • Advanced Fields in Engineering

  • Advanced fields in engineering is the analysis and design of continuous-time and discrete-time systems using time domain and frequency domain techniques. The course includes important Structural Dynamics, Free Vibration, Dynamic Analysis And Response To Linear Systems and Reduction Of Degree Of Freedom

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Electrical Engineering

  • This course provides an integrated introduction to electrical engineering and computer science, taught using substantial laboratory experiments with mobile robots. Our primary goal is for you to learn to appreciate and use the fundamental design principles of modularity and abstraction in a variety of contexts from electrical engineering and computer science.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Civil Engineering

  • The course is based on introduction to the civil engineering profession and its role in the society; creative thinking and critical thinking as integral parts of the engineering decision process. The course discusses about important materials such as concrete materials, wood, iron and steel.

  • 6 Credits

  • Foundations of Mechanical Engineering

  • The traditional approach to teaching mechanical engineering has been to cover either mechanics or thermofluid mechanics. In response to the growing trend toward more general modules, Foundations of Mechanical Engineering provides a unified approach to teaching the basic mechanical engineering topics of mechanics, the mechanics of solids, and thermofluid mechanics.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Industrial Engineering

  • Providing a broad introduction to industrial and systems engineering, this course defines industrial and systems engineering, describes it place in the business world, and offers a wide picture of the functional areas with some solution techniques.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Product Design

  • This course presents an in-depth study of structured designed processes and methods. Fundamental approach is that reverse engineering and teardowns offer a new better paradigm for design instruction, permitting a modern learning cycle of experience, hypothesis, understanding, and then execution. For practicing engineers interested in learning about mechanical design.

  • 6 Credits

  • Fundamentals of Industrial Ecology

  • This course focuses on environmental clean-up from our past while working towards future, environmentally-sound industrial growth. Key topics include the preservation and enhancement of the environment, waste management, and industrial/environmental interaction. Manufacturing personnel, physical designers, packaging engineers, ecologists, etc.

  • 6 Credits

  • Technology in Manufacturing

  • This course presents a mostly qualitative description of the science, technology, and practice of manufacturing. This includes detailed descriptions of manufacturing processes and the manufacturing enterprise that will introduce you to important concepts.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Industry Safety

  • This course combines an exploration of the time-tested concepts and techniques of safety and health management, a modern perspective on compliance with mandatory standards for workplace safety and health, and a variety of solved problems, case studies, and exercises.

  • 6 Credits

  • Manufacturing and Quality

  • This course will challenge you to make assumptions, estimate economics, reach data-driven conclusions, and adapt themselves to the imperfect world of the practitioner.

  • 6 Credits
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Basics of industrial engineering

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    History of engineering and development of industrial engineering.
    Industrial and systems engineering.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Manufacturing engineering.
    Facilities location and layout.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Material handling, distribution, and routing.
    Work design and organizational performance -- work measurement.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Operations planning and control.
    Quality control.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Financial compensation.
    Cad/cam, robotics, and automation.
    Human factors.
    Resource management.
    Financial management and engineering economy.
    Probabilistic models.
    Simulation.
    Project management.
    Systems concepts.
    Management systems design.

Introduction to engineering

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Engineering and society
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Organization and representation of engineering systems
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning and problem solving
    Laws of nature and theoretical models
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Data analysis and empirical models
    Modeling interrelationships in systems: lightweight structures
    Modeling interrelationships in systems:digital electronic circuits
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Getting started with matlab
    Vector operations in matlab
    Matrix operations in matlab

Latest developments in engineering

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction.
    Vectors and tensors.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Stress.
    Principal stresses and principal axes.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Analysis of deformation.
    Velocity fields and compatibility conditions.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Constitutive equations.
    Isotropy.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mechanical properties of real fluids and solids.
    Derivation of field equations.
    Field equations and boundary conditions in fluid mechanics.
    Some simple problems in elasticity.
    Stress, strain, and active remodeling of structures.

Introduction to E-engineering

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Physics for electronics.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mathematics for electronics.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Electrical quantities and measurements.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ohm's law and watt's law.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Combinational series/parallel circuits.
    Magnetism and magnetic circuits.
    Motors and generators.
    Alternating current.
    Capacitors.
    Inductors.
    Series ac circuits.

Advanced fields in engineering

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Equations of motion, problem statement, and solution methods.
    Free vibration.
    Response to harmonic and periodic excitations.
    Response to arbitrary, step, and pulse excitations.response to arbitrarily time-varying forces.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Numerical evaluation of dynamic response.
    Earthquake response of linear systems.
    Earthquake response of inelastic systems.
    Generalized single-degree-of-freedom systems.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Equations of motion, problem statement, and solution methods.
    Free vibration.
    Damping in structures.experimental data and recommended modal damping ratios.
    Dynamic analysis and response of linear systems.two-degree-of-freedom systems.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Earthquake analysis of linear systems.response history analysis.
    Reduction of degrees of freedom.
    Numerical evaluation of dynamic response.
    Systems with distributed mass and elasticity.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to the finite element method.rayleigh-ritz method.
    Earthquake response of linearly elastic buildings.
    Earthquake response of inelastic buildings.
    Earthquake dynamics of base-isolated buildings.
    Structural dynamics in building codes.

Introduction to electrical engineering

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction
    Resistive circuits
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Inductance and capacitance
    Transients
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Steady-state sinusoidal analysis
    Frequency response, bode plots, and resonance
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Logic circuits
    Microcomputers
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Computer-based instrumentation
    Diodes
    Amplifiers: specifications and external
    Field-effect transistors
    Bipolar junction transistors
    Operational amplifiers
    Magnetic circuits and transformers
    Dc machines
    Ac machines

Introduction to civil engineering

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    History of the use of biological, chemical, and radiological agents.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Safe operations at terrorist incidents.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Affects of biological, chemical, and radiological agents.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Terrorism emergency response scenarios.

Foundations of mechanical engineering

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Statically determinate force systems.
    Statically determinate stress systems.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Stress-strain relations.
    Torsion.
    Bending stress.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Bending: slope and deflection.
    Statically indeterminate beams.
    Energy methods.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Buckling instability.
    Yield criteria and stress concentration.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Application of the equilibrium and strain-displacement.
    Elementary plasticity.
    Thin plates and shells.
    Finite element method.
    Fracture mechanics.
    Fatigue.

Introduction to Industrial Engineering

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    History of engineering and development of industrial engineering.
    Industrial and systems engineering.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Manufacturing engineering.
    Facilities location and layout.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Material handling, distribution, and routing.
    Work design and organizational performance -- work measurement.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Operations planning and control.
    Quality control.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Financial compensation.
    Cad/cam, robotics, and automation.
    Human factors.
    Resource management.
    Financial management and engineering economy.
    Probabilistic models.
    Simulation.
    Project management.
    Systems concepts.
    Management systems design.

Introduction to Product Design

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Journeys in product development.
    Product development process tools.
    Establishing product function.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Benchmarking and establishing engineering specifications.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Product architecture.
    Generating concepts.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Modeling of product metrics.
    Design for manufacture and assembly.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Design for the environment.
    Physical prototypes.
    Physical models and experimentation.
    Design for robustness.

Fundamentals of Industrial Ecology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Technology and environment.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Industrial design of processes and products.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Designing for energy and efficiency.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Choosing materials.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Design for recycling.

Technology in Manufacturing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Historical perspective on digital computers.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Computer aided design and manufacturing.
    Description of curves and surfaces.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Introduction to finite element method.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Industrial robotics.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Robot economics.
    Group technology.
    Computer-integrated manufacturing.
    Implementation of a cad/cam system.

Introduction to Industry Safety

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The safety and health manager.
    Development of the safety and health function.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Concepts of hazard avoidance.
    Impact of federal regulation.
    Information systems.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Process safety and disaster preparedness.
    Buildings and facilities.
    Ergonomics.
    Health and toxic substances.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Environmental control and noise.
    Flammable and explosive materials.
    Personal protection and first aid.
    Fire protection.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Materials handling and storage.
    Machine guarding.
    Welding.
    Electrical hazards.
    Construction.

Manufacturing and Quality

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Basic concepts
    Companywide assessment of quality
    Quality improvement and cost reduction
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Operational quality planning and sales income
    Quality control
    Process management
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Organization for quality
    Strategic quality management
    Developing a quality culture
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Understanding customer needs
    Designing for quality
    Supply chain management
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Operations-manufacturing sector
    Operations-service sector
    Inspection, test, and measurement
    Quality assurance audits
    Basic concepts of statistics and probability
    Statistical tools for analyzing data
    Statistical tools for designing for quality
    Statistical process control