13 courses in the 1972–73 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
General Engineering
Students will meet with a faculty member designated as their class professor. Performance in problem assignments and conceptual difficulties with other courses will be discussed, along with interrelation of present coursework, later work and engineering practice. 1 hour per week, both terms, (Consultation periods with teaching assistants regarding specific course problems and if required at the initiative of the student or his class professor, will be available.)
The nature of science; science and technology in Egypt and Babylon. The development of science in Greece; the Orphic mysteries and the Ionian philosophers. Plato and Aristotle; Archimedes. The Alexandrian school and the separation of science and philosophy. Technology under the Roman Empire. The mediaeval attitude toward science. The Renaissance. Copernicus and Galileo. Sir Isaac Newton. The physical and biological sciences during the 18th century. Developments during the 19th century in physics, chemistry, technology, geology, evolution, and the rise of modern genetics. The 20th century revolution in pure science and technology. 3 lectures, I hour tutorial.
Broadly, the processes involved in man-man, man-machine and mass communications will be discussed. Models of communication systems. The contributions and points of view of the various disciplines which make up the spectrum of communication studies today. Necessary fundamental concepts from these disciplines. Applications of the theories in fields relevant to the student. 3 hours per week, lectures and seminars.
A variety of topics selected from modern science are treated in the lectures at a conceptual level and then used as a base for discussion. Certain aspects of historical, philosophical and particularly social significance are included according to the inclinations of the students and discussion leaders. 1 hour lecture and 1 seminar per week.
The central question of the course is: What reasons can I have for acting on the issues which will face me as a member of society? Such problems as divorce, democracy, socialism, the Bomb, and international politics will be critically discussed in the light of readings from both classical and contemporary philosophers. 2 hours per week (Engineering K divisions only).
The course will explore some of the major movements of thought which are still shaping modern affairs and modern consciousness ~ including Christianity, Marxism, Racism, Imperialism, Freudianism, Existentialism, and Humanism. Lectures, readings and seminars together should offer an entertaining and stimulating, if glancing, acquaintance with a few of the major strands of the present intellectual environment. 1 lecture and I seminar per week.
General Engineering
A course in the fundamentals of graphical projections of all types — orthographic, isometric, oblique and true perspective. Introduction to spatial co-ordinate plotting. Fundamentals of free hand sketching for communication of concept. 3 hours per week.
The application of graphics to the solution of vector problems, both coplanar and non-coplanar. Graphic calculus, both integration and differentiation, design of all types of nomographs: design of special slide rules: continuation of free hand sketching. 3 hours per week.
Use of design morphology in development of measuring techniques for specific problems. Nature of measurement, scales and measurement units. Complementary variables and postulates of measurement. Concepts of accuracy, precision, systematic and random errors. Probability, normal distribution function, elementary sampling. Propagation of errors in calculations, formation of measurement specification. 3 hours lecture, term project.
Principles of problem statement, analysis, and concept creation in the design process. Discussion of planning, the flow of information, physical, economic and financial feasibility, and concept selection as related to project design. Discussion of social and economic conditions affecting value and utility, and their relationship with the design process in the solution of engineering problems. The application of simulation, modelling and optimization to the above: three term projects. 2 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial.
Introduction to electronic digital computers, hardware and software organization; basic features of FORTRAN IV; examples of efficient numerical algorithms for basic scientific computations. 2 hour lecture, 2 hour tutorial, one term.
Introduction to fundamentals of electromagnetics, circuits, wave motion and propagation. Electromagnetics: Coulomb’s Law, electric field and potential, capacitor; resistivity and Ohm’s Law; Ampere’s Law, magnetic fields and forces, inductor. Circuits: series and parallel circuits, Kirchhoff’s laws; ohmic dissipation of energy, stored energies in capacitors and inductors. Wave motion: graphical representation, rotating vectors, superposition. Wave propagation: (i) sound: velocity, wavelength, energy, frequency and resonance. (ii) optics: plane, concave and convex mirrors and lens; reflection and refraction; interference and diffraction, polarization; electricity and light. 3 hour lectures, 2 hours lab, 1 hour tutorial.