TE 104 - Advanced Technical Mathematics

Description
This course uses extensive applications to represent mathematical operations used in various fields including plumbing, HVAC, welding, manufacturing and design, electronics, construction, and mechanics. Examples and exercises explicitly involve applications in these areas for conversion of measurement units, significant figures, applied geometry, trigonometric functions of right and oblique triangles, charts, graphs, basic statistical calculations and formulas.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3

School: School of Business & Industry
Department: Manufacturing
Discipline: TE

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20240301T12:10:16
Course Review & Revision Year: 2028-2029

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1

General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA

Course Learning Outcomes:

Convert units of measurements (English and Metric) used in various industrial settings.
Apply a process to select proper geometry formulas and use them to solve problems in electronics, manufacturing and industrial applications.
Solve various trigonometric problems including industrial applications.
Solve basic statistical problems with industrial applications.
Develop a plan to implement a solution to a problem or issue.
Complete work accurately, with attention to detail.

Approved for Online Delivery?: Yes

Course Outline:
I. Orientation with emphasis in various technical trades

II. Metric conversions and measurements with applications in various technical trades

III. Measurements and scales used in industry (vernier scales, micrometers and other measuring devices used in industry

IV. Geometric Figures with exercises and examples in industrial, manufacturing and design applications

V. Analysis of Trigonometric functions with exercises and examples in industrial, manufacturing and design applications

VI. Basic Statistics, presentation and interpretation of data, and SPC with applications in industrial and manufacturing setting

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: NA

Instructional Strategies:
Lecture-based instruction: 50-70%

Practice, assessment, and testing: 30-50%

Mandatory Course Components:
None

Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: TE 103 (C- or Higher)
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with IRW: N/A
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required

Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: Bachelor’s degree in related field with 4000 hours of related experience.

Maximum Course Enrollment: 32
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit Accepted: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
First Term Valid: Fall 2019 (08/01/2019)
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Industrial Maintenance Technology, A.A.A.S., Plastics-Polymer Engineering Technology, A.A.A.S., Tooling and Manufacturing Technology Certificate
1st Catalog Year: 2019-2020
People Soft Course ID Number: 101578
Course CIP Code: 48.9999

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: None
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Companies?: NA