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Introduction to Engineering Design H (IED) - 1 Unit - Grades 9-10

Honors 

Prerequisites: Honors math and English 1 H

IED is an entry-level course into the world of engineering.  Emphasis is placed on solving problems: identifying related factors, analyzing potential solutions, and communicating ideas.  Through the use of a problem-solving model, students work to improve existing products and invent new ones. They learn how to apply this model to solve other problems in and out of the classroom. Using Autodesk Inventor, a sophisticated three-dimensional modeling software, students are able to model and communicate the details of their products. 

[605100HW]

Principles of Engineering H (POE) - 1 Unit - Grades 10-11

Honors 

Prerequisite: Intro to Engineering Design (IED)

This course explores the wide variety of careers in engineering and technology and covers various technology systems and manufacturing processes. Using activities, projects and problems, students learn first-hand how engineers and technicians use math, science and technology in an engineering problem-solving process to benefit people. The course also addresses concerns about social and political consequences of technological change. [605000HW]

Computer Integrated Manufacturing  H (CIM) - 1 Unit - Grades 11-12

Honors 

Prerequisite: Principles of Engineering (POE)

This course introduces students to CIM, the manufacturing approach where all production operations are controlled by computers and have a common storage and distribution. While manufactured items are part of everyday life, most individuals have not been introduced to this high-tech and innovative form of modern manufacturing.  This course covers the major steps in manufacturing processes, product design, concepts of lean manufacturing, automation & robotic mechanisms, programmable logic controllers (PLC’s), as well as career opportunities related to CIM. 

[605300HW]

Civil Engineering and Architecture H (CEA) - 1 Unit - Grades 11-12

Honors 

Prerequisite: Principles of Engineering (POE)

Civil Engineering and Architecture (CEA) is an advanced course that teaches students the skills in the design and development of property. Working in teams, students explore hands-on activities and projects that develop problem-solving skills in civil engineering and architecture. The use of 3-D design software is a major component of the process. Students will develop skills in the documentation, presentation, and communication of their solutions to their peers and members of the professional community. 

[605800HW]

Engineering Design and Development H (EDD) - 1 Unit - Grades 11-12

Honors 

Prerequisite: Computer Integrated Manufacturing or Civil Engineering & Architecture

This course is an engineering research course in which students work in teams to research, design, and construct a solution to an open-ended engineering problem. The product development lifecycle and a design process will be used to guide and assist teams to reach a solution to the problem. Teams will present and defend their solution to a panel of outside reviewers at the end of the school year. Engineering Design and Development serves as the capstone course within the Project Lead The Way® (PLTW) course sequence and allows students to apply all the skills and knowledge learned in the previous PLTW courses.  

[605409HW]