Number of credits: 1.0
Robotics Engineering is a survey course that provides an introduction to some of the major engineering disciplines with a emphasis on the engineering/design process. Topics covered in the course include an introduction to engineering fields, mechanisms and structures, energy and circuits, and programming. Course content is taught largely through hands-on, project-based activities. Major projects for the course include building simple machines, designing/constructed a robot, breadboarding, soldering circuits, and robotic programming challenges.
Course Note: This course satisfies either the Career Technical Education (1 of 1.5 credit) graduation requirement or Career Technical Education - Computer Technology (.5 of .5) graduation requirement.
Accredits college and university programs in the disciplines of applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology at the associate, bachelor and master degree levels.