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ME-3034: Mechanical Engineering Discourse

Description: Principles and application of effective technical and professional communication in mechanical engineering; organizing, structuring, and developing effective written documents and oral presentations for a range of audiences, including technical reports, memorandums, laboratory reports, live and recorded presentations, and posters for public exhibition; use of effective language and style; development of effective visual aids; presentation delivery skills; acquiring new knowledge using appropriate learning strategies by finding, comprehending and evaluating information from a variety of sources; ethical and professional responsibilities in both identifying appropriate information and communicating technical results. For Pathways Advanced Discourse credit, must complete combination of ME 3024, ME 3034, and ME 4015-4016.

Pathways: 1A Discourse Advanced, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 1 credit

Prerequisites: ENGL-1106

Required By: ENGE-4735, ME-4015

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 8

Average GPA: 3.45 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 51.51%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.04%

Kelly Scarff202453.3%37.8%5.2%0.8%2.8%0.0%3.437
Marcus M Alley202167.0%28.3%2.6%1.3%0.6%0.3%3.561

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2021Summer I 2021Spring 2022Summer I 2022Spring 2023Summer I 2023Spring 2024Summer I 2024Term050% W