Introductory engineering courses are unique to most engineering colleges. They are introductions to a college's unique engineering programs, projects, and tools. Ethics are negotiated. 24 by 7 access privileges are granted. Engineering deals with the unique, one of a kind, never done before. This course is the common, general part of these unique, specialized introductions. There are several innovations in this course that make it different from most other engineering introduction books. The projects associated with this course are in wikiversity.

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Engineers Some believe engineers just play with toys. This is partially true.

• Do it First
• Attitude
• Solve Problems
• Golden Ignorance
• Design

Deliverables Materials and manufacturing costs are usually small compared to shipping, marketing, support and design costs.

• Notebooks
• Project Documentation
• Tutorials
• Presentations
• Communication

Design Some believe engineers are jacks of all trades, masters of none. This is partially true.

• Engineering Art
  • Feelings Images Attitudes
  • Things Meaning Value
  • Truth Beauty Goodness
  • Idea
  • Brainstorm
  • Form Function
• Engineering Science
  • Units Dimensions
  • Approximations
  • Error Analysis
  • Calculus of Error
  • Data
  • Calculations
  • Requirements
  • Theory of Operation
• Engineering Entrepreneur
  • CDIO Project States: Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate (CDIO)
  • Scope Scale
  • Problem Statement
  • Decisions
  • Research
  • Justification

Ethics make Engineering one of the noble professions including Doctors, Lawyers and Preachers

• Philosophy
• Case Studies
• Standards