Engineering & STEM

 

Courses Offered at LaGrone

Year 1:

• Engineering Design Process (1 semester)

• AC/DC Electronics: Digital Electronics (1 semester)

 *Braswell students must take these courses on their home campus

 

Year 2:

• Practicum in Engineering I (Full year) (2 credits)

  • Prerequisites: Algebra I & Geometry

 

Year 3:

• Practicum in Engineering II (Full year) (2 credits)                                      

 

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Knowledge and skills learned

• Apply engineering design process, math, science, and engineering standards to hands-on projects like designing a new toy or improving an existing product

• Utilize circuit design processes to create combinational logic and sequential logic (memory) as electrical engineers do in industry

• Respond to design challenges using mechanisms, hydraulics, strength of structure and materials.

• Construct simple autonomous and remote controlled robot using basics of simple machines, gear ratios, coding, and hardware/software interface 

• Research, design, and test solutions to real-world problems

 

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Certifications Offered*

• Engineering Technology Foundations A

• Autodesk Associate (Certified User) AutoCAD

       *Certifications dependent on passing exam scores

 

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25-26 Course Fees: $90/year

*Subject to change*