# Engineering (ENGR) courses

San Jose City College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 7 courses

Source: https://catalog.sjcc.edu/course-descriptions-information/course-descriptions/engr/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### ENGR 003 — Introduction to Engineering

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 3
- **C-ID:** ENGR 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 2 sections (/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/summer-2026/engr.md); Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/engr.md); Spring 2027, 3 sections (/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/engr.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: 4
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Students will be introduced to the engineering profession and to the devices, processes, and techniques utilized in solving engineering problems. Students will learn modern engineering tools in hands-on and computer-based labs. They will further develop engineering leadership and team self-management skills. As an orientation to the engineering field, students will learn what engineers do and what guides their thinking, both analytically and ethically. Students will learn and employ research-driven, affective strategies for academic success. As they explore career and academic pathways, students will develop their long-term engineering goals and will leave with a detailed plan for success in the inspiring world of engineering.

### ENGR 006 — Engineering Graphics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 3
- **Prerequisite:** MATH 022 or MATH 025 with a C or better
- **C-ID:** ENGR 150
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/engr.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Students will learn how to communicate engineering designs through engineering drawings. Students will be introduced to 2-D and 3-D computer-aided design (CAD) software. Topics include sketching, orthographic projections, visualization skills, mechanical dimensioning and tolerancing practices, and the engineering design process.

### ENGR 008 — Programming and Problem-Solving in MATLAB

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 3
- **Prerequisite:** MATH 071 or MATH 071H with C or better
- **C-ID:** ENGR 220
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/engr.md); Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/engr.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Students will learn computer-based problem-solving methods relevant to science and engineering utilizing the MATLAB environment. This course draws from practical applications in engineering, physics, and mathematics. Topics include procedural and object-oriented programming, numerical analysis, and data structures.

### ENGR 032 — Statics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **Prerequisite:** PHYS 004A and MATH 072; both with C or better
- **C-ID:** ENGR 130
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/engr.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Students will analyze engineering structures in equilibrium. This is the first course in engineering mechanics and covers principles of statics as applied to particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions under concentrated and distributed force systems. Topics include properties of forces, moments, couples and resultants; two- and three-dimensional force systems, analysis of trusses, and beams; distributed forces, shear and bending moment diagrams, center of gravity, centroids, friction, and area and mass moments of inertia.

### ENGR 033 — Circuit Analysis

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3, Lab Hours: 3
- **Prerequisite:** PHYS 004B with C or better; Corequisite: MATH 078 previous or concurrent
- **C-ID:** ENGR 260, ENGR 260L
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/engr.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Students will analyze DC and AC circuits. This is an introductory course in the analysis of DC and AC linear circuits containing resistors, capacitors, inductors, dependent sources, operational amplifiers, and/or switches. Analyses of circuits are performed using circuit laws and network theorems. Topics will include Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Laws, nodal and mesh analyses, Thevenin's and Norton's Theorems, superposition, first and second order RLC circuits, sinusoidal steady-state analysis, phasors, AC power calculations, power transfer and energy concepts. Lab component includes construction, testing, simulation and analysis of linear electrical circuits.

### ENGR 038 — Materials Science and Engineering

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **Prerequisite:** CHEM 001A or CHEM 001AH and PHYS 004A; all with C or better
- **C-ID:** ENGR 140, ENGR 140B when combined with ENGR 038L
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/engr.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Students will learn the structure-property-processing relationships in materials. Materials used in engineering applications include metals, ceramics, polymers, and semiconductors. Students will gain an understanding of the effects of heat, stress, imperfections, and chemical environments upon material properties and performance and selecting appropriate materials to meet engineering design criteria.

### ENGR 038L — Materials Science and Engineering Lab

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** Lab Hours: 3
- **Prerequisite:** CHEM 001A or CHEM 001AH and PHYS 004A; all with C or better
- **Corequisite:** ENGR 038
- **C-ID:** ENGR 140L, ENGR 140B when combined with ENGR 038
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/san-jose-city-college/schedule/spring-2027/engr.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Degree Applicable: AA/AS

Students will explore the structure-property-processing relationships in materials through experiments. Students will directly observe the structures and behaviors discussed in the lecture course. Students will learn to operate testing equipment, analyze experimental data, and to prepare reports.