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CATALOG DESCRIPTION
Distance education provides students who are not able to come to the main MSU campus
the opportunity to take a course for either professional development or as credit toward
the Master of Engineering degree. It also provides individuals the flexibility to take a
course at a time that best meets their personal schedule. This course will be offered on a
regular basis, and available to our distance-education students in most Engineering
disciplines or concentrations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Overview of Mechanics 1
2. Review of Mechanics of Materials 1
3. Foundation
a. Theory of Stress and Strain 2
b. Theory of Elasticity 2
c. Inelastic Materials and Theory of Yields 2
d. Energy Methods 2
4. Test 1 1
5. Classical Topics
a. Torsion 3
b. Beam 3
c. Cylinder and Columns 2
6. Test 2 1
7. Special Topics
a. Plate 2
b. Stress Concentration 2
c. Fracture Mechanics 1
d. Fatigue 1
e. Contact Stress 1
f. Creep 1
8. Final Examination 2
METHOD OF EVALUTATION
Homework will consist primarily of problem sets. All homework will be collected and graded.
The final examination will be comprehensive.
Graduate students in this course will be required to complete an Essay and a Term paper, which
will count for a maximum of 25% of the overall homework grade. The completion of the Essay
and Term paper will be optional for undergraduate students.
METHOD OF INSTRUCTION
Code C: Lecture
METHOD OF DELIVERY
Web-based: assignments, lecture notes, handouts, and student feedback will be handled
by myCourses. Lectures will be recorded using video-capturing software. Campus-5
students will have the opportunity of viewing campus-1 lectures live (synchronously),
when corresponding campus-1 sections of this course are scheduled.
DELIVERY STATEMENT
This distance education course will not violate the Provost’s policies on Campus 5
offerings.
CONTACT PERSON