Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2000
Engineering (ENGI)

NOTE: Course web pages are available for some ENGI courses.

ENGI 202   INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TELECOMMUNICATIO Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
Fundamentals of information transmission addressed from an historical
viewpoint.  Quantification of information.  Analog communication (telegraphy,
telephony, radio and television) and digital communication (FAX, computer
networks and cellular telephone). Term project to design state-of-the-art
communication system; project judged by industrial represenatives.
001 TBA                                 Johnson, Don H.           Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENGI 304   GOOD VIBRATIONS: AN INTERDIS- CIPLINARY  Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
Introduction to physical acoustics and to physiology and psychology of hearing.
 Musical, architectural and medical acoustics and environmental noise control.
Acoustics is the most accessible physical science and many observed phenomena
can be understood without recourse to advanced mathematics.  It provides an
excellent example of the formulation of a physical theory, the derivation of
the field equations, the solution of problems, experiment and measurement, and
applications in the real world.  Acoustics has the additional advantage that
the distances and times
001 TBA                                 Carroll, Michael M.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

ENGI 321   THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER: ROLES AND RES Credits 3.00  Spring 00
An examination of the Engineer at work in society through a case study
investigation of the processes by which tasks are accomplished and the roles
and corresponding responsibilities assumed by Engineers in assuring the
effectiveness of their efforts.
Prereq- Engi 302/Civi 320.
Also offered as CIVI 321
001 TBA                                 Moore, Pat Howard         Enr: 0 Max: 10