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Principles of Engineering

School year
2023 - 2024
Course Description

The Principles of Engineering (year-long) course exposes students to the diverse range of engineering-related careers available and provides opportunities for them to learn and apply skills foundational to all of these fields. Course concepts are learned primarily through engineering design projects where students use computer-aided design (CAD) software to guide their design process and work with various technologies and tools to create functional prototypes. Students enrolled in this course will be administered the NOCTI Engineering Technology Foundations credential exam. Course Note: This course satisfies either the Career Technical Education (1 of 1.5 credit) graduation requirement or Career Technical Education - Computer Tech (.5) graduation requirement.

Course Number
PTE301
Subject
CTE
Grade Levels
9th
10th
11th
12th
School Level
High
Academic Level
Regular
Credits
1.00
Course Length
36

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