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15 courses with the subject EGR, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

EGR 121Foundations of Engineering2

Course ID 578750 Credits 2 Introduces the engineering profession and its impact on society and the environment, including engineering problem solving, the engineering design process, and professional practices. Covers fundamental engineering calculations, descriptive statistics, basic spreadsheet and mathematical scripting language applications, professional ethics, teamwork, and communication. This course is intended to transfer. An additional career and technical education course specific fee of $25.00 per credit hour applies to this course. The price is discounted 50% to $12.50 per credit hour for the 2026-27 academic year only. Lecture: 2 hours Total: 2 hours per week

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Credit unit
hours
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
Prerequisite
MTH 162 or MTH 167
EGR 122Engineering Design3

Course ID 578749 Credits 3 Applies engineering methods to a semester-long team design project with an emphasis on engineering software involving 2D and 3D computer aided design; data modeling and analysis; and iterative programming solutions. Covers design drawings and dimensioning; spreadsheet software usage; mathematical scripting language; and professional practices. This course is intended to transfer. An additional career and technical education course specific fee of $25.00 per credit hour applies to this course. The price is discounted 50% to $12.50 per credit hour for the 2026-27 academic year only. Lecture: 2 hours Laboratory: 2 hours per week 4 hours per week

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
Prerequisite
EGR 121
EGR 125Introduction to Computer Programming for Engineers4

Credits 4 Introduces problem solving and implementation of computer software solutions using a high-level programming language in a structured environment. Includes concepts and practice of algorithm design, language syntax, control structures, arrays, and introduction to object-oriented programming. Covers engineering applications, such as mathematical modeling, file input and output, and basic numerical methods. The assignments in this course require mathematical problem-solving skills, algebraic modeling, and functions, and use of variables. Lecture: 4 hours per week Total: 4 hours per week

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
hours
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
Prerequisite
MTH 162 PreCalculus II or MTH 167 Precalculus with Trigonometry
Corequisite
EGR 121 Foundations of Engineering
EGR 206Engineering Economics3

Course ID 571145 Credits 3 Presents economic analysis of engineering alternatives. Studies economic and cost concepts, calculation of economic equivalence, comparison of alternatives, replacement economy, economic optimization in design and operation, depreciation, and after-tax analysis. Lecture: 3 hours 3 hours per week

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
hours
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
EGR 240Statics3

Course ID 134229 Credits 3 Introduces basic concepts of engineering mechanics, systems of forces and couples, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, and internal forces and analysis of structures, including SI and U.S. customary units. Includes trusses, frames, machines, beams, distributed forces, friction, and centroids. Lecture: 3 hours per week. Total: 3 hours per week

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
hours
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
Prerequisite
MTH 263
EGR 245Dynamics3

Course ID 134230 Credits 3 Presents approach to kinematics of particles in linear and curvilinear motion. Includes kinematics of rigid bodies in plane motion. Teaches Newton’s second law, work-energy and power, impulse and momentum, and problem solving using computers. Lecture 3 hours per week. Total: 3 hours per week

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
hours
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
Prerequisite
EGR 240 .
EGR 246Mechanics of Materials3

Course ID 134231 Credits 3 Teaches concepts of stress, strain, deformation, internal equilibrium, and basic properties of engineering materials. Analyzes axial loads, torsion, bending, shear, and combined loading. Studies stress transformation and principal stresses, column analysis, and energy principles. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
hours
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
Prerequisite
EGR 240 .
EGR 247Mechanics of Materials Laboratory1

Course ID 531521 Credits 1 Examines mechanical behavior of bars, rods, shafts, tubes and beams subjected to various types of loading. Introduces experimental stress analysis techniques, such as the use of strain gages and data reduction. An additional career and technical education course specific fee of $25.00 per credit hour applies to this course. The price is discounted 50% to $12.50 per credit hour for the 2026-27 academic year only. Laboratory 2 hours per week.

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
EGR 248Thermodynamics for Engineering3

Course ID 134232 Credits 3 Studies formulation of the first and second law of thermodynamics. Presents energy conversion, concepts of energy, temperature, entropy and enthalpy, equations of state of fluids. Covers the reversibility and irreversibility in processes, closed and open systems, cyclical processes and problem solving using computers. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
hours
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
EGR 251Basic Electric Circuits I3

Course ID 134233 Credits 3 Teaches fundamentals of electric circuits. Includes circuit quantities of charge, current, potential, power, and energy. Teaches resistive circuit analysis; network theorems; and RC and RL circuit transient response with constant forcing functions. Teaches AC steady-state analysis, power, three-phase circuits. Presents frequency domain analysis, resonance, Fourier series, inductively coupled circuits, Laplace transform applications, and circuit transfer functions. Introduces problem solving using computers. An additional career and technical education course specific fee of $25.00 per credit hour applies to this course. The price is discounted 50% to $12.50 per credit hour for the 2026-27 academic year only. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
hours
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
Prerequisite
EGR 115 and MTH 173.
Corequisite
EGR 255 .
EGR 255Electric Circuits Laboratory1

Course ID 134235 Credits 1 Teaches principles and operation of laboratory instruments such as VOM, electronic voltmeters, digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, counters, wave generators, and power supplies. Teaches principles of circuit measurements, including transient and steady-state response of simple networks with laboratory applications of law and theories of circuits plus measurement of AC quantities. An additional career and technical education course specific fee of $25.00 per credit hour applies to this course. The price is discounted 50% to $12.50 per credit hour for the 2026-27 academic year only. Laboratory 3 hours per week.

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
Corequisite
EGR 251 .
EGR 265Digital Electronics and Logic Design4

Course ID 507688 Credits 4 Teaches number representation in digital systems; Boolean algebra; design of digital circuits, including gates, flip- flops, counters, registers, architecture, microprocessors, input-output devices. An additional career and technical education course specific fee of $25.00 per credit hour applies to this course. The price is discounted 50% to $12.50 per credit hour for the 2026-27 academic year only. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 5 hours per week.

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
EGR 271Electric Circuits I4

Credits 4 Covers fundamentals of electric circuits. Teaches resistive circuit analysis methods, including network theorems. Features operational amplifiers, capacitors, inductors, resistor-capacitor (RC), resistor-inductor (RL) and resistance-inductance-capacitance (RLC) circuit transient response. Introduces phasor representation of alternating current (AC) circuits. Utilizes circuit design processes, technical writing and computer software for problem solving. Includes laboratory analysis to explore course concepts. An additional career and technical education course specific fee of $25.00 per credit hour applies to this course. The price is discounted 50% to $12.50 per credit hour for the 2026-27 academic year only. Lecture: 3 hours per week Laboratory: 3 hours per week Total: 6 hours per week

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
Prerequisite
MTH 264 Calculus II and EGR 121 Foundations of Engineering
EGR 277Digital Logic3

Course ID 510852 Credits 3 Presents an introduction to digital logic, including such topics as number systems, Boolean algebra, minimization techniques, implementation of digital functions, sequential machines, state diagrams, state tables, and programmable logic devices. An additional career and technical education course specific fee of $25.00 per credit hour applies to this course. The price is discounted 50% to $12.50 per credit hour for the 2026-27 academic year only. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
hours
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
Prerequisite
MTH 173 and EGR 115 .
Corequisite
EGR 278 .
EGR 278Digital Logic Laboratory1

Course ID 510854 Credits 1 Constructs digital logic circuits to verify analysis and design methods. Covers logic gates, combinational and sequential logic circuits, programmable logic devices, measurement techniques and report writing. Laboratory 2 hours per week.

Subject
EGR
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Catalog
PVCC 2026-2027 College Catalog
Source
catalog.pvcc.edu
Corequisite
EGR 277 .

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