COURSE FACT SHEET FOR PHYSICS DEPARTMENT PROGRAM REVIEW

1. Title, Course, Number, and Credit Hours. (Explain credit load of course if it is in some way unusual.)
Digital Electronics Laboratory, ENGR 341, 1 credit

2. What is the catalog course description for the course?
This course introduces a design environment for the use of measurement apparatus,
characteristics and use of basic integrated circuits, combinational logic networks, flip-flops,
multivibrators, registers, counters and sequential networks.

3. What are the prerequisites or other background required of students for this course? Are these requirements adequate?
Physics 160, 204 or 253 is the prerequisite. The co-requisite is CSci 340 which is very
necessary.

4. How does this course fit into the departmental program?
This laboratory course introduces the student to a design environment covering the use of the
devices listed in the syllabus.

5. At what type of student is this course aimed? What gaps or needs in the curriculum is this course intended to fill?
This course is aimed at engineering physics majors and computer science majors with a
background in electrical or electronics laboratory techniques. The course design
techniques with current technology for solving simple design problems.

6. How is this course important to a particular field of study?
This course emphasizes design techniques to a much greater extent than laboratories in
physics (which emphasize analysis).

7. How is this course different from any other courses in the catalog or why must the material covered in the course be treated separately instead of being incorporated into another course?
The electronics course has a laboratory component which covers both digital and analog
electronics.

8. If this course is similar to another course in the catalog, explain why both courses should exist or suggest whether something should be dropped or changed.
This course emphasizes design techniques to a much greater extent than laboratories in
physics (which emphasize analysis).

9. When, how and by whom is this course taught?
This course is only taught iwhen there is a dmand for it . Dr. Burns is the
instructor for the course.

10. Are the current holdings of the O'Keefe Library adequate to support this course or are additional materials needed?
Yes.