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ECE1030 - Your Smartphone (3 cr)

Electrical and Computer EngineeringEN - J & M Price College of Eng.

General Education Program Learning Outcome

Reason & Act Ethically

Physical Science Exploration (PS) - GE Course-Level Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the General Education Physical Sciences requirement, students will be able to:

  • Explain scientific methods: Explain science as a process and as a way of understanding the physical world;

  • Understand: Demonstrate understanding of matter, energy, and their influence on physical systems;

  • Evaluate: Evaluate the credibility of various sources of information about science-related issues; and

  • Apply: Describe how the Physical Sciences utilize their foundational principles to confront and solve pressing local and global challenges, shaping historical, ethical, or social landscapes in the process.

International (IR) - BD Course-Level Learning Outcomes

Students satisfy this requirement by demonstrating a foundational understanding of the interconnection of local and global systems. Students will demonstrate the necessary skills to engage in meaningful dialogue, fostering a more civil and productive exchange of ideas with and about people from various parts of the world.

Upon successful completion of the International Requirement, students will be able to:

  • Articulate principles of civil discourse.

  • Analyze multiple worldviews.

  • Compare individual and societal responses to complex problems.

  • Examine and reflect on the interconnection of social, economic, and/or environmental systems across multiple contexts.

At the end of this course, students will be able to describe Electromagnetic communications - How electromagnetic waves are used to carry wifi and cell signals, how they propagate through our natural and build worlds, how they are generated and detected, how they encode information, whether or not they are harmful to humans or nature. Ethical and societal issues of risk and safety, personal preference, social justice.

At the end of this course, students will be able to describe Information transfer, processing, storage -- How voice, text, image, music, and video files are created, compressed, encoded, transferred, decoded, and output Ethical and societal issues of privacy, society and use cases, access, creative exploration into next generation communication.

At the end of this course, students will be able to describe the technology in their smartphones, technology involved in wireless communication systems, and societal impacts of mobile communication at both the local and international levels

Describe Electromagnetic communications: How electromagnetic waves are used to carry wifi and cell signals, how they propagate through our natural and build worlds, how they are generated and detected, how they encode information, whether or not they are harmful to humans or nature. Ethical and societal issues of risk and safety, personal preference, social justice.

Describe Information transfer, processing, storage -- How voice, text, image, music, and video files are created, compressed, encoded, transferred, decoded, and output Ethical and societal issues of privacy, society and use cases, access, creative exploration into next generation communication.

Describe the technology in their smartphones, technology involved in wireless communication systems, and societal impacts of mobile communication at both the local and international levels