Hello I am Francesc Soriguera
and I will present the Course Engineering Fundamentals
I will introduce the course
I will explain why we developed this course
then I Will describe who should take this course
And I will finish presenting the course structure
and the contents
so the Engineering Fundamentals online course
is aimed at unlimited participation and open access
it is developed within de philosophy of a massive open online course a MOOC
It has been developed at de Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, UPC-BarcelonaTech
by Professors from the Barcelona Civil Engineering School and from the Barcelona School of Informatics.
the objective is to provide, or refresh, the fundamental
concepts and competences that any student should have
when joining an engineering degree at the University level
disregarding his/her background.
We want to help students with very different backgrounds to achieve
a common basic knowledge, which is necessary to succeed in any engineering studies that will follow.
Despite this course is generic in its nature
and valid to face any kind of engineering studies, the contents
and proposed activities during the course are biased towards
the field of transportation engineering and urban mobility.
This course is specially
designed for students starting any engineering degree
at university level, and specially suited for those
interested in transportation engineering and urban mobility.
The course will be most useful for students without a strong
background in mathematics and physics, and also for those
who need to refresh these basic concepts.
It is recommended to take this course before regular classes start
so to be prepared to keep the pace of the degree.
In spite of this, you can return to this material at any point doing the course
to refresh some of the concepts.
Let's describe the content and structure of this course.
This course is structured in 6 blocks addressing different topics.
Block number 1 is about geometry from the perspective of Analytical & Graphical Geometry.
Then, block Number 2, is about Linear Algebra.
Block 3 is about Calculus, and Block 4
reviews Physics in the fields of Energy & Movement.
Then we move to Block 5 about Probability and Statistics,
and the course ends with Block 6, about Discrete Mathematics,
where we describe Algorithms & Graphs.
Each one of this blocks contents several units.
There are a total of 17 units in the course.
Then each unit consists of two videos,
each video lasting approximately 10 min.
The first video always presents
the theoretical concepts of the unit, and then the second video which presents
one application in an exercise.
The complete curs can be covered in approximately
20-30 h of dedication
and its better if you spread this course along different days
and several weeks, so that the concepts
will be better acquired by yourself.
Background materials are also provided for all the units if you want to go further in these topics
So, thank you very much for
taking this course, for watching these videos and I hope that you enjoy.