Instructor: Dr. Kaycie Lane [kaycie.lane@unl.edu]
When: Summer Class (May 27 – July 3), 1-credit hour
Where: Available in Lincoln and Omaha
Pre-requisite: Permission (please email Dr. Lane with your name, student id #, and email so a permission code can be emailed to you so you can enroll).
This one-hour course will aid undergraduate seniors and graduate students to prepare for professional engineering license exams, with a focus on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. The preparation will focus on the Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering FE exams. This course targeted at students that want guidance, discipline, practice problems, and collaborative study groups to prepare for the licensure exams.
The course will be a combination of in-person sessions, small group practice sessions, canvas-based review materials, and canvas-based practice exams. Students will tailor their coursework, including group practice sessions, to focus on topics related to their specific discipline and topics the student identifies as critical for their own review. Students taking the course will have access on each campus to hard copies of exam review books, practice problem books, and practice exams.
Class meeting plans: Monday and Wednesday 12:00-1:15pm. The class will only meet Mondays and Wednesday, May 27 to July 2. Several hours of asynchronous pre-work will be assigned and due by Monday, May 27 at noon. Students may join in person (both Lincoln and Omaha campuses) or by Zoom for some sessions but will be strongly encouraged to participate in-person in Lincoln or Omaha as their summer schedules allow to facilitate group learning exercises.
Students will work using Canvas to complete review modules (including practice quizzes) during the first part of June and then will work in small groups performing additional focused practice work for several hours a week outside of class during the second half of June. Students will be assigned to groups based on their target FE exam (CIVE vs ENVE), topics interest for additional review, and meeting location (e.g., Omaha, Lincoln or Zoom). The final exam will be a practice FE exam on Canvas due by July 3.
Students initially focus on review of the common core FE topics, such as: Math, Fluid Mechanics, Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials (CIVE only), Engineering Economics, Probability and Statistics and Thermodynamics (ENVE only) during the first two weeks. For small group study, students will have access to review books (on each campus) and digital review modules including specific Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering topics.
Please contact Dr. Lane at kaycie.lane@unl.edu with any questions about the course or enrollment.