IDENTIFYING DATA 2018_19
Subject (*) ENGINEERING HISTORY Code 17204207
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in Electronic and Automation Engineering (2010)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Optional 1Q
Language
Anglès
Department Electronic, Electric and Automatic Engineering
Coordinator
BREZMES LLECHA, JESÚS JORGE
E-mail jesus.brezmes@urv.cat
Lecturers
BREZMES LLECHA, JESÚS JORGE
Web http://https://moodle.urv.cat/
General description and relevant information In this subject, the historic contribution of scientists and engineers are discussed and highlighted. English documentaries will illustrate their histories and the way the achived their breakthroughs in the different fields of science and engineering. Discussion after each topic and presentations by the students will complete this subject entirely tough in English.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B3 Be able to solve problems with initiative, make decisions, be creative, use critical reasoning and communicate and transmit knowledge, abilities and skills in the field of industrial engineering, specialising in electricity.
 B5 Be able to analyse and evaluate the social and environmental impact of technical solutions.
 B6 Be able to apply the principles and methods of quality.
 B8 Be able to work in a multilingual and multidisciplinary environment.
 CT1 Use information in a foreign language effectively.
 CT2 Gestionar la informació i el coneixement mitjançant l’ús eficient de les TIC
 CT4 Work autonomously and as part of a team with responsibility and initiative
 CT6 Manage their learning process and their academic and professional careers
 CT7 Apply ethical principles and social responsibility as a citizen and a professional
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B3 Know how to solve problems with initiative, imagination and ethical responsibility.
Know the evolution of engineering throughout history.
 B5 Know how to transmit ideas and solutions and defend them in multicultural engineering teams.
Understand the relationship between the benefits and the necessary resources when making balanced, common-sense decisions.
Know how to position themselves and draw up a professional plan on which to develop their career, with a clear idea of their role in society.
 B6 Understand the relationship between the benefits and the necessary resources when making balanced, common-sense decisions.
 B8 Be able to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural group.
Understand the function and the expectation that society has of an engineer and the expectation that an engineer must have of society.
 CT1 Use information in a foreign language effectively.
 CT2 Master the tools for managing their own identity and activities in a digital environment.
Search for and find information autonomously with criteria of reliability and relevance
Organize information with appropriate tools (online and face-to-face) so that they can carry out their academic activities
Produce information with tools and formats appropriate to the communicative situation and with complete honesty
Use IT to share and exchange information
 CT4 Identify the role they play in the group and understand the group’s objectives and tasks
Communicate and act within the group in such a way that they facilitate cohesion and performance
Commit to the group’s tasks and agenda
Participate in the group in a good working environment and help to solve problems
 CT6 Raise their academic and professional self-awareness
Identify their own learning process
Analyse the working or professional environment of their field of study
Design academic and professional tracks
 CT7 Be aware of the inequalities and the discrimination caused by gender and other factors, and understand the reasons that account for it.
Be able to identify major environmental problems
Recognise and reflect on social needs and problems, and get involved in improving the community
Recognise the ethical and deontological concepts in their field of expertise, show an ability for criticism and dialogue, and respect the rules and regulations that members of the university community must abide by
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
The engineer Definition
From Phylosofy to science to engineering
Engineering fields
Ancient engineering The stone age
The egipcians
The Greek
The Romans
The middle ages Guttemberg ¿inventor or engineer?
Construction through the middle ages
Science and enginering
The industrial revolution New social classes
The role of enginnering
New machines improve productivity
Accomplishments on the XIX century Electricity
Communications
Engines
Construction
The XX century: the engineering century Chemical engineers
Mechanical enginnering
Electricity and Engineers
Electronics
Telecomunications engineering
Aerospace engineering
Engineering and society in the XXI century What to expect
The Enginnering role
Society and engineering
What is a good engineer?

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 2 3
Lecture
B3
B5
B6
CT1
CT7
33 81 114
Presentations / oral communications
B5
B8
CT1
CT2
CT4
5 10 15
Personal attention
CT6
2 2 4
 
Multiple-choice objective tests
B3
B6
B8
CT1
CT2
3 6 9
Extended-answer tests
B3
B5
B8
CT1
CT4
CT6
CT7
1 4 5
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities S'introduirà la assignatura, el seu desenvolupament i la forma de avaluar.
Lecture Consistirà en sessions de 50 minuts de classe en les que el professor exposarà la història, conseqüencies o deduccions de determinats fets relacionats amb la enginyeria. Lluny de ser classes merament expositòries, es pretén generar amb el material un debat obert i animat sobre cada tema.
Presentations / oral communications Els alumnes, en grups de dos o tres persones hauran de presentar la biografia de algun enginyer, el seu treball i les repercusions històriques que ha tingut.
Personal attention Els alumnes, una vegada assignats a un determinat grup de treball, poden preguntar al professor qualsevol cosa sobre el exercici assignat.

Personalized attention
Description
La atenció personalitzada també serà en anglès. Nomes es parlarà en català/castellà per traduir paraules puntuals. L'alumne es podrà dirigir al professor per tal de aclarir qualsevol dubte de la matèria donada a classe o sobre algun dels exercicis assignats.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Presentations / oral communications
B5
B8
CT1
CT2
CT4
Els alumnes, en grups de dos o tres persones hauran de presentar la biografia de algun enginyer, el seu treball i les repercusions històriques que ha tingut. Contarà tan el treball com la presentació oral. 20
Multiple-choice objective tests
B3
B6
B8
CT1
CT2
Preguntes curtes sobre fets històrics, personatges o fites que hagin estat de vital importància en el mon de la enginyeria. 60
Extended-answer tests
B3
B5
B8
CT1
CT4
CT6
CT7
Resolució de un cas pràctic a partir dels coneixements adquirits durant el curs. 20
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

La segona convocatòria serà la barreja de un examen de proves tipus test i de desenvolupament


Sources of information

Basic Daniel R. Headrick , Technology: A World History (New Oxford World History) , ,
Armytage, W. H. G. , A Social History of Engineering, , 1976
Crozet, Francois, The First Industrialists: The Problems of Origins, , 1985

Complementary

Recommendations

Subjects that continue the syllabus
BACHELOR'S THESIS/17204301


Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
TECHNICAL ENGLISH/17204102
ACADEMIC AND CAREER GUIDANCE/17204101
 
Other comments
Es important arribar amb un nivell d'anglés suficientment alt com per a entendre les classes magistrals, les preguntes tipus test i els exercicis a fer. Respecte al anglés escrit, serà fonamental quan es presentin treballs, es facin presentacions a classe i s'hagi d'escriure a les preguntes de desenvolupament a l'examen final.
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.