»One-Credit Engineering Courses

As a Fowler Engineering student, you can take a variety of one-credit courses.

What are one-credit courses?

Most courses at Chapman are worth three credits. But one-credit courses are exactly what they sound like: classes where you will earn one credit.

One-credit courses:

Are shorter than regular classes. They meet once a week for 50 minutes.
Have the catalog number CPSC 298 or CENG 298 in the Chapman Undergraduate Catalog.
Are not letter graded. They are pass/no-pass classes.

Why should I take a one-credit course?

One-credit courses are introductory classes designed to give you an overview of a specific topic. They are a good way to get an introduction to a subject you are interested in.

Erik Linstead, Ph.D.

Professor, Senior Associate Dean

Our 298 courses are a way for students to engage with bleeding-edge technology and topics often only seen at the graduate level. They are low risk (graded on a P/NP basis) and high reward, and they demonstrate our commitment to personalized undergraduate education.

One-credit course topics

One-credit courses all fall under the catalog number CPSC 298 or CENG 298. (These are the classes you should look for if you would like to take a one-credit course.) But each semester, different topics are offered. Below is a list of all topics. Please note that not all topics will be available every semester.

Assembly Language

You will become proficient in a contemporary assembly language in order to gain insight into algorithms at the instruction level.

Biomedical Product Design

This course provides an overview of engineering design principles for biomedical devices. Specific anatomy applications will be utilized to demonstrate the cross-functional skills used in risk-managed engineering environments, such as when creating surgical and pharmaceutical commercialized products.

C++ Programming

In this course, you will study the C++ programming language, including essential topics for object-oriented programming: inheritance, polymorphism and memory management.

Cloud Computing

Learn to leverage popular cloud computing frameworks — such as AWS and Azure — to understand the power of on-demand computing and storage. These systems can be managed over the Internet and do not require an investment in physical computing infrastructure.

Consulting Best Practices

In this course, you will delve into the process of becoming a technical consultant, including key tools used by this role for project management (creating budgets, developing statements of work and understanding end-user requirements).

Data Visualization for Business

You will learn to use Tableau, generating reports and visualizations to effectively communicate patterns in data when making informed business decisions.

Fundamental Electronics

You will learn the basics of electronics and electricity through hands-on design and implementation of basic circuits, including techniques for breadboarding and soldering.

Heroes of Computing

This course offers a survey of the scientists and engineers who pioneered the computer science and engineering fields.

Heroes of Computing: The Living Legends

Despite the ubiquity of computing in contemporary society, computer science and engineering are relatively young fields. This course studies the contributions of pioneers in these areas who are still actively engaged with forward progress.

Heroes of Computing: Minorities in Computer Science

This course allows you to study the groundbreaking contributions of computer scientists from groups that have been traditionally underrepresented within engineering.

Innovation out of Failure

Though we tend to celebrate the “wins,” most of the great accomplishments in science and engineering are the result of learning to persevere in the face of failure. You will study how to view failure as the ultimate learning opportunity.

Intro to *nix

Through this course, you will become proficient with the Unix/Linux operating systems’ multitude of command line tools.

Machine Learning Grand Challenge

This course partners students with a corporate sponsor to tackle a real-world machine learning problem. You will develop solutions that will be immediately implemented in an industry setting.

Nanotechnology

In this course, you will explore the foundations of nanomaterials — notably, their applications and microscopies as tools for their characterization.

Road to Research

You will learn what it takes to build an academic research lab from the ground up, gaining insight into the funding, recruiting and publication processes. They will also hear research talks from current faculty members actively recruiting undergraduate research assistants for their labs.

R Programming

You will gain proficiency with the R programming language, a modern language that is widely used in statistical computing and data analysis.

Salesforce

This course builds your familiarity with Salesforce, one of the most popular contemporary suites for customer relationship management.

Trusted AI

How can engineers ensure that artificial intelligence users feel confident in their system’s ability to perform robustly, especially in environments where the cost of failure is catastrophically high? This course provides an overview of the technical aspects of AI that must be addressed to achieve these aims.

Unity Multiplayer and Networking

Throughout this course, you will gain valuable hands-on experience integrating multiplayer and networking capabilities into Unity-based games.