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Course Designer: Tuan Dinh
Primary Resources: This course is comprised of a range of different free, online materials. However, the course makes primary use of the following materials:
- MIT: Professors John Lienhard IV and John Lienhard V’s A Heat Transfer Textbook
- YouTube: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay: Professor S.P.Sukhatme and Professor U.N.Gaitonde’s Video Lectures
- MIT: Professor Z. S. Spakovszky’sLecture Notes on Thermodynamics and Propulsion
You may also find the following tables resourceful as you work through the materials in this course:
- MIT Opencourseware: Intermediate Heat and Mass Transfer: “Selected Physical Constants” and “Selected Conversion Factors”*
Make sure to click on each “PDF” link in the Study Materials section to download these tables.
Requirements for Completion: In order to complete this course, you will need to work through each unit and all of its assigned materials. Pay special attention to Unit 1, as this unit lays the groundwork for understanding the more advanced, exploratory material presented in the latter units. You will also need to complete:
- Unit 1 Quiz
- Unit 2 Quiz
- Unit 3 Quiz
- Unit 4 Quiz
- Unit 5 Quiz
- Unit 6 Quiz
- The Final Exam
Note that you will only receive an official grade on your Final Exam. However, in order to adequately prepare for this exam, you will need to work through the resources in each unit.
In order to “pass” this course, you will need to earn a 70% or higher on the Final Exam. Your score on the exam will be tabulated as soon as you complete it. If you do not pass the exam, you may take it again.
Time Commitment: This course should take you a total of 112 hours to complete. Each unit includes a “time advisory” that lists the amount of time you are expected to spend on each subunit. These should help you plan your time accordingly. It may be useful to take a look at these time advisories and to determine how much time you have over the next few weeks to complete each unit, and then to set goals for yourself. For example, Unit 1 should take you 8 hours. Perhaps you can sit down with your calendar and decide to complete half of the Unit 1 reading (about 2 hours) on Monday night; the remainder of the Unit 1 reading (about 2 hours) on Tuesday night; the Unit 1 lecture on Wednesday night; etc.
Saylor Academy’s mission is to open education to all.
Saylor Academy’s mission is sustained by the continued evolution of an open educational ecosystem, and we are dedicated partners in this movement. Saylor’s commitment to the open education ecosystem is founded not just on open educational resources and open source learning technologies, but also on open access to credentials, and ongoing open learning opportunities.
Guided by these beliefs, Saylor Academy is currently focused on the following projects:
Open Courses: Maintenance and Learner-Centered Improvements
- A commitment to the OER community means that we’ll continue to replace open access materials with openly licensed ones in an effort to make Saylor courseware as reusable and remixable as possible.
- Open courses require more instructional supports for learners, so our current improvements focus on ensuring better and more frequent opportunities for Saylor students to practice what they’re learning.
Open Credentials: Adding New Opportunities and Bolstering Existing Ones
- We’re working on expanding our suite of Saylor Direct credit recommended exams, and we’re also keen on working with university partners to develop innovative and flexible partner degree launching and completion programs. ...
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