1. Build on an existing undergraduate background in heat and mass transfer
2. Explain the physical origins and modes of heat and mass transfer
3. Establish the relationship of these origins to the behavior of thermal systems
4. Develop methodologies that facilitate application of the subject to the broad range practical problems
5. Discern relevant transport processes and simplifying assumptions
6. Develop appropriate expressions from first principles
7. Introduce requisite material from heat transfer knowledge base
8. Perform exact solutions when possible
9. Perform the kind of engineering analysis that, even though not exact, still provides useful information concerning the design and/or performance of a system or process