The programs leading to the B.S.E. degree in Engineering Special Studies are administered by the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
PURPOSE
The major of Engineering Special Studies accommodates students whose educational objectives require more intensity of concentration on a particular subject or more curricular flexibility within an engineering discipline than the traditional departmental majors generally permit. The major is a School of Engineering program. Unlike the departmental major areas, however, there is not a separate faculty. The faculty teaching and advising in these programs are from the various departments within the School of Engineering.
For many students, engineering studies form the basis of preparation for professional engineering work where proficiency in the application of science and the physical and social technologies is brought to bear on problems of a large scope. The necessary breadth that these students seek often is not obtainable in traditional engineering fields. Rather, specially designed programs of course work that merge the required principles and approaches drawn from all fields of engineering and other pertinent disciplines are desired.
The B.S.E. degree in Engineering Special Studies is designed primarily for students intending to pursue engineering careers at a professional level in industry or graduate studies.
ENGINEERING SPECIAL STUDIES—B.S.E.
Manufacturing Engineering. This program option is offered by the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering. See “Manufacturing Engineering” for program requirements.
Premedical Engineering. In the past decade, the interrelation between engineering and medicine has become vigorous and exciting. Our rapidly expanding technology dictates that engineering will continue to become increasingly involved in all branches of medicine. As this develops, so will the need for physicians trained in the engineering sciences—medical men and women with a knowledge of computer technology, transport phenomena, biomechanics, bioelectric phenomena, operations research, and cybernetics. This option is of special interest to students desiring entry into a medical college and whose medical interests lie in research, aerospace and undersea medicine, artificial organs, prostheses, biomedical engineering, or biophysics. Since both engineering and medicine have as their goal the well-being of humans, this program is compatible with any field of medical endeavor.
Academic Requirements. The following courses are required in the premedical engineering option and have been selected to meet all university and school requirements. Note: In order to fulfill medical school admission requirements, BIO 182 General Biology is also required in addition to the degree requirements and is best taken in summer session before the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
First-Year Composition
| ENG 101, 102 | First Year Composition (6) |
| or 105 Advanced First-Year Composition (3) | |
| or ENG 107, 108 English for Foreign Students (6) | |
| Total: 6 |
General Studies/School Requirements
Humanities and Fine Arts/Social and Behavioral Sciences
| ECN 111 | Macroeconomic Principles SB1 (3) |
| or ECN 112 Microeconomic Principles (3) SB1 | |
| HU, SB, and awareness area courses2 (13) | |
| Total: 16 | |
Literacy and Critical Inquiry (7)
Natural Sciences
| PHY 121 | University Physics I: Mechanics S1/S23 (3) |
| PHY 122 | University Physics Laboratory I S1/S23 (1) |
| PHY 131 | University Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism S1/S24 (3) |
| PHY 132 | University Physics Laboratory II S1/S24 (1) |
| Total: 8 |
Numeracy/Mathematics
| ECE 100 | Introduction to Engineering Design N3 (4) |
| MAT 242 | Elementary Linear Algebra (2) |
| or ECE 384 Numerical Analysis for Engineers I (2) | |
| or ECE 386 Partial Differential Equations for Engineers (2) | |
| MAT 270 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry I N1 (4) |
| MAT 271 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry II (4) |
| MAT 272 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry III (4) |
| MAT 274 | Elementary Differential Equations (3) |
| Total: 21 | |
| General Studies/school requirements total: 58 |
Engineering Core
| ECE 210 | Engineering Mechanics I: Statics (3) |
| ECE 300 | Intermediate Engineering Design L1 (3) |
| ECE 301 | Electrical Networks I (4) |
| ECE 334 | Electronic Devices and Instrumentation (4) |
| ECE 340 | Thermodynamics (3) |
| ECE 350 | Structure and Properties of Materials (3) |
| Total: 20 |
Engineering Special Studies Program MajorPremedical Engineering Option
| BIO 181 | General Biology S1/S2 (4) |
| BME 201 | Introduction to Bioengineering L1 (3) |
| BME 318 | Biomaterials (3) |
| BME 331 | Biomedical Engineering Transport I: Fluids (3) |
| BME 334 | Bioengineering Heat and Mass Transfer (3) |
| BME 413 | Biomedical Instrumentation L2 (3) |
| BME 416 | Biomechanics (3) |
| BME 417 | Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design I (3) |
| BME 423 | Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory L2 (1) |
| BME 435 | Physiology for Engineers (4) |
| BME 470 | Microcomputer Applications in Bioengineering (4) |
| BME 490 | Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design II (4) |
| CHM 113 | General Chemistry S1/S2 (4) |
| CHM 116 | General Chemistry S1/S2 (4) |
| CHM 331 | General Organic Chemistry (3) |
| CHM 332 | General Organic Chemistry (3) |
| CHM 335 | General Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1) |
| CHM 336 | General Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1) |
| ECE 380 | Probability and Statistics for Engineering Problem Solving N2 (3) |
| Technical elective (1) | |
| Total: 58 | |
| 1 | ECN 111 or ECN 112 must be included to fulfill the HU and SB requirements. |
| 2 | Engineering students may not use aerospace studies (AES) or military science (MIS) courses to fulfill HU and SB requirements. See the School of Engineering, “Selected nonengineering topics.” |
| 3 | Both PHY 121 and 122 must be taken to secure S1 or S2 credit. |
| 4 | Both PHY 131 and 132 must be taken to secure S1 or S2 credit. |
First Semester
| CHM 113 | General Chemistry S1/S2 (4) |
| ECE 100 | Introduction to Engineering Design N3 (4) |
| ENG 101 | First-Year Composition (3) |
| MAT 270 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry I N1 (4) |
| Total: 15 |
Second Semester
| CHM 116 | General Chemistry S1/S2 (4) |
| ENG 102 | First-Year Composition (3) |
| MAT 271 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry II (4) |
| PHY 121 | University Physics I: Mechanics S1/S21 (3) |
| PHY 122 | University Physics Laboratory I S1/S21 (1) |
| Total: 15 |
First Semester
| BIO 181 | General Biology S1/S2 (4) |
| BME 201 | Introduction to Bioengineering L1 (3) |
| ECE 210 | Engineering Mechanics I: Statics (3) |
| MAT 272 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry III (4) |
| PHY 131 | University Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism S1/S22 (3) |
| PHY 132 | University Physics Laboratory II S1/S22 (1) |
| Total: 18 |
Second Semester
| CHM 331 | General Organic Chemistry (3) |
| CHM 335 | General Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1) |
| ECE 301 | Electrical Networks I (4) |
| ECE 350 | Structure and Properties of Materials (3) |
| ECN 111 | Macroeconomic Principles SB (3) |
| or ECN 112 Microeconomic Principles SB (3) | |
| MAT 274 | Elementary Differential Equations (3) |
| Total: 17 |
First Semester
| BME 331 | Biomedical Engineering Transport I: Fluids (3) |
| BME 435 | Physiology for Engineers (4) |
| CHM 332 | General Organic Chemistry (3) |
| ECE 300 | Intermediate Engineering Design L1 (3) |
| ECE 340 | Thermodynamics (3) |
| Total: 16 |
Second Semester
| BME 318 | Biomaterials (3) |
| BME 334 | Bioengineering Heat and Mass Transfer (3) |
| CHM 336 | General Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1) |
| ECE 334 | Electronic Devices and Instrumentation (4) |
| MAT 242 | Elementary Linear Algebra N1 (2) |
| or ECE 384 Numerical Analysis for Engineers I (2) | |
| or ECE 386 Partial Differential Equations for Engineers (2) | |
| HU, SB, and awareness area course(s)3 (4) | |
| Total: 17 | |
First Semester
| BME 413 | Biomedical Instrumentation L2 (3) |
| BME 416 | Biomechanics (3) |
| BME 417 | Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design I (3) |
| BME 423 | Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory L2 (1) |
| HU, SB, and awareness area courses3 (6) | |
| Total: 16 | |
Second Semester
| BME 470 | Microcomputer Applications in Bioengineering (4) |
| BME 490 | Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design II (3) |
| ECE 380 | Probability and Statistics for Engineering Problem Solving N2 (3) |
| HU, SB, and awareness area course3 (3) | |
| Technical elective (1) | |
| Total: 14 | |
| Degree requirements total :128 | |
| 1 | Both PHY 121 and 122 must be taken to secure S1 or S2 credit. |
| 2 | Both PHY 131 and 132 must be taken to secure S1 or S2 credit. |
| 3 | Engineering students may not use aerospace studies (AES) or military science (MIS) courses to satisfy HU or SB requirements. See the School of Engineering, “Selected nonengineering topics.”. |
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