Curriculum

Total: 128 credits

First Year (35 credits)

Major Courses

• Introduction to Engineering
• Introduction to Computing
• Engineering Drawing
  

Hallmarks Core

• Pathways Seminar
• Writing Seminar I: Written Communication
• Topics in American Studies
• Calculus I
• Physics I with Lab
• Chemistry I with Lab
• Calculus II
  

DEC Core

• Finding and Shaping Opportunities

Second Year (35 credits)

Major Courses

• Physics II with Lab
• Calculus III
• Engineering Statics
• Differential Equations
• Engineering Dynamics
• Mechanics of Materials
  

Hallmarks Core

• American Diversity
• Writing Seminar II: Multimedia Communication
  

DEC Core

• Systems Thinking
• Engineering Simulations

Third Year (30 credits)

Major Courses

• Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I
• Integrated Engineering Product Development
• Fluid Mechanics
• Numerical Methods for Engineers
• Thermodynamics
• Technical Electives I & II
• Materials Science or Operations Research I
• Engineering Statistics

Hallmarks Core

• Global Diversity or Global Citizenship
• Debating Global Issues
  

DEC Methods

• Engineering Design Seminar
  

Fourth Year (28 credits)

Major Courses

• Engineering Economics
• Contemporary Global Issues
• Introduction to Mechatronics
• Senior Design Project I
• Senior Design Project II
• Technical Electives III & IV

Hallmarks Core

• Philosophies of the Good Life
• Ethics

DEC Methods

• Ethnographic Research Methods

For complete course descriptions and specialization options, please review the Thomas Jefferson University Undergraduate Course Descriptions.