General Degree Requirements
Writing (1)
This requirement is met by completing a University Writing Course.
Mathematics (5)
This requirement is met by completing Mathematics 31, 32, 103, 107 and 108.
Natural Science (4)
This requirement is met by completing Chemistry 21L, Physics 51L (61L) and 52L (62L), and an elective course in one of the natural science departments which presents fundamental knowledge about nature and its phenomena, preferably including quantitative expression.
Note: A partial list of disallowed courses follows: all mathematics, computer science, and statistics courses, as well as all BAA courses, BIO 10, 42, 43D, 44, 45S, 46, 47, 49S, 50, 85, 90, 93S, 96D, 100, 102, 107, 111; CHM 83, 103; and PHY 32, 35, 36, 37, and 49S. No environmental sciences and policy or psychology courses with the NS codes are accepted as natural science. (Since new courses are offered that may not be on the disallowed list, you may contact the Dean's Office if you have questions regarding the acceptability of a particular course.)
Humanities and Social Science (5)
This requirement is met by completion of five courses selected from at least three of the following four areas of knowledge: Arts, Literatures and Performance (ALP), Civilizations (CZ), Foreign Languages (FL), and Social Sciences (SS). At least one course must be classified SS. In order to provide depth in the subject matter, at least two of the five courses must be selected from a single department and at least one of those courses must be 100-level or above. This program of courses should reflect a thematic coherence and fulfill an objective appropriate to the engineering profession. Courses selected must be those that present essential subject matter and substance of the discipline.
Engineering and Applied Sciences, Digital Computation (4)
This requirement is met by completion of one course from each of four of the following seven areas: digital systems, electrical science, information and computer science, mechanics (solid and fluid), materials science, systems analysis, and thermal science and transfer processes. Students are expected to have acquired digital-computer programming capability before their sophomore year. The programming capability is generally satisfied by Engineering 53L.
Engineering Department Courses (15)
The department (BME, CEE, ECE or MEMS) administering the major field of study specifies this requirement. In general, it consists of both required and elective courses planned in consultation with the student's departmental adviser. Including the 4 credits in engineering and applied sciences listed under general requirements (see above paragraph), a total of 13.0 credits in engineering work are required.