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Engineering Sciences Major Modified with Economics

Students interested in the Engineering Sciences major modified with Economics should contact Professor Geoffrey Parker.

Prerequisites

Modified majors are expected to have a basic understanding of calculus, physics, chemistry, and computer science. First-year students interested in the major should take the placement test in mathematics.

Unless otherwise prohibited, prerequisites may be taken under the Non-Recording Option.

Mathematics (3 courses)

• MATH 3: Introduction to Calculus
• MATH 8: Calculus of Functions of One and Several Variables
• MATH 13: Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions

Physics (2 courses)

• PHYS 13: Introductory Physics I
• PHYS 14: Introductory Physics II

Chemistry (1 course)

• CHEM 5: General Chemistry

Computer Science (choose 1 option, 1-2 courses)

• ENGS 20: Introduction to Scientific Computing (may not be taken under the Non-Recording Option)
• COSC 1: Introduction to Programming and Computation AND COSC 10: Problem Solving via Object-Oriented Programming

Economics (2 courses)

• ECON 1: The Price System: Analysis, Problems, and Policies
• ECON 10: Introduction to Statistical Methods

Required Courses

Engineering Core Courses (3 courses)

• ENGS 21: Introduction to Engineering (should be taken sophomore year)
• ENGS 22: Systems
• ENGS 52: Introduction to Operations Research

Engineering Electives (3 courses, including 1 course from Group 1 and 2 from Group 2)

• Group 1
  • ENGS 23: Distributed Systems and Fields
  • ENGS 24: Science of Materials
  • ENGS 25: Introduction to Thermodynamics
  • ENGS 33: Solid Mechanics
• Group 2
  • Any other Engineering Sciences course that counts toward the A.B.

Economics Courses (choose 2 courses)

• ECON 20: Econometrics
• ECON 21: Microeconomics
• ECON 22: Macroeconomics

Economics Electives (choose a 2-course sequence from a single group)

• Money and Finance
  • ECON 26: The Economics of Financial Intermediaries and Markets
  • ECON 36: Theory of Finance
• Industrial Organization
  • ECON 25: Industrial Organization and Public Policy
  • ECON 35: Games and Economic Behavior OR ECON 45 Topics in Industrial Organization
• International Trade
  • ECON 29: International Finance and Open-Economy Macroeconomics
  • ECON 39: International Trade

Culminating Experience

Engineering Sciences majors complete a culminating experience, which is part of a course (either as one of the two electives or as an additional course). Normally taken during the senior year, the course is chosen from the following options:

• Thesis
  • ENGS 86: Independent Project
  • ENGS 88: Honors Thesis
• Design Project
  • ENGS 89: Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation (taken as part of the two-course design sequence ENGS 89/90). May count toward both A.B. and B.E. degrees. (Prior to enrollment in ENGS 89, at least 6 engineering sciences courses must be completed: ENGS 21 plus 5 additional courses numbered 22 to 76.)
• Advanced Course
  • ENGS 58: Protein Engineering
  • ENGS 61: Intermediate Electrical Circuits
  • ENGS 62: Microprocessors in Engineered Systems
  • ENGS 67: Programming Parallel Systems
  • ENGS 71: Structural Analysis
  • ENGS 73: Materials Processing and Selection
  • ENGS 75: Product Design
  • ENGS 76: Machine Engineering
  • ENGS 112: Modern Information Technologies
  • ENGS 122: Semiconductor Theory and Devices
  • ENGS 124: Optical Devices and Systems
  • ENGS 125: Power Electronics and Electromechanical Energy Conversion
  • ENGS 126: Analog Integrated Circuit Design
  • ENGG 129: Instrumentation and Measurements
  • ENGS 130: Mechanical Behavior of Materials
  • ENGS 132: Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Condensed Phases
  • ENGS 133: Methods of Materials Characterization
  • ENGS 134: Nanotechnology
  • ENGS 135: Thin Films and Microfabrication Technology
  • ENGS 145: Modern Control Theory
  • ENGS 146: Computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering Design
  • ENGS 157: Chemical Process Design
  • ENGS 158: Chemical Kinetics and Reactors
  • ENGS 160: Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
  • ENGS 163: Advanced Protein Engineering
  • ENGS 165: Biomaterials
  • ENGS 167: Medical Imaging
  • ENGS 169: Intermediate Biomedical Engineering
  • ENGS 171: Industrial Ecology
  • ENGS 172: Climate Change and Engineering

Transfer Credit

No more than two transfer courses may be used for credit in the major.

Academic Standing

Satisfactory completion of the major requires a grade point average of 2.0 in the courses suitable for satisfying the major.