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VideoEngineering 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
- 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
- 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.