Associate of Arts & Sciences

Major: Engineering

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Length: NORMAL: Two-year Program - Four semesters

DECELERATED: Three-year Program - Six semesters

Purpose: The curriculum in engineering is designed to educate students and to help them begin a career in a field that continues to challenge the imagination in a multitude of societal, environmental, and technological areas.

Opportunities are virtually unlimited for both women and men in engineering and they may consult, work in industry or, work for local, state, or federal governments. Engineering work varies over a broad spectrum. A mining engineer, for example, may work in a local industry in the design of new mining machinery, a civil engineer may manage research in new highway surfacing materials for the federal government. An electronics engineer may design circuitry for computer applications. Within the last two decades, engineers have teamed up with biologists, lawyers, medical doctors, architects, and businessmen to contribute in yet other nontraditional fields: from the recycling of waste products to management information systems; from artificial limbs to improved communication systems; and, to alternate forms of energy.

The curriculum in engineering leads to an Associate of Arts and Sciences Degree. It is comparable in length and course content to the first two years of a four-year engineering curriculum at a large university.

Completion of this curriculum enables a student to transfer with junior class standing in engineering at four-year universities, and to complete the baccalaureate degree program in one of the following engineering fields.

Aerospace Civil Mining
Agriculture Electrical Naval
Architecture Electronic Nuclear
Ceramics Industrial Ocean
Chemical Mechanical Petroleum
Computer Metallurgical  

Admission Requirements: Entry into the engineering curriculum requires satisfactory completion of the following high school units, or their equivalent: 4 units of mathematics (2 units of algebra, 1 unit of geometry, and 1 unit of trigonometry) 1 unit of chemistry, 1 unit of physics, and 1 unit of social sciences. It is recognized that some students may not have developed the requisite background in mathematics and the sciences. These students are strongly urged to enroll in the summer school preceding their entry into the freshman year. Some four-year universities require two/three units of a single foreign or classical language.

Decelerated Option: A special 3-year program has been designed for students who wish to pursue the Associate of Arts and Sciences degree in Engineering at a less pressured pace. Details are available at the College’s Engineering Division.

Program Requirements: The first semesters of the curriculum in engineering provide a common background to all engineering students and include courses essential for correct and effective oral and written communication in both technical and non-technical ideas, such as English, mathematics, and graphics. Included are other fundamental subjects in the humanities, physics, chemistry, computer programming, and engineering mechanics.

Course                                                                         Lecture    Lab       Course
Number                 Course Title                                Hours    Hours    Credits

                                           First Semester

MTH 175  Calculus of One Variable I 3 0 3
MTH 177  Introductory Linear Algebra  2 0 2
CHM 111 College Chemistry I 3 3 4
ENG 111 College Composition I 3 0 3
SDV 101 College Survival Skills  1 0 1
EGR 115    Engineering Graphics 1 3 2
EGR 120    Introduction to Engineering 2 0 2
  TOTAL    15 6 17
         
  Second Semester      
         
MTH 176 Calculus of One Variable II   3 0 3
MTH 178   Topics in Analytic Geometry 2 0 2
ENG 112  College Composition II 3 0 3
PED/HLT Elective 0 4 2
EGR  125  Intro. to Engineering Methods 3 0 3
EGR  140  Engineering Mechanics (Statics) 3 0 3
   TOTAL 14 4 16
         
  Third Semester      
MTH   277  Vector Calculus 4 0 4
PHY  241  University Physics I 3 3 4
Elective Humanities 3 0 3
Elective Social Science  3 0 3
EGR  246 Mechanics of Materials 3 0 3
  TOTAL   16 3 16
         
   Fourth Semester      
MTH  291 Differential Equations 3 0 3
PHY   242  University Physics II 3 3 4
Elective Social Sciences 3 0 3
Elective Humanities 3 0 3
EGR   245 Engineering Mechanics-Dynamics 3 0 3
   TOTAL 15 5 17
         

Total Credits for the Engineering Major............................................................. 66

*  Students transferring to Virginia Tech must take EGR 125 in C++ Programming.