<p>does anyone know the required courses for an engineering major? I'm talking about the classes you take before you declare what field of engineering youre going into</p>
<p>Usually:
Engin 101, 100
Math 115, 116
Chem 125/126/130
Physics 140/141</p>
<p>ChemEs will take Organic Chem, I think EE's might need to take Physics 240/241.</p>
<p>The official requirements are all up on the CoE site.</p>
<p>Your list is good but a little incomplete, dsmo. The required courses I know of are:</p>
<p>Engin 100, 101
Math 115, 116, 215, 216 (IOE majors take 214 instead of 216)
Chem 125/126 (note 125 and 126 are the same lab class, it's just split up into two course numbers for transcript purposes to make it seem like you took 2 labs)/130
Physics 140/141, 240/241 (almost every major has to take 240/241)
Some majors require Econ, some require Organic Chem </p>
<p>You don't have to take all of these before you declare your major, but you have to take them eventually.</p>
<p>im just glad i dont have to take english or history. do you know if mechanical/biomed requires econ?</p>
<p>you basically do have to take english classes. for engineers they're called technical communications, and thats what engin 100 is. and then you still have to fill social science/humanities, so you may have to take a history course.</p>
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<p>That's not quite right. Engin 100 is a much deeper class than that. It is essentially a project class that introduces you to engineering. There are about 6 or 7 sections for it, each with a different theme, from different areas of engineering. The class is 75% about learning those fields and 25% the technical communications aspect.</p>
<p>I took section 700, called "Music and Microprocessors." That was essentially a CE class. We did a ton of material from EECS 270 and 370, and about half the class was spent on developing our projects. The tech com part of it was far far smaller than the actual material itself.</p>
<p>Other TC classes vary. Usually there is a required 1-credit class. For EECS folks, that's TC300. Also, if your engin major has a MDE (major design experience) required, there will be a concurrent TC component. MDEs are basically senior projects. </p>
<p>Still, TC classes are small and you don't spend a lot of time on them. Nothing like an actual English class.</p>
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do you know if mechanical/biomed requires econ?
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<p>As far as I know, no engineering major ever requires econ. Possibly IOE does, but that would be the only one. The honors program might as well. If you want to, you can take it to fulfill required humanities credits.</p>
<p>your description is nothing of what my engin 100 experience was like. mine focused more on the technical communications and the class involved a lot of work. from what i remember, the microprocessor one had far fewer papers than others...</p>