Engineering B.S.


Program Name: Engineering Science

Program Designation: B.S.

Program Contact: Dr. Ronald E. Mattis

Academic Division: Physical and Computational Sciences

Program Description:

From your cell phone to your bowl of cereal, almost everything you touch has an engineer behind it. Would you like to be one of those engineers? Would you like to touch the world? Our engineering major will help you get there.

In our program, you’ll learn all kinds of interesting concepts. And, you’ll get to do some pretty neat things. You’ll build a contraption around an egg – yes, an egg. Then you’ll drop it off the roof of Fisher Hall. The idea, of course, is to build the right contraption to keep the egg from breaking. 

After you complete 60-72 credits on our campus, you’ll relocate to the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Engineering in Pittsburgh to finish your four-year degree. All you need is a 2.75 grade point average, and you’re guaranteed acceptance in the School of Engineering.

Our engineering graduates work at some pretty interesting places – IBM, Westinghouse, NASA, the U.S. Naval Shipyard – and you can, too. 

What you can do with a degree in Engineering .

Courses Required for the Major

Other Required Courses

  • Humanities or Social Science Elective Course (3 cr)

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Required Courses

  • CHE 0035           Introductory Chemical Engineering
  • CHE 0036           Thermodynamics
  • CHE 1008           Introduction to Staged Separations
  • ENGR 0135        Statics and Mechanics of Materials I
  • ENGR 0085        Engineering Seminar
  • CHEM 0206       Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 0207       Organic Chemistry I Lab
  • CHEM 0208       Organic Chemistry II
  • CHEM 0209       Organic Chemistry II Lab
  • MATH 0201       Calculus III
  • MATH 0202       Ordinary Differential Equations
  • MATH 0206       Linear Algebra
  • Humanities or Social Science Elective Courses (3 cr)

Civil Engineering Required Courses

  • CE 0109              Computer Methods in Civil Engineering I
  • ENGR 0022        Material Structure and Properties
  • ENGR  0131       Statics for Civil and Environmental Engineers
  • ENGR  0141       Mechanics of Materials for Civil and Environmental Engineers
  • ENGR  0085       Engineering Seminar
  • ECON  0102       Introductory Microeconomics
  • MATH  0201      Calculus III         
  • MATH  0202      Ordinary Differential Equations
  • MATH 0206       Linear Algebra
  • Humanities or Social Science Elective Courses (6 cr)

Electrical Engineering Required Courses

  • ECE 0031           Linear Circuits I
  • ECE 0041           Linear Circuits II
  • ECE 0132           Digital Logic
  • ECE 0142           Computer Organization
  • ECE 0257           Analysis and Design of Electronic Circuits
  • ENGR 0085        Engineering Seminar
  • MATH 0201       Calculus III
  • MATH 0202       Ordinary Differential Equations
  • MATH 0206       Linear Algebra 
  • Humanities or Social Science Elective Courses (9 cr)

Computer Engineering Required Courses

  • CIST 0150          Programming Fundamentals
  • ECE 0031           Linear Circuits I
  • ECE 0041           Linear Circuits II
  • ECE 0132           Digital Logic
  • ECE 0142           Computer Organization
  • ECE 0257           Analysis and Design of Electronic Circuits
  • ENGR 0085        Engineering Seminar
  • MATH 0202       Ordinary Differential Equations
  • MATH 0206       Linear Algebra 
  • Humanities or Social Science Elective Courses (9 cr)

Mechanical Engineering Required Courses

  • ME 0024 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design
  • ME 0051 Introduction to Thermofluids Engineering
  • ECE 0031 Linear Circuits I
  • ENGR 0022 Material Sturucture and Properties
  • ENGR 0135 Statics and Mechanics of Materials I
  • ENGR 0145 Statics and Mechanics of Materials II
  • ENGR 0085 Engineering Seminar
  • MATH 0202 Ordinary Differential Equations
  • MATH 0206 Linear Algebra
  • Humanities or Social Science Elective Course (3 cr)

Total Credits for the Major: 65 - 68

Additional Information:

 The second year of study initiates course work in a specific engineering major.