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VideoEngineering Sciences Major Modified with Biology
Students interested in the Engineering Sciences major modified with Biology should contact Professor Lee Lynd.
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 (choose 1 course)
- CHEM 5: General Chemistry
- CHEM 10: Honors First-Year General Chemistry
Computer Science (1 course)
- ENGS 20: Introduction to Scientific Computing (may not be taken under the Non-Recording Option)
Biology (2 courses)
- BIOL 11: The Science of Life
- BIOL 12: Cell Structure and Function
Required Courses
Engineering Core Courses (3 courses)
- ENGS 22: Systems
- ENGS 25: Introduction to Thermodynamics
- ENGS 35: Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
Engineering Electives (choose 3 courses)
- ENGS 21: Introduction to Engineering
- ENGS 23: Distributed Systems and Fields
- ENGS 24: Science of Materials
- ENGS 26: Control Theory
- ENGS 33: Solid Mechanics
- ENGS 34: Fluid Dynamics
- ENGS 36: Chemical Engineering
- ENGS 37: Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- ENGS 52: Introduction to Operations Research
- ENGS 56: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
- ENGS 91: Numerical Methods in Computation
- ENGS 161: Metabolic Engineering
- ENGS 165: Biomaterials
Biology Core Course (1 course)
- BIOL 13: Gene Expression and Inheritance
Biology or Chemistry Electives (choose 3 courses)
- BIOL 34: Neurobiology
- BIOL 35: Human Physiology
- BIOL 37: Endocrinology
- BIOL 42: Biology of the Immune Response
- BIOL 43: Developmental Biology
- BIOL 45: Molecular Biology
- BIOL 46: Microbiology
- BIOL 71: Advanced Topics in Cell Biology
- CHEM 51: Organic Chemistry OR CHEM 57: Honors Organic Chemistry
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
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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.)
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Advanced Course
- ENGS 61: Intermediate Electrical Circuits
- ENGS 62: Microprocessors in Engineered Systems
- ENGS 63: Introduction to VLSI 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 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: Protein Engineering
- ENGS 165: Biomaterials
- 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.