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Undergraduate Course List

Engineering Sciences (ENGS) courses can be used for A.B. credit; most courses satisfy requirements for the Engineering Sciences major.

The list below shows courses offered during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 academic years. Not all courses listed are offered at all times. Thayer School reserves the right to cancel the offering of any listed course when the enrollment is fewer than 5 students.

See undergraduate course descriptions for class meeting times, descriptions, prerequisites, instructors, and distributive requirements.

Courses Recommended for Non-Majors

Ideal for non-majors and first-year students exploring engineering, these courses have few or no prerequisites.

ENGS 1 Everyday Technology
ENGS 2 Technology of Sailing
ENGS 3 Materials: The Substance of Civilization
ENGS 4 Technology of Cyberspace
ENGS 5 Healthcare and Biotechnology in the 21st Century
ENGS 6 Technology and Biosecurity
ENGS 7 Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Medical Imaging
ENGS 7 Technology: Boon or Bane?
ENGS 7 The Science, Politics, and Economics of Energy
ENGS 8 Introduction to Technology
ENGS 9 Nanotechnology
ENGS 10 Biomedical Informatics
ENGS 11 Technologies in Homeland Security
ENGS 12 Design Thinking
ENGS 13 Virtual Medicine and Cybercare
ENGS 15 Undergraduate Investigations in Engineering

Courses for Majors and Minors

Students planning a major or minor in Engineering Sciences should work with an engineering professor to plan their course progression early.

Engineering Sciences Prerequisite

Along with mathematics, physics, and chemistry, engineering students need basic skills in computing.

ENGS 20 Introduction to Scientific Computing

Common Core Courses

Common core courses emphasize an integrated approach to problem solving and systems analysis.

ENGS 21 Introduction to Engineering
ENGS 22 Systems
ENGS 23 Distributed Systems and Fields

Distributive Core Courses

Distributive core courses address basic concepts of engineering and help students make informed decisions about their eventual engineering specialties.

ENGS 24 Science of Materials
ENGS 25 Introduction to Thermodynamics
ENGS 26 Control Theory
ENGS 27 Discrete and Probabilistic Systems

Gateway Courses

Gateway courses introduce students to specific engineering disciplines and help them shape their programs around their interests.

ENGS 31 Digital Electronics
ENGS 32 Electronics: Introduction to Linear and Digital Circuits
ENGS 33 Solid Mechanics
ENGS 34 Fluid Dynamics
ENGS 35 Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
ENGS 36 Chemical Engineering
ENGS 37 Introduction to Environmental Engineering

Upper Level Courses

Upper level courses allow majors and minors to acquire depth in their chosen engineering fields.

ENGS 41 Sustainability and Natural Resource Management
ENGS 42 Contaminant Hydrogeology
ENGS 43 Environmental Transport and Fate
ENGS 44 Sustainable Design
ENGS 51 Principles of System Dynamics
ENGS 52 Introduction to Operations Research
ENGS 56 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
ENGS 61 Intermediate Electrical Circuits
ENGS 62 Microprocessors in Engineered Systems
ENGS 63 Introduction to VLSI Systems
ENGS 65 Engineering Software Design
ENGS 66 Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science
ENGS 68 Introduction to Communication Systems
ENGS 71 Structural Analysis
ENGS 73 Materials Processing and Selection
ENGS 74 Nanotechnology
ENGS 75 Product Design
ENGS 76 Machine Engineering
ENGS 80 Ethics and Engineering
ENGS 84 Reading Course
ENGS 85 Special Topics
ENGS 86 Independent Project
ENGS 87 Undergraduate Investigations
ENGS 88 Honors Thesis
ENGS 91 Numerical Methods in Computation
ENGS 92 Fourier Transforms and Complex Variables

See Graduate Course list for courses numbered 100 and above.

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