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2022-2023 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Digital Enterprise Systems, BS

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About the Program

Modern products are increasingly supported by data-driven design, manufacturing, production and support throughout a product’s lifecycle. With a major in Digital Enterprise Systems (DESS), you will use the latest software and hardware tools to effectively communicate and support each step in the product’s development and use. In your classes, you will define, build, and visualize digital product and process models to demonstrate how products are built, how they are made, how they are serviced and supported, and how the data used throughout this process is managed. Your work will be done primarily with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software tools for simulation, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Product Data Management (PDM), manufacturing execution systems (MES), and technical data packages.

The Digital Enterprise Systems major is part of the Manufacturing Engineering Technology  program.  The Manufacturing Engineering Technology program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org.

Digital Enterprise Systems Major Change (CODO) Requirements  

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (70 credits)

Required Major Courses (70 credits)

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (43 credits)

Electives (7 credits)

Any course, any subject.  Credit Hours:  7.00

University Requirements

University Core Requirements

For a complete listing of University Core Course Selectives, visit the University Senate Website.
  • Human Cultures: Behavioral/Social Science (BSS)
  • Human Cultures: Humanities (HUM)
  • Information Literacy (IL)
  • Oral Communication (OC)
  • Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
  • Science #1 (SCI)
  • Science #2 (SCI)
  • Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
  • Written Communication (WC)

Civics Literacy Proficiency Requirement:

The Civics Literacy Proficiency activities are designed to develop civic knowledge of Purdue students in an effort to graduate a more informed citizenry.

Students will complete the Proficiency by passing a test of civic knowledge, and completing one of three paths:

  • Attending six approved civics-related events and completing an assessment for each; or
  • Completing 12 podcasts created by the Purdue Center for C-SPAN Scholarship and Engagement that use C-SPAN material and completing an assessment for each; or
  • Earning a passing grade for one of these approved courses (or transferring in approved AP or departmental credit in lieu of taking a course)

For more information visit the Civics Literacy Proficiency website.

Prerequisite Information:

For current pre-requisites for courses, click here.

Additional Requirements

Click here for Virtual Product Integration Supplemental Information .

Cornerstone Certificate required.  Click here for Cornerstone Certificate .

Program Requirements

Fall 1st Year

15 Credits

Spring 1st Year

16 Credits

Fall 2nd Year

14 Credits

Spring 2nd Year

15 Credits

Fall 3rd Year

15 Credits

Spring 3rd Year

15 Credits

Fall 4th Year

15 Credits

Spring 4th Year

15 Credits

Notes

  • Students must earn a “C-” or better in all CGT courses.

  • Pass/No Pass may be allowed for Electives or Technical Electives only.

  • 120 semester credits & 2.00 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
  • Purdue policy states that a student may attempt a course no more than three (3) times. An attempt is defined as all courses displayed on a student’s transcript including, but not limited to A,B,C,D,E,F,W,WF,I and IF
  • 32 credit hours of 30000 or 40000 level Purdue courses for graduation
  • Cornerstone Certificate is required with this major. 

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.  Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful.  These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program”. 

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