May 05, 2026

2015-2016 University Catalog

2015-2016 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies (BS only)

About the Program

Interdisciplinary engineering studies (IDES) is for students who want an engineering education but do not plan to practice engineering. The program offers considerable flexibility and permits you to develop an individual plan of study to meet educational goals that require working at the interface between engineering and other disciplines. Established options in the program include pre-medical engineering studies and theater engineering studies. IDES is not an ABET accredited program plan of study.

Link to https://engineering.purdue.edu/ENE/Academics/Undergrad

Summary of Program Requirements

The Summary of Program Requirements for Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies is a comprehensive list of those categories which a student must fulfill in order to earn their degree. Unlike the full Detailed Program Requirements listed below, complete lists of selectives for any given category are not shown. These summaries are intended to be printer-friendly and less expansive in detail.

Detailed Program Requirements

Please see below for detailed program requirements and possible selective fulfillments.

BS
IDE-BS
120 Credits for Graduation

Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies Major Courses

(45 credits of 200+ level engineering courses, of which at least 18 credits are 300+, and 6 credits 400+; MAX credits allowed in any one engineering discipline is 24)

(https://engineering.purdue.edu/ENE/Academics/Undergrad/IDE/general)

Required Engineering Core (18-26 credits)

ECE 20100 - Linear Circuit Analysis I or equivalent
ME 27000 - Basic Mechanics I and
ME 27400 - Basic Mechanics II or
AAE 20300 - Aeromechanics I or
CE 29700 - Basic Mechanics I (Statics) and
CE 29800 - Basic Mechanics II Dynamics
ME 30900 - Fluid Mechanics or
CE 34000 - Hydraulics or
AAE 33300 - Fluid Mechanics or
CHE 37700 - Momentum Transfer or equivalent
ME 20000 - Thermodynamics I or
ABE 21000 - Thermodynamics Principles Of Engineering And Biological Systems or
CHE 21100 - Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics or
MSE 35000 or equivalent
IE 34300 - Engineering Economics
or IDE 48300 or equivalent
EPCS 41100 - Senior Design Participation In EPICS and
EPCS 41200 - Senior Design Participation In EPICS or
IDE 48400 - Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Methodology and
IDE 48500 - Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Project or equivalent (Must be taken at Purdue-West Lafayette)
IDE 30100 - Professional Preparation In Interdisciplinary Engineering (Must be taken at Purdue-West Lafayette)
IDE 48700 - Multidisciplinary Engineering Senior Professional Development (Must be taken at Purdue-West Lafayette)

Engineering Selectives - (8)

(https://engineering.purdue.edu/ENE/Academics/Undergrad/IDE/general)

Use the link to find out which other courses are applicable.

Engineering Design

Must be approved by Dept. Eng. Education e.g.

Hands-on (not computer) Lab

2 credits

Enginering Courses in materials/strength of materials

Engineering Area Elective/Selective courses (15-20 credits)

(3-4) One of these beginning courses

(3) A follow up to core courses

(3) One additional advanced (300+) course

(5-9) Engineering Electives

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (47-54 credits)

MA 16500 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus I (satisfies FYE requirement & quantitative reasoning for core) or
MA 16100 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus I (satisfies FYE requirement & quantitative reasoning for core)
MA 16600 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus II (satisfies FYE requirement & quantitative reasoning for core) or
MA 16200 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus II (satisfies FYE requirement & quantitative reasoning for core)
CHM 11500 - General Chemistry (satisfies FYE requirement & science selective for core)
ENGR 13100 - Transforming Ideas To Innovation I (satisfies FYE requirement)
ENGR 13200 - Transforming Ideas To Innovation II (satisfies FYE requirement)
ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies FYE requirement & general education requirement & written and info literacy for core)
COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies general education requirement & oral communication for core)
PHYS 17200 - Modern Mechanics (satisfies FYE requirement & science selective for core)
CS 15900 - Programming Applications For Engineers (satisfies FYE requirement) or
CHM 11600 - General Chemistry (satisfies FYE requirement)
MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus (satisfies math requirement)
MA 26200 - Linear Algebra And Differential Equations (satisfies math requirement) or
MA 26500 - Linear Algebra (satisfies math requirement) and
MA 26600 - Ordinary Differential Equations (satisfies math requirement)

(3/4) Choose one-sophomore science selective

(3) Statistics selective - counts as either engineering (above) or basic science & math

Required course in area

one additional 2-3 credit course

Area Electives (9-18 cr)

chosen to satisfy student’s educational objectives.

General Education (24 credits)

NOTE: (includes ENGL 10600 and COM 11400 listed above)

GE 1
GE 2
GE 3
GE 4
GE 5
GE 6

University Core Requirements

Human Cultures Humanities - GE 1
Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science - GE 2
Information Literacy - ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition
Science #1 - CHM 11500 - General Chemistry
Science #2 - PHYS 17200 - Modern Mechanics
Science, Technology & Society - GE 3
Written Communication -
ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition
Oral Communication - COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication
Quantitative Reasoning - MA 16500 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus I or
MA 16100 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus I

The student is ultimately responsible for knowing and completing all degree requirements.

IDES/MDE web pages and Advisor are knowledge sources for specific requirements and completion

Program Requirements

Fall 1st Year

14 Credits

Spring 1st Year

16/17 Credits

Fall 2nd Year

MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus
PHYS 24100 - Electricity And Optics or
Sci Sel - Credit Hours: 3.00 ^†
ME 27000 - Basic Mechanics I ^†1
ME 20000 - Thermodynamics I ^†2
Area Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00 †3

16 Credits

Spring 2nd Year

MA 26200 - Linear Algebra And Differential Equations or
ME 27400 - Basic Mechanics II †4
ECE 20100 - Linear Circuit Analysis I
ECE 20700 - Electronic Measurement Techniques
CGT 16300 - Graphical Communication And Spatial Analysis
Area Elective - Credit Hours: 2.00†3

15 Credits

Fall 3rd Year

Engineering Class (intro) - Credit Hours: 3.00†5
CE 34000 - Hydraulics †6
CE 34300 - Elementary Hydraulics Laboratory
MSE 23000 - Structure And Properties Of Materials †7
General Education 1 (Core Outcome H) - Credit Hours: 3.00
IDE 30100 - Professional Preparation In Interdisciplinary Engineering

14 Credits

Spring 3rd Year

IDE 36000 - Multidisciplinary Engineering Statistics †8
Engineering Class (follow-up)†5 - Credit Hours: 1.00
Engineering Class (design)†9 - Credit Hours: 2.00
General Education 4 (300 level or non-intro) - Credit Hours: 3.00
General Education 2 (Core Outcome BSS) - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Fall 4th Year

Engineering Class 400+ level (advanced) - Credit Hours: 3.00†5
General Education 3 (Core Outcome STS) - Credit Hours: 3.00
General Education 5 - Credit Hours: 3.00
Area Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
IDE 48300
IDE 48400
IDE 48700

15 Credits

Spring 4th Year

IDE 48500 - Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Project ^†10
Engr elective - 300+ level - Credit Hours: 2.00
Area Elective - Credit Hours 3.00
Area MBS or other - Credit Hours: 3.00
General Educaiton 6 (300+ level or non-intro) - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Grand Total = 120 Credits

*Satisfies a University Core Requirement **Satisfies a Non-departmental Major Course Requirement. ^†Multiple options are available - the most common is listed. ^†1 statics options, ^†2 thermodynamics options †3 area electives are chosen with aid of adviser to advance the student’s educational objectives †4 dynamics options †5 engineering selectives are chosen with aid of adviser to advance the student’s educational objectives †6 fluids option †7 materials options †8 statistics options †9 design selective †10 Capstone design selective.

Note

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

*THE PLAN OF STUDY FROM 3RD SEMESTER ONWARDS SHOULD BE FILLED BY STUDENT AFTER CONSULTATION WITH ACADEMIC ADVISER.

Degree Requirements

The student is ultimately responsible for knowing and completing all degree requirements.

Degree Works is knowledge source for specific requirements and completion

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish