Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Required Major Courses (30 credits)

At least 15 credits of the 30 credits are 30000+

• Economics Selective⁴

• IE 34300 - Engineering Economics

• OR

• ECON 25100 - Microeconomics and
• ECON 25200 - Macroeconomics

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• IDE 30100 - Professional Preparation In Interdisciplinary Engineering - Junior (Must be taken at Purdue West Lafayette)
• Engineering Design (30000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00  Must be approved by ENE Department (e.g. ABE 33000 , AAE 25100 , CE 45600 , IE 38600  etc.)
• Engineering Elective - Engineering courses only - Credit Hourse 23.00 (To meet students educational objectives)

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (44-50 credits)

* can be substituted with approved alternative FYE courses (i.e. ENGR 14100/14200, etc.)

• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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 & Written Comm & Info Lit  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)

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• CS 15900 - Programming Applications For Engineers (satisfies FYE requirement) or
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry (satisfies FYE requirement)

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• MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus (satisfies math (MBSE) requirement)

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• MA 26200 - Linear Algebra And Differential Equations (satisfies math (MBSE) requirement)
• MA 26500 - Linear Algebra (satisfies math (MBSE) requirement) and
• MA 26600 - Ordinary Differential Equations (satisfies math (MBSE) requirement)

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• PHYS 24100 - Electricity And Optics or
• PHYS 27200 - Electric And Magnetic Interactions or
• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I or
• BIOL 23000 - Biology Of The Living Cell

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• IDE 36000 - Multidisciplinary Engineering Statistics or approved equivalent (IE 23000 , IE 33000 , ECE 30200 , CHE 32000 , STAT 35000 , or STAT 51100 )  - if non-engineering statistics selective, it counts as MBSE; if ENGR, count as additional ENGR course.

Area Electives (29 credits maximum)

Chosen to satisfy student’s educational objectives.

• Very highly recommended:

• CGT 11000 - Technical Graphics Communications or
• CGT 16300 - Graphical Communication And Spatial Analysis or
• CGT 16400 - Graphics For Civil Engineering And Construction

General Education (24 credits)

NOTE: includes ENGL 106 and COM 114 (7 credits) listed above, plus 17-18 credits

• General Education 1 - HSS - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education 2 - BSS - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education 3 - STS - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education 4 - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education 5 - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education 6 - Credit Hours: 2.00- 3.00

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition or
• SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity

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• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication or
• SCLA 10200 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication II: Modern World

Optional Concentrations

• Engineering Science Studies  
• Pre-Medical Engineering Studies  

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

MBSE - Math, Basic Science, & Engineering - 44 credits minimum from excluding FYE courss (Engineering, CS, Mathematics, or cience courses as needed)

**Satisfies a Non-departmental Major Course Requirement. 

†Multiple options are available - the most common is listed. †1 statics options, †2thermodynamics 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.

• ^†Multiple options are available: common option listed.   ^†1 Area electives are chosen with aid of advisor to advance the student’s educational objectives. Area classes for this plan of study are used to complete the requirements to take the MCATS and attend medical school. Courses to be completed include but are not limited to: 2 semesters General Biology with labs (minimum - should take more); 2 semesters General Chemistry with labs; 2 semesters Organic Chemistry with labs; 2 semesters Physics with labs; 2 semesters English Composition; 1 semester Biochemistry (no lab required; (* IU MD and Marian DO programs will require as of fall 2015); Anatomy and Physiology (not required but highly recommended for MCAT); 1 semester General Psychology (*IU MD and Marian DO programs will require as of fall 2015); 1 semester sociology (* IU MD and Marian DO programs will require as of fall 2015); other recommended courses Statistics.  Generally, a grade below a C is not acceptable for a prerequisite course.
• ^†2 engineering electives are chosen with aid of advisor to advance the student’s educational objectives.  ^†3General Education courses can be taken from CLA, Krannert or Honors - consult advisor.  ^†4 statistics selective could be approved equivalent (IE 23000/33000 /ECE 30200 /CHE 32000 /STAT 35000 /STAT 51100 - (if non engineering statistics selective chosen fulfills MBSE, but would require another 3 credit engineering course to be taken); ^†5 design selective - consult advisor for course selection. Engineering courses (30 credits of 20000+ level engineering courses, of which at least 15 credits are 30000+; MAX credits allowed in any one engineering discipline  is 24.)
• 120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.
• Graduation Index of 2.0 or higher and a min. GPA of 2.0 in Engineering courses at 20000+ level included in the POS. All other Purdue University graduation requirements including “There must be 32 credits of 30000+ level for graduation” must be satisfied.
• *THE PLAN OF STUDY FROM 3RD SEMESTER ONWARDS SHOULD BE FILLED BY STUDENT AFTER CONSULTATION WITH ACADEMIC ADVISER.

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