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    Sep 07, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

Engineering Science AS Program


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Code: AS.ENGIN.SCI

Engineering Science is designed for students who enjoy applying their knowledge to the analysis, design, and construction of physical devices. Engineering disciplines draw on the concepts of thermodynamics, fluid flow, stress and strain, electricity and magnetism, mathematics and software modeling, and complex forces.

Students who obtain an AS in Engineering Science will be prepared to continue at a four year college for more advanced content in specialized fields such as Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical, Chemical and Civil Engineering.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

  1. Demonstrate foundational technical drawing skills.
  2. Demonstrates the use of structured programming principles for the solution of engineering problems.
  3. Work in teams to demonstrate proper and safe use of instrumentation and software in performing laboratory measurements and analysis to develop a growing sense of error sources that affect accuracy and precision of experimental results.
  4. Demonstrate logical reasoning in problem solving by using appropriate mathematics (high level algebra and calculus), diagrams, and the principles of physics and chemistry
  5. Demonstrate clear scientific writing skills and proper terminology to describe the principles of physics and chemistry.

Recommended Semester Sequence


Subtotal: 15 Credits


Subtotal: 14 Credits


Third Semester


  • Humanities Elective 3 Credit(s) *
  • Natural Science or Mathematics restricted elective 4 Credit(s)

Subtotal: 14 Credits


Fourth Semester


Subtotal: 17 Credits


General Education Requirements


Subtotal: 9 Credits


Humanities Electives*


  • Two (2) general education courses selected from the following fields: Arts (Art [ART], Music [MUS], Theatre Arts [THR], Cinema Studies [CIN]); History (HIS); Interdisciplinary (WGS); Literature (LIT); Philosophy and Religion (PHR); World Languages and Cultures (LAN).
  • With no more than one course in any one field.

Subtotal: 6 Credits


Social Science Elective


One general education course selected from the following fields: Economics (ECO); Geography (GEO); Political Science (POL); Psychology (PSY); Sociology (SOC) and Anthropology (ANT).

Subtotal: 3 Credits


Mathematics, Natural Science, and Technology


Subtotal: 12 Credits


Subtotal: 30


Plus ONE of the following courses:


Free Elective**


Subtotal: 3 Credits


Subtotal: 27 Credits


Total Credit Hours: 60


Specific Program Notes

Students are encouraged to take their courses in semester sequence order.

Please note that required courses may have prerequisites. Click on each course to view details.

* General Education Elective(s)  

** It is strongly recommended that Free Electives be chosen in consultation with an advisor from the list of Natural Science or Mathematics/Computer Science Electives. IST-123  will fulfill 3 Free  Elective credits for students who place into the course.

*** Students who choose DFT-107  or a CIS course will be required to take additional credits to meet the graduation requirements

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