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Engineering Statics chalkboard showing tension testing equasions

If you don't know what this is now, you will after Engineering Statics (ENES 102), where you'll learn how different materials respond to a variety of forces.

   

Your first-year experience in the Clark School of Engineering will be challenging, exciting and fun. You'll learn things that you'll use throughout your life, meet new people, make life-long friends, study subjects you didn't even know existed, and broaden your horizons to include new ideas and abilities.

There will be many other new students going through the same experiences as you, but you won't be just a face in the crowd, or just a name on a class list. There are upperclass students who will assist in your acclimation. And, of course, your professors will be available for any help or advice that you might need.

One question that always comes up from prospective students: "What courses will I be taking as a freshman in the Clark School?" The answer is somewhat dependent on the particular major that you choose and any AP credits that you have. But, in general, the first year is very similar for all majors. Below you'll find a "typical" schedule for a first-year student.

Fall Semester   Spring Semester
Course
Credits
  Course
Credits
Introduction to
Engineering Design
3
  Engineering Statics
or
Programming Concepts
3

4
Chemistry for Engineers
3
  Physics I - Mechanics 
3
Calculus I
4
  Calculus II
4
Introduction to Writing
or

CORE Requirement
(General Education Course) 
3
  CORE Requirement (General Education Course) 
3

Dialog With
The Dean
or
Department
Intro Course
or
The Student in the University
or
CORE Requirement

1


1


1


3

  Course in your major
or
CORE Requirement
3

3
Total
14-17
  Total
16-17

 

Advanced Placement (AP) and International
Baccalaureate (IB) Credits

Please visit the university's Transfer Credit Center to learn more about campus policies for accepting these credits.

 

Prospective undergraduates can also learn more about...

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Surviving Freshman Year

Here are the top tips Clark School student panelists have been offering to high school students:

Go to class.

Develop your time management skills.

Get to know your professors.

Get involved in student societies.

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