Engineering BSE < 2023-2024 Catalog (2024)

Major: Engineering
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits:181.5
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years); One Co-op (Four years); No Co-op (Four years)
Classification of Instructional (CIP) code: 14.0101
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 17-2199

For students in year two and beyond.

About the Program

The Bachelor of Science in Engineering major is an interdisciplinary engineeringmajor for students who do not intend to be practicing engineers. Students in the Bachelor of Science in Engineering major combine a rigorous engineering education in the College of Engineering with interdisciplinary studies in fields outside of engineering such as law, medicine, business, entrepreneurship, teaching,international studies, public policy, music, art, environmental studies, and more. The Bachelor of Science in Engineeringmajor provides a strong grounding in the foundations of engineering, in quantitative skills, and in the analytic processes that engineers use in design of practical technology.

Drexel's Bachelor of Science in Engineering major was developed to provide students with educational and professional challenges not available in the traditional engineering curriculum.

Program Objectives

The key objectives of the Bachelor of Science in Engineering program are to provide the student with:

• A strong foundation in science and mathematics
• A foundation of the fundamentals of engineering as a discipline
• A strong grounding in a second cognate area (either technical, pre-professional, cultural, global, or another area worked out between the student and their advisor)
• An integrating experience that ties the technical and the cognate areas together. Examples of such experiences may be, but are not limited to, research projects, capstone designs, a public service assignment, etc.

Additional Information

Degree Requirements

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General Education Requirements.

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Students may choose between AE, BMES, CHE, CAE, CS, ECE, ENGR, ENVE, MATE or MEM.

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Students may choose between BMES, CS, MATH, CHEM, PHYS, BIO or approved College of Engineering courses. Advisor approval is required for technical electives.

Sample Plan of Study

4 year, no co-op

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Students not participating in co-op will not take COOP101; 1 credit of Free Elective will be added in place of COOP101.

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Seedegree requirements.

4 year, 1 co-op

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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.

COOP101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term.Select students may be eligible to take COOP001 in place ofCOOP101

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Seedegree requirements.

5 year, 3 co-op

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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.

COOP101registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term.Select students may be eligible to takeCOOP001in place ofCOOP101

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Seedegree requirements.

Facilities

From the start of their freshman year, students learn to use the equipment they are likely to need in their careers such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, amplifiers, and power supplies. These skills make students more useful as co-op employees and give them a competitive advantage in their engineering careers.

Computer/Design Center

The Drexel curriculum boasts two types of lab experience: Instrumentation and Computer Design. Instrumentation Labs introduce Engineering majors to the sight, sound, and feel of equipment such as digital multimeters, power supplies, oscilloscopes, and waveform generators. The Computer Labs imbue these pre-engineers with knowledge of software which will be vital in today's work environment.