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Departmental Majors in the School of Engineering

In this section:

Chemical Engineering (CHE)

Civil Engineering (CE)

Computer Science (CS)

Electrical Engineering (EE)

Environmental Engineering (ENV)

Management Science and Engineering (MS&E)

Materials Science and Engineering (MATSCI)

Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Up one level:

Bachelor of Science in the School of Engineering

Curricula for majors offered by the departments of Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Management Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering have the following components: 36-45 units of mathematics and science (see Basic Requirements 1 and 2 at the end of this section); engineering fundamentals (three course minimum, at least one of which must be unspecified by the department, see Basic Requirement 3); Technology in Society (TIS) (one course minimum, see Basic Requirement 4); engineering depth (courses such that the total of units for Engineering Fundamentals and Engineering Depth is between 60 and 72). ABET accredited majors must meet a minimum number of Engineering Science and Engineering Design units; (see Basic Requirement 5). Curricular requirements for departmental majors are being revised at the time of publication. Consult the 2008-09 Handbook for Undergraduate Engineering Programs at http://ughb.stanford.edu for the most up-to-date listing of curricular requirements.

Experimentation—Departmental major programs, other than Computer Science and Management Science and Engineering, must include 8 units of experimentation. Lab courses taken in the sciences, as well as experimental work taken in courses within the School of Engineering, can be used in fulfillment of this requirement. By careful planning, the experimentation requirement should not necessitate additional course work beyond that required to meet the other components of an engineering major. A list of courses and their experimentation content (in units) can be found online at http://ughb.stanford.edu in the Handbook for Undergraduate Engineering Programs.

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