The Undergraduate Major in Engineering Science

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Engineering Science is the undergraduate honors program for students who demonstrate superior academic potential or achievement. Each student carries out a senior capstone design project on a topic of mutual interest to him or her and a faculty adviser. The program is designed both for students who plan to pursue graduate study and for those who seek a solid interdisciplinary foundation in engineering.

The first two years of course work are more or less the same for all students in the college of engineering (math, English, chemistry, physics, mechanics, and engineering design). The third year in engineering science provides a broad foundation in electrical devices and circuits, thermodynamics and heat transfer, fluid mechanics, modern physics, materials science, electromagnetics, failure analysis, and numerical analysis. The fourth year is dominated by student-selected technical electives and the senior design project. Click here for a list containing some previous thesis titles.

Engineering Science is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc. 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone: 410.347.7700 or www.abet.org

Undergraduate Minors

The Undergraduate Minor in Nanotechnology

The department offers a nanotechnology minor to undergraduates who wish to supplement their backgrounds in this newest addition to the academic program.
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The Undergraduate Minor in Engineering Mechanics

The department offers an Engineering Mechanics minor to undergraduates who wish to supplement their backgrounds with extensive study in Mechanics.
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Pre-Med Plan

The department offers a Pre-Med option to undergraduates who wish to pursue that field. For more information on pre-med at ESM, send email to the undergraduate officer at undergradofficer@esm.psu.edu