collageTo keep the option open for majoring in engineering, a student should have taken Engineering 4 and 79 before the fourth semester. Any proposed variation from this program must be discussed in advance with an engineering advisor.
An engineering major must satisfactorily complete the following required courses for the bachelor’s degree:
Engineering Science Stem
The engineering science stem consists of five required courses that collectively embody the fundamental “applied science” knowledge base needed by a broadly educated engineer practicing in the foreseeable future:
- ENGR082 HM – Chemical and Thermal Processes
- ENGR083 HM – Continuum Mechanics
- ENGR084 HM – Electronic and Magnetic Circuits and Devices
- ENGR085 HM – Digital Electronics and Computer Engineering
- ENGR086 HM – Materials Engineering
A half course in engineering mathematics is also required for the engineering major:
- ENGR072 HM – Engineering Mathematics
Systems Stem
The systems stem is a sequence of three required courses that provides analysis and design tools to model and interpret the behavior of general engineering systems. The sequence is multidisciplinary in approach, enabling students to gain a unified view of the entire spectrum of engineering disciplines:
- ENGR079 HM – Introduction to Engineering Systems
- ENGR101 HM – Advanced Systems Engineering I
- ENGR102 HM – Advanced Systems Engineering II
Design and Professional Practice Stem
The design and professional practice stem includes five required courses that focus on working in teams on open-ended, externally-driven design projects that, over the course of the curriculum, encompass conceptual design, preliminary (or embodiment) design, and detailed design.
Hands-on exposure to professional practice begins with students undertaking challenging design problems in the first year with an introduction to conceptual design, engineering drawings, and manufacturing techniques:
- ENGR004 HM – Introduction to Engineering Design and Manufacturing
Continues with a laboratory course in experimental engineering:
- ENGR080 HM – Experimental Engineering
And culminates with three semesters of Engineering Clinic (seniors must submit a final Clinic report that is acceptable to the project’s faculty advisor):
- ENGR111 HM – Engineering Clinic I
- ENGR112 HM – Engineering Clinic II
- ENGR113 HM – Engineering Clinic III
Engineering Seminar
- ENGR122 HM – Engineering Seminar
- ENGR124 HM – Engineering Seminar
Three Upper Division Electives
- Three upper division engineering technical electives (numbered higher than 100, others by petition. Not to include courses listed above).
Students should note that many electives are offered in alternate years.
Harvey Mudd Engineering Curriculum
Offering rigorous analysis of theoretical principles and intensive hands-on experience, the engineering curriculum is divided into three branches—engineering science, systems, and design and professional practice.
The engineering sciences courses (E82, E83, E84, E85 and E86) establish a broad base of fundamental knowledge needed by an engineer practicing in the field.
The sequence of systems courses (E79 and E101-102) provide analysis and design tools to model and interpret the behavior of general engineering systems. These courses are multidisciplinary in approach, enabling students to gain a unified view of the entire spectrum of engineering disciplines.
The design and professional practice courses focus on working in teams on open-ended, externally-driven design projects. Hands-on exposure to professional practice begins with students working in small teams on open-ended design problems posed by not-for-profit clients in the first year (E4), continues with a laboratory course in which students gain skills in designing and running experiments to solve design problems and characterize engineered systems (E80) and culminates with three semesters of Engineering Clinic (E111–113).
To keep the option open for majoring in engineering, a student should have taken E4 and E79 before the fourth semester. Any proposed variation from this program must be discussed in advance with an engineering adviser.
Engineering Courses
- ENGR004 HM – Introduction to Engineering Design and Manufacturing
- ENGR072 HM – Engineering Mathematics
- ENGR079 HM – Introduction to Engineering Systems
- ENGR080 HM – Experimental Engineering
- ENGR082 HM – Chemical and Thermal Processes
- ENGR083 HM – Continuum Mechanics
- ENGR084 HM – Electronic and Magnetic Circuits and Devices
- ENGR085 HM – Digital Electronics and Computer Engineering
- ENGR085A HM – Digital Electronics
- ENGR086 HM – Materials Engineering
- ENGR091 HM – Intermediate Problems in Engineering
- ENGR101 HM – Advanced Systems Engineering I
- ENGR102 HM – Advanced Systems Engineering II
- ENGR111 HM – Engineering Clinic I
- ENGR112 HM – Engineering Clinic II
- ENGR113 HM – Engineering Clinic III
- ENGR114 HM – Engineering Clinic
- ENGR122 HM – Engineering Seminar
- ENGR124 HM – Engineering Seminar
- ENGR131 HM – Fluid Mechanics
- ENGR133 HM – Chemical Reaction Engineering
- ENGR134 HM – Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics
- ENGR138 HM – Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- ENGR147 HM – Material Science of Energy Conversion and Storage
- ENGR151 HM – Analog Circuit Design
- ENGR155 HM – Microprocessor-Based Systems: Design and Applications
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