Engineering Program (Pre-Engineering)

Program Overview

College of Natural and Health Sciences

The pre-engineering program is designed for students who intend to enter an engineering field. Students take one to two years of coursework at UNC before transferring to a university that offers a degree in engineering. Alternatively, after their second year, students may elect to complete the Physics B.S. - Engineering Physics Concentration or other science or math program at UNC.

On successful completion of this program, the student will be eligible to transfer to an engineering school in Colorado or elsewhere, or transfer to another science or mathematics program at UNC.

Program Requirements

Required Major Credits

CHEM 111	Principles of Chemistry ILAS1	4
CHEM 111L	Principles of Chemistry I LaboratoryLAS1LASL	1
CS 120	Introduction to Programming	3
CS 160	Structured Programming	3
ENG 122	College CompositionLAW1	3
MATH 131	Calculus ILAX1	4
MATH 132	Calculus IILAX1	4
MATH 233	Calculus III	4
PHYS 240	General Physics ILAS1LASL	5
PHYS 241	General Physics II	5
PHYS 321	Elementary Modern Physics	3
PHYS 323	Elementary Modern Physics Laboratory	1

Program Notes

Any elective courses should be selected in consultation with one's advisor to ensure applicability to an engineering degree program. Some engineering fields require a second semester of chemistry.

Students in this program register under a physics major with pre-engineering as a second major and must have an advisor in the physics program.