Example Four-Year Plan

The Engineering Science major is rigorous, extensive, and highly structured, requiring careful planning across your four years at Brandeis. To stay on track for graduation, students should begin taking engineering, math, and science courses in their first year. Below is an example four-year plan. If you arrive with AP or other college credit, or strategically double-count some Core requirements, you will have more flexibility than shown here. Additionally, depending on your preparation, some math and science courses can be shifted into the third year, provided engineering prerequisites are satisfied.

Note: Courses labeled "ENGR ##" have not yet been developed and thus do not have a catalog entry. This page will be updated as our course offerings expand.

Year 1 Fall Year 1 Spring
  • ENGR 11a: Introduction to Design Methodologies
  • ENGR 12b: Engineering Instrumentation and Experimentation
  • MATH 10a: Techniques of Calculus (a)
  • MATH 10b: Techniques of Calculus (b)
  • PHYS 11a: Introductory Physics I or
  • PHYS 15a: Advanced Introductory Physics I
  • PHYS 11b: Introductory Physics II or
  • PHYS 15b: Advanced Introductory Physics II
  • PHYS 19a: Physics Laboratory I
  • University core requirement (Language 1)
  • First-Year Seminar

 

Year 2 Fall Year 2 Spring
  • ENGR 13a: Modeling and Simulation
  • ENGR ##: Fundamentals of Materials Science & Engineering
  • MATH 15a: Linear Algebra
  • MATH 20a: Multi-variable Calculus
  • CHEM 11a: General Chemistry
  • BIOL 15b: Cells and Organisms
  • ENGR ##: Engineering Science, Ethics & Justice Seminar
  • BIOL 12a: Introductory Biology Lab
  • University core requirement (Language 2)
  • University core requirement (Language 3)

 

Year 3 Fall Year 3 Spring
  • ENGR 21a: Analysis of Transport Phenomena
  • ENGR ##: Thermal-Fluids Engineering
  • ENGR ##: Linear Systems & Controls
  • ENGR ##: Advanced Engineering Elective
  • Engineering & Society elective
  •  University core requirement (DJW)
  • University core requirement (DEIS-US)
  •  University core requirement (Creative Arts)

 

Year 4 Fall Year 4 Spring
  • ENGR ##: Senior Capstone Design I
  • ENGR ##: Senior Capstone Design II
  • ENGR ##: Advanced Engineering Elective
  • ENGR ##: Advanced Engineering Elective
  • University core requirement (Humanities) 
  • University core requirement (Social Science)
  • Open elective
  • Open elective