Curriculum in General Engineering

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Curriculum in General Engineering

Department of General Engineering
117 Transportation Building
104 South Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-2730
Fax: (217) 244-5705
E-mail: ge-ugrad@uiuc.edu
URL: http://www.ge.uiuc.edu

For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in General Engineering

Educational Objectives

In concert with the overall mission of the College of Engineering (see the college introduction), the four-fold mission of the Department of General Engineering, inaugurated in 1921, is to:
· prepare students with the innovative engineering, design, problem solving, and business skills needed to develop and bring to market competitive products and services for the benefit of society;
· develop the character, self-reliance, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills of its students through a high degree of choice, involvement, and responsibility for their education;
· engage in leading-edge, interdisciplinary research and service to industry, the state, and the country; and
· provide high-quality state-of-the-art courses of service to the college, the university, and the community at large.
Intellectual Content

General Engineering is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary program in basic sciences, engineering sciences, and engineering design that emphasizes problem solving through real-world partnerships with industry and supplemented with the tools that a student needs to develop an understanding of the business environment faced by the practicing engineer. The program provides a broad background in mechanics and structures, control systems, and decision-making that supports a systems approach to engineering. Design experience is emphasized and integrated across the core. Engineering and business may be incorporated with elective courses in areas such as profit and value engineering, engineering economics, entrepreneurship, process control, leadership and life skills, and communication skills for a collaborative workplace.
The senior design project is the capstone design experience for all General Engineering undergraduates. The department leads the field with project teams consistently winning national awards. Industry partners note that General Engineering students stand out for their global, team, and business orientation and their strong problem-solving and communication skills. Graduate and professional school officials note that General Engineering students are among the highest qualifying, best performing, and most sought-after graduates in the job market.
Career Focus

One of the most unique aspects of General Engineering is that it provides students with a virtually unlimited opportunity to achieve educational and career goals by selecting or customizing a technical or nontechnical secondary field. Secondary fields of concentration pursued by General Engineering students include diverse and exciting areas such as telecommunications, business systems integration and consulting, environmental quality, engineering marketing, nondestructive testing and evaluation, cinematography, robotics, international business, vehicle dynamics, biomedical engineering, and prelaw. (See complete list presented further on.) Moreover, General Engineering students may pursue all University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus and college minors, as well as dual majors and dual degrees, with a minimum of extra course work by counting that work toward course credits for a secondary field of concentration.
Educational Outcomes

Students interested in acquiring innovative engineering, design, and problem-solving expertise and developing character, self-reliance, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills are best suited to a General Engineering education, whether it be in preparation for careers in engineering or related careers in business, law, medicine, industry, and education.
To accomplish its educational objectives and to comply with ABET accreditation standards, the Department of General Engineering achieves the collegewide outcomes stated under the college introduction. In addition, it attains the following outcomes: the abilities to
· understand how to apply business fundamentals to promote utilization of new technology;
· engage in entrepreneurship; and
· succeed in engineering and nonengineering careers.
General Engineering Curriculum

The curriculum requires 131 hours for graduation. A typical semester-by-semester program is shown below. Course prerequisites are listed in the Timetable, the Courses Catalog, and at www.ge.uiuc.edu.
First year
HOURS     FIRST SEMESTER
3     CHEM 101-General Chemistry
1     CHEM 105-General Chemistry Laboratory
0     ENG 100-Engineering Lecture
1     G E 100-Introduction to General Engineering
3     G E 103-Engineering Graphics and Design¹
5     MATH 120-Calculus and Analytic Geometry, I²
3     Elective in social sciences or humanities³
16     Total
HOURS     SECOND SEMESTER
3     C S 101-Introduction to Computing with Application to 
      Engineering and Physical Science
3     MATH 130-Calculus and Analytic Geometry, II
2     MATH 225-Introductory Matrix Theory²
4     PHYCS 111-General Physics (Mechanics)
4     RHET 105-Principles of Composition¹
16     Total
Second year
HOURS     FIRST SEMESTER
4     ECE 110-Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering
1     G E 199 (sec. 188)-Introduction to Business Aspects of Engineering
3     MATH 242-Calculus of Several Variables
4     PHYCS 112-General Physics (Electricity and Magnetism)
3     T A M 152-Engineering Mechanics, IStatics
3     Elective in social sciences or humanities³
18     Total
HOURS     SECOND SEMESTER
3     G E 288-Engineering Economy and Operations Research
3     MATH 285-Differential Equations and Orthogonal Functions
2     PHYCS 114-General Physics (Waves and Quantum Physics)
3     T A M 212-Engineering Mechanics, IIDynamics
3     T A M 221-Introduction to Solid Mechanics
3     Elective in social sciences or humanities³
17     Total
Third year
HOURS     FIRST SEMESTER
2     ECE 211-Topics in Analog Circuits and Systems
3     G E 221-Introduction to General Engineering Design
3     G E 222-Design and Analysis of Dynamic Systems
1     G E 224-Dynamic Systems Laboratory
3     Secondary field of concentration elective⁴
3     Elective in social sciences or humanities³
15     Total
HOURS     SECOND SEMESTER
1     G E 225-Instrumentation and Test Laboratory
3     G E 232-Engineering Design Analysis
3     G E 289-Probabilistic Decision-Making
3     G E 323-State Space Design Methods in Control
3     Secondary field of concentration elective⁴
3     Elective in social sciences or humanities³
16     Total
Fourth year
HOURS     FIRST SEMESTER
3     G E 292-Engineering Law⁵
4     T A M 235-Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
3     Design elective⁶
3     Engineering science elective⁷
3     Secondary field of concentration elective⁴
16     Total
HOURS     SECOND SEMESTER
0     G E 291-General Engineering Seminar
3     G E 342-Project Design, I
2     G E 343-Project Design, II
3     Secondary field of concentration elective⁴
3     Elective in social sciences or humanities³

6     Free electives
17     Total
1. These two courses may be taken in reverse order depending upon RHET 105 availability.
2. It is recommended that freshmen with appropriate backgrounds in analytical geometry take the MATH 135, 245 calculus sequence (10 hours) instead of MATH 120, 130, 242 sequence (11 hours). If MATH 135, 245 are taken, MATH 315 (3 hours) should be taken in place of MATH 225.
3. Each student must satisfy the social sciences and humanities requirements of the College of Engineering, including ECON 102 or 103, and satisfy the campus general education requirements for social sciences and humanities. It is highly recommended that ECON 102 or 103 be taken before the fourth semester.
4. To be selected from lists established by the department or by petition to the department.
5. Satisfies the General Education Advanced Composition requirement.
6. To be selected from the list of design electives established by the department.
7. To be selected from the list of engineering science electives established by the department.
Secondary Fields of Concentration for the Undergraduate Curriculum in General Engineering

The secondary field requires a minimum of 12 hours of coursework. Secondary fields of concentration are of two types: preapproved and customized. Preapproved fields have designated titles and a specified list of courses, from which several may be selected. Approval for the substitution of a course for one on the specified list may be requested via a petition form submitted to the department. Customized secondary fields of concentration may be created to achieve goals in areas not provided by preapproved fields. To do this, a suitable title and all the courses must be petitioned for acceptance by the department. Petition approval is based on the merit of the secondary field and the coherence of the courses within it relative to the student's goals.
Pursuit of campus or college minors or completion of James Scholar contracts may be integrated with customized secondary fields of concentration in the General Engineering curriculum. Courses taken may be applied to both the minor or contract and to the secondary field. This may also be done for coursework applying to a second major in engineering or a dual degree in another University of Illinois college.
For an explanation of procedures to declare secondary fields of concentration and petitions associated with them, consult the chief advisor of the department or http: //www.ge.uiuc.edu.
Preapproved Secondary Fields of Concentration

Preapproved secondary fields are listed below. This list is subject to change. For the most up-to-date lists, consult http://www.ge.uiuc.edu.
In several instances below, the following course substitutions may be used interchangeably to comply with prerequisites of listed courses:
CEE 293, ECE 313, G E 289, I E 230, STAT 310/MATH 363
CEE 292, G E 288, I E 210
MATSE 306/ M E 231, T A M 224/CEE 210
ECE 386, G E 222 plus G E 224, M E 240

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
ECE/G E 370/C S 343
ECE 386
G E 389
M E 211¹, 213¹,261¹, 303, 304¹, 312, 313, 331, 336, 388
College of Engineering
T A M 312
1. Recommended only if it is a prerequisite to another listed course.
BIOENGINEERING¹ 
BIOCH 350
BIOEN 120, 370SS
BIOL 120², 121², 122²
BIOPH 301
CHEM 231, 234
ECE/BIOEN 314, 315, 375
G E 293 (MHM)
KINES 255
PHYSL 103, 301, 302, 303, 304
V B/BIOEN 306
1. Students fulfilling the College of Engineering minor in bioengineering may simultaneously complete the requirements of this secondary field of concentration.
2. Recommended only if it is a prerequisite to another listed course.
Business Systems Integration and Consulting¹
ACCY 200, 201, 202
ACCY 332/B ADM 391
ACCY 335/B ADM 394
B ADM 202, 210, 321, 322, 323, 345, 346
B ADM 392/ACCY 333
B ADM 393/ACCY 334
B&TW 250
C S 301, 303, 304, any other 200- or 300-level courses
C S 300/C S E 305
C S 302/C S E 306
G E 393 (RSL)
1. At least one course must be chosen from the C S/CSE course group and at least one from the remaining group.
CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
CEE 263¹, 264, 280, 363, 364, 365, 398 (SA)
MATH 280, 315
1. Not recommended if GE 241 is chosen as an elective.
Communications and Computer systems
C S 225, 300, 301, 303, 304, 311
C S/ECE 328, 338
ECE 371 (BW)
G E 393 (RSL)¹
1. Recommended course.
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (CAD/CAM)
C S 173, 225¹ (or C S 300¹/C S E 305¹)
C S 318¹/C S E 327¹
C S/ECE 348
I E 350
MFG E 210
M E 285¹, 366
1. Recommended course.
COMPUTER SCIENCE^{1, 2}
C S 173, 225³ (or C S 300³/CS E 305³), any other 200- or 300-level courses
G E 393 (RSL)
1. Students fulfilling the College of Engineering minor in computer science may simultaneously complete the requirements of this secondary field of concentration.
2. Students with a strong interest in courses other than C S 300-304 are encouraged to take C S 125 in place of C S 101.
3. Recommended course.
Construction
CEE 216¹, 220, 263², 264, 280, 315¹, 316¹, 318¹, 365, 398 (SA)
T A M 224/CEE 210 (or MATSE 306 or M E 231)
1. At least two of these courses must be taken.
2. Not recommended if GE 241 is chosen as an elective.
CONTROL SYSTEMS
C S 225¹
ECE 386, 390
ECE/G E 370/C S 343
G E 389
MFG E 330
MATH 280¹
MATH 361/STAT 351
MATH 366/STAT 356
M E 261¹, 312, 313, 388
STAT 311/MATH 364
1. Recommended only if it is a prerequisite to another listed course.
ENGINEERING ADMINISTRATION
ACCY 200, 201, 202
B ADM 210, 314, 315, 321, 323, 351, 382, 384
B&T W 250, 261
ECON 300, 301
FIN 254
GEOG/B ADM 205
I E 235, 262
I E/G E 334
MFG E 210, 320, 350
POL S/B ADM/SOC S 300/ACCY 322
PSYCH/AVI 258/I E 240
PSYCH/AVI 356/I E 346
ENGINEERING MARKETING
ACCY 200, 201, 202
ADV 281
B ADM 202, 210, 320, 337, 344, 360, 370, 380, 382
B&T W 250, 261
PSYCH 245

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACE/NRES 310/ENVST 317
CEE 241, 336, 337, 338, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349
EEE 105
ENVST/CPSC 236/CHLTH 266
ENVST/CPSC 331/CHLTH 361
ENVST 370/PSYCH 372
NRES/CPSC/ENVST 319
NPRE/ENVST 241

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING¹
M E 231 (or T A M 224/CEE 210 or MATSE 306)
MFG E² 210, 320, 330, 340, 350
Other courses must be chosen from the approved lists for computer-aided 
design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM), operations research, and control systems.
1. Students fulfilling the College of Engineering minor in manufacturing engineering may simultaneously complete the requirements of this secondary field of concentration.
2. At least two of these MFG E courses must be chosen.
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION
C S 225¹, 273¹, 346
C S/ECE 348
ECE 374
ECE/G E 370/C S 343
ECE/TAM 373
G E 354², 389
I E/G E 334³
M E 285
M E 345/C S E 351
T A M 224³/CEE 210³ (or MATSE 306 or M E 231)
T A M 312, 326
1. Recommended only if it is a prerequisite to another listed course.
2. Required course.
3. Recommended course.
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
G E 393 (RSC)
I E 261, 262, 350
I E/G E 334
MATH 361/STAT 351
MATH 366/STAT 356
M E 285
MFG E 320, 350 
STAT 311/MATH 364

QUALITY CONTROL
B ADM 314, 315
I E 235, 262, 336
I E/G E 334
MATH 361/STAT 351
MATH 366/STAT 356
M E 285
STAT 311/MATH 364
REHABILITATION ENGINEERING
BIOL 120¹, 121¹, 122¹
CSB 234, 322
CHEM 231
ECE/BIOEN 314, 315
PHYSL 103
REHAB 301, 302, 340, 344
1. Recommended only if it is a prerequisite to another listed course.
ROBOTICS
C S 225¹, 273¹, 346, 347
C S/ECE 348
C S/MATH 375
ECE 291, 386, 390
ECE/G E 370/C S 343
ECE/BIOEN 375
G E 389
I E/G E 334
MFG E 330
M E 285, 313, 342
1. Recommended only if it is a prerequisite to another listed course.
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS
MATH 280
M E 345/CSE 351
T A M 312, 321, 324, 326, 335, 360
T A M/A A E 327, 328
T A M 224/CEE 210 (or MATSE 306 or M E 231)
Customized Secondary Fields

The following list contains examples of titles for additional secondary fields of concentration that have been approved as customized fields. The most up-to-date list of titles used in customized secondary fields of concentration may be found at http://www.ge.uiuc.edu. Additional titles beyond those listed may be proposed.
Customized secondary fields differ from preapproved ones in that no sets of specified courses to choose from have been predefined. For all customized secondary fields of concentration, a course list must be constructed and submitted for approval by the department.
Accountancy
Acoustics
Agricultural Engineering (or other engineering discipline)
Agronomy
Animal Science
Applied Mathematics
Applied Statistics
Astronomy
Audio Engineering
Aviation
Biology
Chemistry
Cinematography
Circuit Analysis and Design
Economics
Energy
Finance
Finite Element Analysis
Fluid Dynamics
Food Science
Geography
Heat Transfer
History of Engineering, Science, and Technology
Human Factors
Industrial Design
Industrial Psychology and Organizational Behavior
Insurance and Actuarial Science
Integrated Engineering and IndustrialDesign
International Business
Japanese (or any other language)
Landscape Architecture
Machine Design
Meteorology
Mining and Geological Engineering
Philosophy
Political Science
Power Systems
Pre-Dentistry
Prelaw
Pre-Medicine
Pre-Veterinary Science
Railroad Engineering
Solar Energy
Technical Journalism
Telecommunications
Thermal Science
Thermodynamics
Vehicle Dynamics

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