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As a first-year student, you can explore engineering by taking an introduction to engineering course. If you've already chosen a major, an introductory course will help you review your options and confirm your decision. You will also gain a great way to meet other new engineering students and engineering faculty/staff members.
The checkmark indicates that the course meets general college requirements for Introduction to Engineering.
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INTEREGR 101: Contemporary Issues in the Engineering Profession
2 credits
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Overview of engineering, majors, career paths, and resources.
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Introduction to engineering, its disciplines, and its interaction with society.
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Learn work experiences and views of the profession firsthand from practicing engineers, many of them UW alumni.
The presenters represent all the UW-Madison engineering majors and a wide range of employers.
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Learn from other speakers about current issues facing engineers, career decision-making strategies, and options such as internships and study abroad.
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Explore the field and your interests through team projects: attend a career fair,
develop a poster presentation.
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Fall |
INTEREGR 102: Introduction to Society's Engineering Grand Challenges
2 credits
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We scrutinize the application of engineering solutions to large-scale problems facing society in energy, health care, environment, security, and quality of life.
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Fall and spring |
INTEREGR 160: Introduction to Engineering
3 credits
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Hands-on, real-world engineering design projects for clients in the Madison campus area.
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Do engineering. Work on a real-world design project
in teams with faculty and upper-class engineering students. Your team will design and construct an
original solution to problems proposed by Madison-area clients.
Recent projects have included a canine-assisted wheelchair, a mechanical turf-wear tester,
and an erosion control system.
By taking part, you will experience the design process and develop confidence in your own ability to be successful
as an engineer.
A glimpse of the future —
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Fall and spring |
MS&E 250: Introduction to Modern Materials
1 credit
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A close-up look at materials and their many applications.
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For Materials Science and Engineering majors and students interested in materials such as ceramics, polymers, metals, composites, and semiconductors.
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Learn about the classes of materials and what makes them different.
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Explore properties, processing, and applications of materials.
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Typical projects: dissecting a CD boom box and examining the materials under an electron microscope, and creating a team presentation.
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Fall and spring |
ISyE 191: The Practice of Industrial Engineering
1 credit
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Topics: Information systems, health systems, human-computer interaction, quality engineering, manufacturing, and more.
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Find out about team dynamics, business systems, career opportunities, and internships.
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Learn about management and design approaches to business.
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ECE 252: Introduction to Computer Engineering
2 credits
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Opportunities in computer engineering
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Learn the latest practices in computer design.
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Get the big picture of the economic and historical influence of computing systems on today's world.
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Find out how engineering is used to solve challenging problems.
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Prepare for study in the computer engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science degree programs.
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Fall and Spring |
GLE 171: Introduction to Geological Engineering
1 credit
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Exploration of
geological engineering
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Take field trips to quarries, building excavation sites, and landfills that will reveal important earth science principles.
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Learn from experts about geological engineering career opportunities, research, and benefits to society.
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Try out ideas in a conceptual design project.
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Spring |
NE (NEEP) 231: Survey of Nuclear Engineering
1 credit
NOTE: This course does not meet general college requirements.
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Exploration of nuclear engineering
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Topics: nuclear energy, environmental challenges, nuclear fission power, plasmas and fusion power, and radiation sciences.
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Tour campus nuclear facilities.
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Spring |
