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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.
Overview and video —
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 |
