When Engineering Undeclared students are placed into a major at the end of their first year, the assumed timeline to graduate is three more years (four years total). Additional courses beyond the placement requirements must be completed during the second year before being eligible to start with core major coursework. This means students typically do not begin core major courses until either the spring quarter of sophomore year (for BioE and ChemE) or fall quarter of junior year (for the other majors). The table below outlines these required courses, called “enrollment requirements,” for each major.
To see the full picture of all degree requirements for engineering majors, refer to the Sample 4-year Plans or run a Degree Audit.
Note: The Human-Centered Design & Engineering major requirements are different enough from the other majors that they are not captured on this table.
Engineering Undeclared students, this table provides a summary of the courses that are required to be completed before starting with core major courses.
- For BioE and ChemE, core courses start in spring quarter of the second year
- For all other majors, core courses start in fall quarter of the third year
- Note: Due to the flexible nature of ECE’s curriculum, students in the ECE major can begin core courses as soon as they’ve completed the prerequisites
Note: The Human Centered Design & Engineering major requirements are different enough that they are not captured on this table.
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| AA | BioE | BSE | ChemE | CivE | ECE^ | EnvE | IE | MSE | ME | |
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| AA 210 | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | not required prior to enrollment | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | |
| AA 260 | required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment |
| AMATH 301 | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment or CSE 12X + BIOEN 217 | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment one of CSE 12X or CSE 160 | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment one of CSE 12X or CSE 160 | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment or CSE 122 | |
| BIOL 180 | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment |
| CEE 220 | required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment or ME 230 | required prior to enrollment | |
| CHEM 142* | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Pick two of these courses to fulfill your enrollment requirements CHEM143 or CHEM145 | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework |
| CHEM 152 | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | not required prior to enrollment | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | required prior to enrollment | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | required prior to enrollment | ||
| CHEM 162 | not required prior to enrollment | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment |
| CHEM 223 or 237 | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment |
| CSE 121 | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment one of CSE 12X + BIOEN 217; or AMATH 301 | required prior to enrollment one of CSE 12X or AMATH 301 or CSE 160 | required prior to enrollment one of CSE 12X or AMATH 301 or CSE 160 | ||||||
| CSE 122 * Note for programming courses: Please contact an adviser if you have transfer credit for CSE 142. It may count as an enrollment requirement for some majors. | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment one of CSE 12X + BIOEN 217; or AMATH 301 | required prior to enrollment one of CSE 12X or AMATH 301 or CSE 160 | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | required prior to enrollment one of CSE 12X or AMATH 301 or CSE 160 | required prior to enrollment or AMATH 301 | ||||
| CSE 123 | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment one of CSE 12X + BIOEN 217; or AMATH 301 | required prior to enrollment one of CSE 12X or AMATH 301 or CSE 160 | required prior to enrollment or CSE 143 | required prior to enrollment one of CSE 12X or AMATH 301 or CSE 160 | |||||
| CSE 143 | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment or CSE 123 | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment |
| English Composition | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework |
| MATH 124, 125, 126 * Note for programming courses: Please contact an adviser if you have transfer credit for CSE 142. It may count as an enrollment requirement for some majors. | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework |
| MATH 207 | required prior to enrollment | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment or AMATH 351 | required prior to enrollment | |||||
| MATH 208 | required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | Pick two of these courses to fulfill your enrollment requirements | not required prior to enrollment | ||||||
| MATH 224 | required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | Pick two of these courses to fulfill your enrollment requirements | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | |
| ME 230 | required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment or CEE 220 | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment |
| MSE 170 | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment | ||
| PHYS 121 * Note for programming courses: Please contact an adviser if you have transfer credit for CSE 142. It may count as an enrollment requirement for some majors. | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework |
| PHYS 122 | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | required prior to enrollment | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | required prior to enrollment | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | Complete these courses before starting core major coursework | |
| PHYS 123 | required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | not required prior to enrollment | Pick two of these courses to fulfill your enrollment requirements | not required prior to enrollment | required prior to enrollment |
* Note for programming courses: Please contact an adviser if you have transfer credit for CSE 142. It may count as an enrollment requirement for some majors. Back to content
^Note for Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) students: In addition to CHEM 142, MATH 224, and PHYS 123, BIOL 130 and BIOL 220 may also be used.