Welcome to the School of Engineering
At Vanderbilt University
Registration Instructions:
1. Read all enclosed materials carefully to help you register for your
courses properly.
2. Design your schedule, using the sample curriculum and the
accompanying instructions to guide you. Be sure that none of your
classes or lab times over lap.
3. Log on to YES (Your Enrollment Services) at http://yes.vanderbilt.edu
and enroll in your fall classes June 10 through June 28
4. Fill out the Declaration of Major form and indicate the field of
engineering you wish to choose as a major. If you’re not sure, pick a
major that sounds interesting. You may change your major later. Your
faculty adviser will be assigned in August according to your field of
interest.
5. Mail or fax in your Declaration of Major form and your Consent to
Release Academic Information form no later than June 28, 2013 to:
Brenda Jordan, Registrar
VU Station B 351519
Nashville, TN 37235
or Fax: 615-343-0670
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Questions? Please call (615) 343-8061
Or TOLL FREE 1-877-676-9111
Guidelines for Course Selection
All engineering students at Vanderbilt take a common core of courses during the first
year, in the sense that all students take:
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Chemistry
Math
Engineering Science 140 A, B, C
Liberal Arts Core requirement or an elective
Engineering Freshman Seminar (optional)
While it is a “common” first year, many students have Advanced Placement (AP) credits or other special
circumstances requiring some guidance in selecting an appropriate schedule for the first semester.
Using the sample curriculum as a guide, use the YES class search to look up the course times for the
courses you have selected and place them in your cart. Be careful not to overlap course times.
Choosing your Chemistry Course
If you have a 5 on the AP Chemistry exam, you will receive AP credit for Chemistry, and you should
speak with an adviser from the Dean’s office about a suitable substitute course for the fall semester.
Otherwise, you should take CHEM 102A Lecture, CHEM 102A Discussion, and CHEM 104A Laboratory.
Choosing your Math Course
Selection of the appropriate mathematics course is a little more involved. The usual sequence taken by
entering engineering students is Math 155A, 155B, and 175. Math 155A is a four-hour beginning calculus
course.
If you have earned a 4 or 5 on the BC calculus Advanced Placement test, you will automatically be
awarded eight hours of credit for Math 155A and 155B. Although you may start with Math 175, you
should consider beginning calculus at Vanderbilt with Math 155B as good preparation for your second
and third year courses in Math. If you elect to take either Math 155A or 155B at Vanderbilt, the
corresponding AP credit will be canceled.
If you have earned a 5 on the AB calculus Advanced Placement test, you will automatically be awarded
four hours of credit for Math 155A and you may start with Math 155B.
First-year students should choose a calculus course on the basis of high school background and AP, IB,
or transfer credit awarded by Vanderbilt. The Department of Mathematics will evaluate student
performance at the beginning of the semester and move students to a different level if warranted. If you
find the course you have chosen too advanced, you may drop back to the lower level course without
penalty during the first two weeks of the semester.
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Placement Tests:
Placement tests are optional. But, if you are planning to continue in a foreign language that you began in
high school, we recommend a placement test in that language. The Placement test for French may be
found on-line at: http://ascs.vanderbilt.edu/perl/frlangtest.pl or for Spanish may be found at:
http://ascs.vanderbilt.edu/perl/splangtest.pl
The Liberal Arts Core
In order to provide the elements of a general education considered necessary for responsible
practice as an educated engineer, the School of Engineering requires each student to complete
at least 18 hours in the Liberal Arts Core. The Liberal Arts Core will be selected from courses in
the five distribution categories designated in the AXLE Curriculum Course Distribution of the
School of Arts and Science. You will see the notations for each category within the catalog
course description for the course.
a) Humanities and the Creative Arts
b) International Cultures, including Arabic 210a, Chinese 201, French 101a, German 101,
Greek 201, Hebrew 111a, Italian 101a, Japanese 200ab and 201, Latin 101, Russian
101, Spanish 100 and 101
c) History and Culture of the United States
d) Social and Behavioral Sciences, including Engineering Management 244
e) Perspectives, including Computer Science 151
and the distribution categories of:
f) Music Composition and Performance
All MUSC, MUSE, MUSO, and MUSP courses in the Blair School of Music.
g) Cognition and Development
All Peabody College courses in Psychology numbered 1200-2000, 2230-2470, and
2560-2610, and in Human and Organizational Development numbered 1000,
1100, 1200-1800, and 2240-2280
Within the 18-hour requirement, the student must meet the following distribution
requirements:
1. At least 3 credit hours in each of at least three different categories
2. At least 6 credit hours in one category
Humanities and the Creative Arts – (HCA)
African American and Diaspora Studies 200, 202, 204W, 207, 208W, 221, 230, 260
American Studies 294
Anthropology 219, 226, 264, 268, 279
Art Studio 102, 110, 111, 120, 121, 122, 130, 140, 141, 150, 151, 160, 171, 172, 173, 180, 190, 202, 203, 205,
206, 207, 208, 210, 211, 220, 221, 222, 230, 231, 240, 241, 250, 252, 271, 272, 273, 285, 288, 290
Asian Studies 150, 213W
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Classics 150, 204, 205, 206, 225, 240, 243, 295, 295W, 296W
Communication Studies 100, 200, 201, 204, 210, 222, 237, 241, 243, 244, 254
English 100, 102W, 104W, 105W, 116W, 117W, 118W, 120W, 122, 123, 200, 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208A,
208B, 209A, 209B, 210, 210W, 212, 214A, 214B, 219, 220, 221, 230, 231, 232A, 232B, 233, 235, 236, 236W, 237,
237W, 240, 241, 244, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252A, 252B, 254A, 254B, 255, 256, 258, 259, 260, 262, 262W, 264,
265, 266, 269, 272, 272W, 273, 273W, 274, 274W, 278, 278W, 282, 283, 288, 288W, 291
European Studies 151
Film Studies 125, 211, 227W, 275W
French 205, 211, 212, 219, 224, 225, 234, 237, 238, 241, 251, 253, 256, 260, 261, 265, 267, 271
German 172, 223, 269, 271, 274, 275, 278
Greek 210, 212, 215, 216, 218, 240, 294
History 176, 222, 238, 239A, 275A, 284C, 286G, 287A, 288A, 288E, 289A, 289D
History of Art 110,111,112, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213W, 214, 215, 217, 217W, 218, 219, 220W, 221, 222,
223, 224, 226, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 251, 252, 253, 255, 256, 260W, 262W, 264, 265, 266, 268, 295
Honors 181
Italian 220, 231, 232, 233, 235, 250
Jewish Studies 122, 135W, 136W, 182, 246, 248, 248W, 250, 251, 253W, 254, 255
Latin 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 212, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 260, 264, 267, 268, 294
Medicine, Health, and Society 205W, 220, 248
Music Literature 103, 121W, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 153, 154, 183, 184, 185, 219, 221A, 221B, 222, 223, 224,
225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 239, 242, 243, 244, 245, 253, 265
Philosophy 100, 100W, 120, 120W, 210, 212, 213, 216, 217, 218, 220, 224, 226, 231, 232, 234, 238, 240, 241,
242, 243, 247, 248, 248W, 249, 251, 260, 261, 274
Political Science 103, 202, 203, 205, 207, 207W, 208, 253, 257, 258, 263
Portuguese 205, 232, 233
Religious Studies 101, 108, 109, 112, 113, 140, 210, 212, 213, 220W, 222, 225, 240, 246, 247, 251, 280W
Russian 221, 222, 233
Spanish 203, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 239, 240, 246, 247, 251, 256, 258, 260, 280, 281
Theatre 100, 100W, 110, 111, 212, 213, 214, 218, 219, 220, 223, 225, 230, 231, 232, 261
Women's and Gender Studies 212, 249, 259, 259W, 261, 261W
International Cultures – (INT)
African American and Diaspora Studies 120, 140, 160, 165, 190, 205, 209, 220, 269, 275
Anthropology 210, 212, 213, 223, 225, 232, 247, 248, 254, 269, 276, 277, 278, 285
Arabic 210A, 210B, 220A, 220B, 230A. 230B, 240, 250
Asian Studies 200W, 211, 212, 240, 250W, 251
Catalan 102, 200
Chinese 201, 202, 211, 212, 225, 226, 241, 242, 251, 252, 255, 256
Classics 130, 146, 207, 208, 209, 212, 213, 223, 226, 231, 232, 236, 238, 241, 242
Economics 288
English 271, 276
European Studies 201, 203, 220, 225, 260
French 101A, 101B, 102, 103, 201W, 203, 204, 209, 210, 215, 226, 239, 266, 268
German 101, 102, 103, 104, 201W, 213, 214, 216, 220, 221, 222, 235, 237, 242, 244, 248, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266,
267, 270, 280
Greek 201, 202, 203, 204
Hebrew 111A, 111B, 113A, 113B, 201, 202W
History 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 116, 119, 127, 128, 135, 136, 137, 138, 170, 172, 188A, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206,
209, 210, 211A, 212A, 213, 216, 219, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234, 241, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248,
249, 251, 253A, 254A, 257, 268, 286B, 286C, 286D, 286E, 287C, 287G, 288B, 288C, 288D, 288G
History of Art 120, 122, 125, 216, 230, 246, 247, 248, 249
Interdisciplinary Studies 270A, 270C
Italian 101A, 101B, 102, 103, 201W, 214, 230, 240
Japanese 200A, 200B, 201, 202, 211, 212, 241, 242, 251, 252
Jewish Studies 120, 123, 125, 156, 158, 180W, 222, 233, 234, 235W, 237, 237W, 238, 249, 256
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Latin 100, 102, 103, 104
Latin American Studies 201, 202, 231
Music Literature 122, 160, 171, 250, 252
Philosophy 103, 103W, 203, 211, 228, 257, 262
Political Science 210, 211, 216, 217, 228, 235, 264W
Portuguese 102, 200, 201, 203
Religious Studies 130, 135, 136, 206, 226, 238, 244, 249, 250, 252, 253, 254, 262, 264, 265, 275
Russian 101, 102, 171, 172, 183, 190, 203, 204, 223, 224, 231, 232, 234, 238, 240, 250
Sociology 220, 239, 270, 277, 279
Spanish 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 200, 201W, 202, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 221, 226
Theatre 201, 202W
Women’s and Gender Studies 281
History and Culture of the United States – (US)
African American and Diaspora Studies 110, 265
American Studies 100, 100W, 202
Anthropology 208, 214
Classics 222
Communication Studies 220, 221, 224, 225, 226
Economics 226, 266
English 211, 211W, 213W, 263, 263W, 267, 268A, 268B, 286A, 286B
History 139, 140, 141, 142, 144, 165, 166, 169, 173, 174, 181, 243W, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 269,
270, 271, 272A, 272B, 272C, 272D, 281, 284B, 286A, 287B, 287D, 287E
History of Art 240, 241, 242
Honors 184
Jewish Studies 137W, 138, 138W, 139W
Music Literature 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 262, 263, 264
Philosophy 222
Political Science 100, 150, 245, 247, 265, 266, 267, 272W
Religious Studies 107, 204W, 219, 242
Sociology 235, 249
Theatre 171, 204, 205
Women’s and Gender Studies 246W, 272
Social and Behavioral Sciences – (SBS)
African American and Diaspora Studies 145, 201, 210, 215, 240, 270
American Studies 240, 295, 297
Anthropology 101, 104, 105, 201, 203, 206, 207, 211, 216, 222, 224, 231, 240, 246, 249, 252, 261, 262, 265,
267, 281, 282, 284, 286
Classics 211, 220, 260
Communication Studies 101
Economics 100, 101,150, 155, 209, 212, 222, 224, 228, 230, 231, 232, 235, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 256W, 257,
257W, 259, 260W, 262, 263, 264, 265, 267, 268, 270, 271, 273, 274, 277W, 279, 280, 284, 285
Engineering Management 244
Environmental and Sustainability Studies 278
Financial Economics 220, 240, 261, 275
French 269
History 160, 200W
Honors 183
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Jewish Studies 155, 244, 252
Managerial Studies 185, 190, 191, 192, 194, 195, 196, 198
Medicine, Health, and Society 231, 240, 244, 250
Philosophy 246, 254, 256, 272, 272W
Political Science 101, 102, 213, 215, 219, 221, 222, 223, 225, 226, 229, 230, 236, 238, 240, 241, 243, 244, 249,
250, 252, 254, 256, 259, 260, 262, 268, 270, 273, 274, 275, 277
Psychology 101, 208, 211, 215, 225, 231, 238, 244, 245, 246, 247, 258, 268, 270, 277
Public Policy Studies 295
Religious Studies 110W, 123, 221, 234, 241
Sociology 101, 101W, 102, 102W, 204, 205, 206, 211, 214, 216, 218, 219, 221, 225, 227, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233,
234, 236, 237, 240, 244, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 264, 268, 272, 274
Spanish 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 282, 283, 285
Women’s and Gender Studies 268
Perspectives – (P)
African American and Diaspora Studies 101, 102, 150, 203W
American Studies 201
Anthropology 205, 209, 215, 250, 260, 266, 283
Asian Studies 230
Astronomy 203
Classics 224
Communication Studies 223, 235
Computer Science 151
Earth and Environmental Sciences 108, 205
English 242, 243, 243W, 246, 275, 277, 277W, 279, 279W
Film Studies 201
French 214, 218, 222, 232, 240, 252, 255, 258, 272
German 238, 241, 243, 273
History 149, 150, 151, 153, 183, 184, 187, 217, 280, 283, 284A, 285W, 288W
History of Art 270
Honors 182
Jewish Studies 124, 219, 245
Latin American Studies 260
Medicine, Health, and Society 201, 202, 203, 221, 225, 230, 236
Music Literature 200, 201, 261
Philosophy 105, 108, 108W, 110, 233W, 235, 239, 239W, 244, 245, 252, 258, 270, 271, 273
Physics 238
Political Science 271
Portuguese 225, 291
Psychology 252
Religious Studies 200, 202, 203, 223, 229, 230, 239, 243
Sociology 104, 104W, 201, 224, 230
Spanish 243, 244, 248, 274, 275, 292
Theatre 206W, 216, 280
Women's and Gender Studies 150,150W, 201, 226, 240, 242, 243, 248, 250, 250W, 266, 267, 271, 273
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Engineering Science 140
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ES 140 A,B,C. Introduction to Engineering (1 credit hour each module)
is required of all entering engineering students. This introductory course is designed to
assist students in choosing a major or confirming a choice of major; and to provide
access to engineering topics that otherwise may not be explored.
The course is divided into three equal modules. Students must register for all three
modules in order to get course credit for ES 140.
• Modules for ES 140A and ES 140B are to be chosen based on a student’s
intended major and secondary interest or chosen based on two areas of interest
of the student’s choice. These two modules cannot be chosen in the same
major.
• ES 140C is to be chosen based on interest of the topic as described on YES.
Students should be mindful of the notes listed under each ES 140 section. No ES 140
module contains a pre-requisite of any kind.
All modules meet at the same time, MWF 12:10-1:00pm. The three modules will be
completed ‘in series’ (one after the other), each module counts for one credit hour of the
three credit hour course and individual grades will be reported for each module
separately.
Questions regarding ES 140 should be referred to Dr. Christopher Rowe, Director of the
Division of General Engineering, via email at chris.rowe@vanderbilt.edu or phone at
615.322.3479.
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Sample of Fall Semester Curriculum for Engineering Freshmen:
CHEM 102A General Chemistry Lecture
CHEM 102A General Chemistry Discussion
CHEM 104A General Chemistry Lab
MATH 155A First Year Accelerated Calculus I
Liberal Arts Core requirement or elective credit
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140 Intro to Engineering
A, B, and C (one hour each module)
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1 hour
4 hours
3-5 hours
ES
1 hour
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Freshman Seminar (optional)
3 hours
14 -17 Total Hours
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Engineering Freshman Seminars
Insight. Innovation. Impact. Words that describe the contributions from every field of
engineering, but where do they begin? The School of Engineering offers optional freshman
seminars that provide first year students the chance to work and learn in small group
environments with experienced engineering professors.
Students will explore current
engineering topics and begin to learn how to approach solving real world problems through the
guidance of an expert in the field. Not only are these courses designed to introduce students to
the importance that engineers have on technology, but also their impact on society. Students
will learn about teamwork and communication skills along the way that provide insight to the
creative processes involved in engineering majors and to the engineering approach to problem
solving. Most will be offered in the spring semester as Commons Seminars but two seminars
are offered for the fall and their course descriptions are listed below. You will receive
information about the seminars planned for spring 2014 before the spring registration period
begins. If you choose to take a seminar, you will earn one hour of open elective credit from a
very unique experience.
Course Descriptions • Engineering Freshman Seminars, Fall 2013
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“Moore’s Law and the Engineering Economy”
ES 101 Section 1
Meeting Time and Place: 3:10 – 4:00 p.m. Wednesday
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Featheringill Hall 129
Dan Fleetwood, Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering
Description: Computers and electronics are the heart and brains of the new economy. Much of the
enormous increases in performance and decreases in price for computers and electronics have come
from incredible reductions in size and increases in quality of the transistors that make up these devices.
The breathtaking pace of these reductions in size and increases in performance is captured in Moore’s
Law, which states that transistor dimensions shrink and chip performance increases by about 100% every
two years. For example, 30 years ago transistors were about ¼ the diameter of a human hair. Today,
they are nearly 100 times smaller still, and there are more than 100 million of them packed into the
microprocessor that powers a desktop PC. At the same time, processing speeds have gone from ~ 4 x
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10 Hz (4 MHz) to ~ 4 x 10 Hz (4 GHz). In this seminar we will talk about the engineering, the science,
and the “black magic” that computer chip makers use to make transistors this small. We will talk about the
future breakthroughs in computer chip technologies that will be needed to continue this trend, and discuss
emerging nanotechnologies that may be needed to sustain the present rate of progress. We will also
spend quite a bit of time talking about the impact of the microelectronics business on the economy, and
incorporate a stock market simulation involving technology stocks, as a learning tool to illustrate how
progress in the technology is reflected by successes of the businesses. Market trends over the very long
term will be emphasized over short-term fluctuations. By the end of the seminar, students will be familiar
with the basic ideas behind the chip making process, the types of jobs available in semiconductor
engineering, and the leading semiconductor companies. In addition, students will have an improved
understanding of the types of issues that affect the financial side of the microelectronics business.
Experience with using the World Wide Web will be helpful for the class, but there are no prerequisites for
this seminar. Credit: 1 semester hour
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“Nanoliter-Scale Technology for Biology and Medicine”
ES 101 Section 02
Meeting Time and Place: 3:10 – 4:00 p.m. Wednesday
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Featheringill Hall 209
Kevin Seale, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Biomedical Engineering
For the past several years a select group of Vanderbilt undergraduates have been helping to
advance the field of microfluidics and biomicrolectromechanical systems (BioMEMS) for
biomedical research. This course will survey the BioMEMS field featuring specific contributions
made by Vanderbilt students and researchers which include fabrication methods, experimental
designs and devices such as nanopumps, microformulators, and cell traps. The field is rapidly
evolving to include exciting new diagnostic devices, automated science and living human organ
tissues on chips. By means of journal articles, other reading and demonstrations we will cover
many important and exciting topics including:
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Organ-on-a-chip (OOC) efforts driven by NIH, DARPA, DTRA and FDA
A Nanopump invented by VU undergraduates and useful for OOC efforts
Methods for automated inference of mathematical models
How you can be involved in this research and development while you are at Vanderbilt
Credit: 1 semester hour
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Registering for your classes – YES (Your Enrollment Services)
YES is available from the Vanderbilt home page. You will see a link at the bottom left hand corner of the
Vanderbilt homepage to YES, Your Enrollment Services or go directly to http://yes.vanderbilt.edu.
Select this link to log in and use your VUnetID and e-password to access YES.
Once you are logged in, the system will default you to your landing page. The landing page will launch
you to your academic applications. To navigate to these applications, use the icons below your student
photo or the applications tab in your navigation bar at the top of your screen. The navigation bar is the
same throughout many of your academic applications.
Select student registration link from your navigation bar or the available icons. When you enter student
registration, the system will default you to class search. You may then begin to select your classes using
the quick search or advanced search feature and add them to your class cart. The quick search is based
on the subject area, course number, and title. The search will return any classes with those criteria that
you type in the search box. The advanced search link will allow you to refine your search by selecting
additional criteria. Both methods of searching will allow you to select your classes.
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To enroll in all of the classes you have put into your cart, press the select all button at the bottom of the
cart. To select a few at a time, use the checkboxes to the left of your cart to choose the classes. Once
the classes are selected, click the enroll button at the bottom of the list of classes.
Messages will appear at the bottom of the screen after you select the enroll button. The messages will
say you have successfully enrolled in the class or that you were not enrolled. If you were not enrolled,
the error message will tell you why. If you receive an error message or waitlist message, you will have to
click on the message to remove it. Success messages will disappear after five seconds. If you want to
drop a class, click the red minus sign next to the class you want to drop. When you click the minus sign,
the system will ask “are you sure you want to drop this class?” If you are, press yes. Once the class has
been dropped, it will no longer show in your enrolled classes list. To see the dropped class, select the
dropped filter checkbox at the top right of your screen. The dropped class will appear in this list. YES
provides other useful planning and enrollment applications that are described in the HELP link in the
upper right hand corner of your student landing page and a first time student registration document is
enclosed with this packet.
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V2 Mentoring Program
V2 (V-squared) is a student-organized freshman engineering mentor program. As a first-year
student, you will be assigned an upperclassman mentor of the same potential major as you.
This mentor will be available to assist you with any questions and advise you throughout the
year should you choose to ask him or her. You should receive a letter from your V2 mentor by
mid to late July. If you have any questions regarding engineering academics or student life, we
encourage you to contact your mentor, who will be more than willing to assist you.
Another exciting series of events that V2 sponsors are the weekly panel discussions held during
your first semester. As part of the ES 140 program (one of your engineering classes), a panel
of engineering students, professors, and professionals will share their insights into specific
careers and majors to assist you in making an educated decision on a major selection.
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