Welcome to the School of Engineering At Vanderbilt University

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1 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 and enroll in your fall classes June 10 through June 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 Nashville, TN or Fax: Questions? Please call (615) Or TOLL FREE

2 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: 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. * * * * * 2

3 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: or for Spanish may be found at: 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 , , and , and in Human and Organizational Development numbered 1000, 1100, , and 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 3

4 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 4

5 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 5

6 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 * * * * * 6

7 Engineering Science 140 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 at chris.rowe@vanderbilt.edu or phone at * * * * * Sample of Fall Semester Curriculum for Engineering Freshmen: CHEM 102A General Chemistry Lecture 3 hours CHEM 102A General Chemistry Discussion 0 CHEM 104A General Chemistry Lab 1 hour MATH 155A First Year Accelerated Calculus I 4 hours Liberal Arts Core requirement or elective credit 3-5 hours ES 140 Intro to Engineering A, B, and C (one hour each module) 3 hours ES 101 Freshman Seminar (optional) 1 hour Total Hours 7

8 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 Moore s Law and the Engineering Economy ES 101 Section 1 Meeting Time and Place: 3:10 4:00 p.m. Wednesday 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 10 6 Hz (4 MHz) to ~ 4 x 10 9 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 8

9 Nanoliter-Scale Technology for Biology and Medicine ES 101 Section 02 Meeting Time and Place: 3:10 4:00 p.m. Wednesday 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: 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 * * * * * 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 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. 9

10 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. * * * * * * V 2 Mentoring Program V 2 (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 V 2 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 V 2 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. 10