Program: Engineering, A.S. - Butler Community College

Apr 04, 2025

BC3 Academic Catalog: 2008-2009

The program provides a solid basic background for transfer to a four-year college in various areas of engineering including Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, Electrical, Sanitary, Forestry, etc. Recommended courses parallel the first two years of engineering curriculum at four-year colleges. See Nanofabrication Technology Specialization for a fifth semester.

Minimum - 68 credits

First Semester (17)

Second Semester (17/18)

Third Semester (17/18)

COMM 201 - Speech
Humanities Elective 3
* PHYS 222 - Engineering Physics II
* PHYS 241 - Statics
Physical Education Elective PHED 1
^a Technical Elective 3/4

Fourth Semester (17/18)

* COMP 230 - Programming in C++ for Engineers and Scientists
* MATH 224 - Differential Equations
* MATH 223 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry III
* PHYS 242 - Dynamics
* ELEC 291 - Linear Circuit Analysis
or ^a Technical Elective 3/4

Note(s):

* Indicates course has a prerequisite

^a Recommended Technical Electives include Linear Algebra, Organic Chemistry, Surveying I, C++ Object-Oriented Programming, Computer Aided Drafting, 3-D Modeling, and Electronics I. Students interested in special areas of Engineering such as Chemical and Sanitary Engineering should take Organic Chemistry during the sophomore year.

Courses other than those recommended can only be considered Technical Electives if they are approved as such by the Dean of Natural Sciences and Technology.