Computational Design

Effective: Fall 2023
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This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
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Program Description
The engineering curriculum offers a three year stackable program where, during your first year you will earn a Technical Design Certificate, after your second year you will earn a Computational Design Certificate and after your third year you will earn your AS degree in Engineering. These certificates and degrees can help you start your career or transfer to a UC/CSU. You will become apart of the engineering community, learn about the latest technology, and develop designs that will change people's lives.

What can I do with this major?
The engineering curriculum offers a three year stackable program where, during your first year you will earn a Technical Design Certificate that will help you get hired at an engineering company as an intern or drafter for a manufacturing, construction or design company. After your second year, you will earn a Computational Design Certificate that will help you apply for research assistantships or lab technicians. After your third year, you will earn your AS degree in Engineering which will set you up to transfer to a UC/CSU or help you apply for junior engineering positions at construction, manufacturing, or design firms.

Learning and Career Pathway
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Environment

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= Critical Course = Prerequisite for Other Courses = Prerequisite Required = Required for Major GE = General Education

Semester 1

10 units

CHEM 1A
General College Chemistry I

5 units
Introduction to atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, gases, matter and energy, oxidation-reduction, chemical equations, liquids and solids, solutions, chemical energetics and equilibrium. Laboratory includes both quantitative and qualitative experiments.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: MTH 55
    2. or
  2. Prerequisite: MTH 55B
  3. Prerequisite: CHEM 31
    4. or

MTH 1
Calculus I

5 units
This course is the first in the three-course calculus sequence intended for majors in math, engineering, and physical sciences. The course covers elements of analytic geometry, derivatives, limits and continuity, differentiation of algebraic and trigonometric functions, and the definite integral. Application to the sciences are also covered.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: MTH 20
  2. Prerequisite: MTH 22
  3. Prerequisite: MTH 21
  4. Prerequisite: MTH 31
  5. Prerequisite: MTH 31S
  6. Prerequisite: MTH 36
  7. Prerequisite: MTH 36S
  8. Prerequisite: MTH 37
  • Transfers to UC/CSU

    • Semester 2

    13 units

    MTH 2
    Calculus II

    5 units
    Continuation of differential and integral calculus, including transcendental, and inverse functions. Techniques of integration, numerical integration, parametric equations, polar coordinates, sequences, power series and Taylor series. Primarily for mathematics, physical science, and engineering majors.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 1
  • Transfers to CSU

    • ENGR 25
    Computational Methods for Engineers and Scientists

    3 units
    Methodology and techniques for solving engineering/science problems using numerical-analysis computer-application programs MATLAB, SimuLink, MuPad, and EXCEL. Technical computing and visualization using MATLAB software. Examples and applications from applied-mathematics, physical-mechanics, electrical circuits, biology, thermal systems, fluid systems, and other branches of science and engineering.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 1
  • Transfers to CSU

    • PHYS 4A
    General Physics I

    5 units
    Introduction to the principles of Newtonian mechanics using calculus as needed for STEM Majors. Physics 4A is the first course in the three- or four-semester sequence required for transfer in Engineering and Sciences. The course includes units, dimensional analysis, vectors, kinematics, velocity, acceleration, force, dynamics, energy, momentum, rotation, statics, and gravitation. May not receive credit if PHYS 7A has been completed successfully.
    Course Details:
    1. Prerequisite: MTH 1
    2. Prerequisite: MTH 2
    3. Strongly Recommended: PHYS 18
    Total Units: 23 units
    This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.