Common Freshman Year

The following courses are common to all sixteen engineering degree programs available at Missouri S&T. You'll complete this common freshman year before moving on to your chosen major.

Chemistry & Physics

• Lab Safety & Hazardous Materials (Chem 4)
• General Chemistry (Chem 1)
• General Chemistry Laboratory (Chem 2)
• Engineering Physics I (Phys 23)

Mathematics

• Pre-calculus classes, if needed*
• Calculus for Engineers I (Math 14)
• Calculus for Engineers II (Math 15)

Engineering

• Study & Careers in Engineering seminar (FE 10)
• Engineering Design w/Computer Appl. (IDE 20)

Humanities & Social Sciences

• Exposition & Argumentation (English 20)
• Humanities/Social Sciences - two courses**

* A math placement test is taken prior to your first semester at Missouri S&T. Some students place directly into calculus the first semester, while others take algebra and/or trigonometry before taking calculus.

** Missouri S&T engineering students are required to take several humanities and social sciences courses, including history (History 112, 175, 176 or Political Science 90), economics (Econ 121 or 122) and several electives. You'll take two of these courses freshman year.

Student Credit Card
This one-page document is used by your freshman advisor to keep track of the courses you take. Download the student credit card PDF file.

Humanities & Social Sciences Requirements
This document describes the Humanities and Social Sciences requirements for all undergraduate engineering degree programs and lists courses that satisfy these requirements. Humanities_SS_List_Revised_Fall_2005.pdf

Undergraduate Degree Programs
All undergraduate degree programs at Missouri S&T have individual websites containing useful information. Check out the following website to obtain more information about individual degree programs.

http://admissions.mst.edu/explore/undergrad_departmental_list.html