E-School Basic Courses
These courses are engineering mathematics, taught specifically by engineering faculty to engineering students (as opposed to the MATH department of the College of Arts and Sciences). APMA stands for Applied Mathematics, which means mathematics applied to problem solving. These courses differ from the College of Arts and Sciences math courses not only in their audience but particularly in their content and difficulty. As an engineer you must take APMA courses. In the first week of school all engineers are given a math proficiency test to make sure that you are in the correct math class, which can be helpful so that you don't get in over your head!
The normal first-year engineer takes APMA 111 during their first semester. If you have credit from the AP Calculus BC exam (5), you can be placed into APMA 212. APMA 111 will cover the entire range of single variable calculus topics. Note that if you have never taken calculus before, it is a wise idea to take APMA 109 and APMA 110, which, over two semesters, make up 111.
Keep in mind that math at the University level is much more challenging than high school math and it might be wise to repeat the last class you took. Remember, almost all engineering majors were good at math and science in high school.
This course is chemistry taught solely for engineers. There is a corresponding lab which is required. All first-year engineers without AP credit will have to take 151. It is a challenging course, but if you read and do the problems, you can do well. This is the largest class size you will have your first semester (400+ auditorium), so sit near the front of the room so you can hear what the professor is saying. It is important to go to class - the students who don't tend to be the ones upset after the exams. A comprehensive lab period is also required. CHEM 152 is the followup course and can be taken as one of the possible "science electives" required during the spring semester of your first year.
This is the core computer course designed to introduce students to the principles of programming. CS 101 uses Java as its programming language. This is yet another required class for all first-year engineering students. CS 101 is a prerequisite for many upper-level classes, and many professors expect students to be proficient in Java.
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