Engineering Secondary Field Description and Depth of Study

ESF courses allow IDE students the opportunity to focus on an area of interest in engineering or computing through the completion of twelve (12) credit hours. Students can choose their ESF from courses in a pre-determined concentration (see concentration areas listed below) or create their own ESF. The fundamental requirement for ESF courses is that they comprise twelve (12) credits hours offered in the College of Engineering and Computing and that nine of those credit hours be upper division courses within the college. Outside of that requirement, students who wish to create their own ESFs must submit to SUCCEED for approval a written application for the courses that they wish to use as their ESF. These ESF applications are typically approved, provided they meet the fundamental requirement referenced here, and are accompanied by a brief explanation that explains the following: (a) why the student chose those specific courses to fulfill their ESF requirements, (b) how the student arrived at this plan, and (c) how the student’s plan (i.e., the courses listed above) incorporates depth, coherence, and rigor.

• You are given the opportunity to complete an ESF through twelve (12) credit hours from one of the five pre-determined concentration areas below. Under each area is an electronic form to submit an ESF approval request within that concentration. Note that the list of courses within each concentration lists more than twelve (12) credit hours, so on the form students should indicate the twelve (12) credit hours that they select for their ESF.
• You may instead choose to create your own ESF if you choose not to select from one of the concentration areas below. To create your own ESF, you may select from different courses across the five concentration areas below, or other courses within the college. In creating your own ESF, be certain that your proposed ESF will incorporate depth, coherence, and rigor.
• ESF request forms should be submitted at least four should be submitted at least four weeks before students Fall or Spring advicing appointments.

*For questions related to the IDE program, please email ide-upd@fiu.edu. Please only send general inquiries to this address, and refrain from sending sensitive data to this account.*

BELOW IS  A LIST OF ALL THE ESFs CONTAINING THEIR COURSES, PRE-REQUISITES AND ESF APPROVAL FORMS

Click HERE for Industrial Engineering ESF Form

EIN 4220: Introduction to Total Quality Management (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | ESI 3215: Evaluation of Engineering Data (3 credits)

ESI 4452: Project Management Systems Design (3 credits)

            *No pre-requisites require*

ESI 3321: Operations Research 1 - Deterministic Models (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | MAC 2312: Calculus 2 (3 credits) or MAC 2282 Calculus 2 for Engineering (3 credits)

EIN 4389: Technical Forecasting (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | ESI 3215: Evaluation of Engineering Data  (3 credits)

ESI 3523: Simulation Models of Industrial Systems (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | ESI 3215: Evaluation of Engineering Data (3 credits)

EIN 3390: Manufacturing Processes (3 credits)

Click HERE for Robotics ESF Form

EML 4312: Automatic Control Theory (3 credits)

           Pre-req 1 | EGN 3321: Dynamics (3 credits)
            Pre-req 2 | MAP 2302: Differential Equations (3 credits)
            Pre-req 3 | EEL 2880: Engineering Software Techniques (3 credits)

EML 4840: Robot Design (3 credits)

           Pre-req 1 | EML 4806: Modeling and Control of Robotics or Instructor Approval (3 credits)

EML 4806: Modeling and Control of Robots (3 credits)

          Pre-req 1 | EGN 3321: Dynamics (3 credits)
            Pre-req 2 | EGM 3311: Analysis of Engineering Systems (3 credits)

EML 4804: Intro to Mechatronics (3 credits)

          Pre-req 1 | EML 3301L: Instrumentation Lab (1 credit)  or EEL 3003: Electrical Engineering 1 (3 credit)
            Pre-req 2 | EEL 3110C: Circuit Analysis and Lab (4 credits) or EEL 3111L: Electrical Circuits Lab (1 credit)

EML 4535: Mechanical Computer Aided Design (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EML 2032: Programming for Mechanical Engineering (3 credits)

EML 4823: Introduction  to Sensors and Processing (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EML 3301L: Instrumentation Lab (1 credit) or EEL 3110C: Circuits Lab (4 credit)

EMA 3702: Mechanics and Materials Science 1(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGN 3311: Statics (3 credits)
            Pre-req 2 | Upper Division Standing

EML 3036: Simulation Software for Mechanical Engineers(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGN 3343: Thermodynamics (3 credits)
            Pre-req 2 | EML 1533: Introduction to CAD for Mechanical Engineering (3 credits)

Click HERE for Aerospace ESF Form

EAS 4105: Introduction to Flight Mechanics(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EML 3126: Transport Phenomena (3 credits)

EML 4200: Introduction to Design and Analysis of Aerospace Structures(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EML 3036: Simulation Software for Mechanical Engineers (3 credits)
            Pre-req 2 | MAP 2032: Differential Equations (3 credits) or EGM 3311: Analysis of Engineering System (3                       credits)
            Pre-req 3 | EMA 3702: Mechanics and Materials Science (3 credits)

EML 4419: Propulsion Systems(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EML 3126: Transport Phenomena (3 credits)

EML 4711: Gas Dynamics(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EML 3126: Transport Phenomena (3 credits)
            Pre-req 2 | EGN 3343: Thermodynamics (3 credits)

EML 4712: Aerodynamic Shape Design(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EML 3126: Transport Phenomena (3 credits)
            Pre-req 2 | EML 4140: Heat Transfer (3 credits) 

EML 4721: Introduction to Computational Thermal-Fluids(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGM 3311: Analysis of Engineering Systems (3 credits)

Click HERE for Materials ESF Form

EMA 3702: Mechanics and Material Science(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGN 3311: Statics (3 credits) 

EMA 3066: Polymer Science and Engineering(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGN 3365: Materials Engineering (3 credits)

EGM 4521C: Materials Science 1(3 credits)

          Pre-req 1 | EGN 3365: Materials Engineering (3 credits)

EGM 4522C: Materials Science 2(3 credits)

          Pre-req 1 | EGN 3365: Materials Engineering (3 credits)

EMA 4121: Physical Metallurgy(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGN 3365: Materials Engineering (3 credits)

EMA 4123: Mechanical Metallurgy(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGN 3365: Materials Engineering (3 credits)
            Pre-req 2 | EMA 3702: Mechanics and Materials Science (3 credits)

EML 4220: Mechanical Vibrations(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGN 3321: Dynamics (3 credits)
            Pre-req 2 | EMA 3702: Mechanics and Materials Science (3 credits)
            Pre-req 3 | EML 2032: Programming for Mechanical Engineering (3 credits)

EGM 4350: Finite Element Analysis in Mechanical Engineering(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGM 3311: Analysis of Engineering Systems (3 credits)
            Pre-req 2 | EMA 3702: Mechanics and Materials Science (3 credits)

EML 4610: Introduction to Continuum Mechanics(3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EMA 3702: Mechanics and Materials Science (3 credits)

Click HERE for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning ESF Form

EML 3450: Energy Systems (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGN 3343: Thermodynamics (3 credits)

EML 4140: Heat Transfer (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EML 2032: Programming for Mechanical Engineering (3 credits)
            Pre-req 2 | EGN 3343: Thermodynamics (3 credits)
            Pre-req 3 | EML 3126: Transport Phenomena (3 credits)

EML 4601: Principles of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EML 3101: Applied Thermodynamics (3 credits)

EML 4601L: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Lab (3 credits) 

             *No prequisites

EML 4603:  Air Conditioning Design (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EML 4140: Heat Transfer (3 credits)

EML 4608C: Mechanical Systems in Environmental Control (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGN 3343: Thermodynamics (3 credits)

EML 4706: Design of Thermal and Fluid System (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EML 4140: Heat Transfer (3 credits)

EML 4721: Introduction to Computational Thermo-Fluids (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGM 3311: Analysis of Engineering Systems (3 credits)

EGN 3910: Human-Centered Design with Systems and Society (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGS 2053: Foundations of Interdisciplinary Engineering (preferred, but not required)

EGN 4943: IDE Capstone Design 1 (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGN 3910 (course can also be a co-requisite, but preferred as a pre-requisite)

EGN 4944: IDE Capstone Design 2 (3 credits)

            Pre-req 1 | EGN 4943: IDE Capstone Design 1

• You may instead choose to create your own ESF if you choose not to select from one of the concentration areas below. To create your own ESF, you may select from different courses across the five concentration areas below, or other courses within the college. In creating your own ESF, be certain that your proposed ESF will incorporate depth, coherence, and rigor.

Students are encouraged to meet with the Undergraduate Program Director and their advisor to discuss their courses, prerequisites are satisfied, and ensure class selections are available for the progress of their degree and graduation.