Category Archives: New First-year Students

Information for new Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering students as they begin their first-year/freshman year.

2014 Spring Advising Meetings

Have your flowchart handy. Be ready to take notes and plan for registration of your fall classes. Write down your questions. Turn your speakers on. May need to adjust volume. Many advising topics covered.

Approximately 23 minutes, in lieu of coming out on a COLD February night to a cold classroom for an hour.

Audio: Have your speakers on; Software: Windows Media Viewer

First-year and new transfer students: 2014 First-year student Spring Advising Meeting (EE and CpE)

EE Sophomores and Juniors: 2014 EE Soph and Beyond Spring Advising Meeting

CpE Sophmores and Juniors: 2014 CpE Soph & Beyond Spring Advising Meeting

E-mail Judy or Trever or stop by EERC 131 if you have questions.

ENG1001, ENG1100, ENG1101, ENG1102

Fundamentals of engineering courses –

The Spatial Visualization test must be passed prior to enrolling in ENG1001 or ENG1101. Take ENG1002 along with your first ENG course if you do not achieve a score of at least 19 on the Spat Vis test. Transfer students with credit for ENG1101 must pass the Spatial Visualization test before enrolling in ENG1102. (or take ENG1002 prior to taking ENG1102)

Email efadvise@mtu.edu or go to the Engineering Fundamentals Department to take the spatial visualization test: Dillman 112, 487-3057

Pre-calc students (MA1031, 1032) take ENG1001 in fall, then ENG1100 in spring, then ENG1102 next fall.

ENG1101 has a co-req of MA1160/61 (or pre-req)
ENG1102 has a co-req of MA2160 (or pre-req)
ENG1001, ENG1101, ENG1102 (transfer students) have Spatial Visualization test as pre-req or take ENG1002 as co-req

ENG Courses

Objectives of Engineering Fundamentals courses:

To develop an appreciation for the engineering profession
To develop proficiency in the use of computers to solve engineering problems
To introduce fundamental engineering and design concepts
To improved technical communication skills
To understand ethics and it’s importance in the engineering profession

First-year fall advising meeting

The ECE department will schedule all first-time freshmen and new transfer students to meet with the advisor individually. If you need to change your appointment time, call 487-2550. We will discuss more details in your major, answer questions and plan your spring classes.