A10500 – Associate in Engineering
| Degree Designation |
Articulation Agreement |
| Associate in Engineering |
AE Degree - Transfer Program |
| Minimum Required Credit Hours |
Fully online option available? |
| 60 |
No |
Description
The Associate in Engineering (AE) degree shall be granted for a planned program of study consisting of a minimum of 60 semester hours of credit (SHC) of courses. Within the degree program, the institution shall include opportunities for the achievement of competence in reading, writing, oral communication, fundamental mathematical skills, and basic computer use.
The degree plan includes required general education and prerequisite courses that are acceptable to all state-funded Bachelor of Engineering programs. Students who follow the degree progression plan will meet the entrance requirements at all of the North Carolina public Bachelor of Science Engineering programs. Associate in Engineering graduates may then apply to any of these programs without taking additional, and sometimes duplicative, courses. Admission to bachelor’s level engineering programs is highly competitive and admission is not guaranteed.
To be eligible for the transfer of credits under the AE to the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Articulation Agreement, community college graduates must obtain a grade of “C” or better in each course and an overall GPA of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.
Students may be required to take developmental courses in Math and/or English as a result of high school GPA or pre-enrollment placement tests. Therefore, the student may need more than the minimum number of semester hours listed for graduation. Consult a program advisor for more information.
Calculus I is the lowest-level math course that engineering programs will accept for transfer as a math credit. Students who are not ready for MAT 271 Calculus I must take additional math courses. MAT 171 Precalculus Algebra and MAT 172 Precalculus Trigonometry or MAT 175 Precalculus are considered not part of the program.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students will:
- Clearly communicate, in both oral and written formats, Engineering designs, problems, or issues.
- Design solutions for an engineering technical problem.
- Apply engineering principles and concepts to solve design problems to complete calculations to answer contextualized questions, represent data in appropriate forms, and communicate the results.
Program Requirements
General Education
English Composition
Complete all of the following Courses:
| ENG-111 | Writing and Inquiry | 3 |
| ENG-112 | Writing and Research in the Disciplines | 3 |
Humanities
Complete at least 1 of the following courses:
Select a course based upon the transfer University and engineering discipline requirement
Fine Arts/Communications
Complete at least 1 of the following courses:
Select a course based upon the transfer University and engineering discipline requirement.
1st Social/Behavioral Science (Economics Required)
Complete all of the following Courses:
| ECO-251 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
2nd Social/Behavioral Science
Complete at least 1 of the following courses:
Mathematics
Complete all of the following Courses:
Natural Sciences
Complete all of the following Courses:
Additional Gen Ed
Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
Other Required Courses
Degree Pathways
Complete at least 1 of the following:
Aerospace, Civil, Computer, Industrial, Mechanical, or General Engineering Pathway (12 credits)
Earn at least 12 credits from the following:
Electrical Engineering Pathway
Earn at least 12 credits from the following:
Chemical Engineering Pathway
Earn at least 12 credits from the following:
Environmental or Biological Engineering Pathway
Earn at least 12 credits from the following:
Computer Science Pathway
Earn at least 12 credits from the following:
Other Major Hours - Required
Intro to Engineering
Student Success
Complete all of the following Courses:
Recommended Course Sequence
Contact the program advisor for schedule planning