- Engineering Undeclared (ENGRUD) students who were admitted Direct to College: See Placement Requirements by Major for ENGRUD Students on the College of Engineering website.
- For Transfer and Non-DTC students: See application and enrollment requirements on the College's Prerequisites by Major page. (Hint: you can filter out the other departments.)
- Cumulative UW GPA of 2.5 or higher
- Grade of 2.0 or higher in each required course
- Completion of minimum requirements does not guarantee admission to major.
Requirements
Application requirements* (due April 5)
Courses marked with an asterisk (*) must be completed by April 5 in order to apply for the BSENVE major.
Enrollment requirements (before Autumn quarter enrollment)
All remaining required courses (those not marked with an asterisk) must be completed before you enroll in the major in autumn quarter.
Unable to meet all requirements?
If you will not be able to complete:
- All application requirements by April 5, or
- All of the enrollment requirements by the time you enroll in CEE at UW in autumn quarter
You must obtain permission to submit a conditional application. If you have any questions about this process, please email ceadvice@uw.edu.
Important note about BSENVE sequencing
The BSENVE junior year curriculum consists of seven 300-level CEE courses that must be taken in sequence over the academic year as offered by the department. Therefore, it is important that students plan to have all courses completed prior to enrolling in upper-division courses in autumn quarter.
Prerequisite courses
Mathematics
- MATH 124*, 125*, and 126*
- AMATH 351 Applied Differential Equations or MATH 207 Differential Equations (3 credits)
Sciences
- BIOL 180 Intro Biology (5 credits)
- CHEM 142* General Chemistry (5 credits)
- CHEM 152* General Chemistry (5 credits)
- (Chem must include stoichiometry, equilibrium, and kinetics. Transfer students may need to take the 3 course series to cover these topics.)
- PHYS 121* Mechanics (5 credits)
- PHYS 122 Elect-Mag & Oscillation (5 credits)
Engineering Fundamentals
- Computing requirement (Choose 1): AMATH 301 Beg Sci Computing, CSE 121/122/123 (Any course from CSE’s Introduction to Computer Programming series will work), CSE 142 Computer Programming I, or CSE 160 Data Programming (4 credits)
- AA 210* Statics (4 credits)
Written Communication
English Composition* (5 credits)
Recommended courses
Students are also encouraged to complete the following courses prior to their autumn quarter of admission: AA 260; AMATH 352 (or MATH 208).