Santa Clara University

The Graduate Core

The Graduate Core is a set of requirements that is common to all departments in the School of Engineering. The Core promotes an educational philosophy that goes far beyond narrow specialization and emphasizes a global and societal orientation. It also reflects the fact that we live in an increasingly complex world, in which engineers must continually deepen their understanding of the interdisciplinary environment in which they operate.

Students entering in the fall of 2008 will be required to take a course in each of the following three areas of the Core (for a minimum of 6 units):

1. Emerging Topics in Engineering

2. Engineering and Business/Entrepreneurship

3. Engineering and Society

The following courses are currently approved for this purpose (students are encouraged to periodically check the graduate engineering Web site for updates regarding new courses in these areas).

Emerging Topics in Engineering

• AMTH 308 Theory of Wavelets
• AMTH 367 Mathematical Finance
• AMTH 387 Cryptology
• ENGR 260 Nanoscale Science and Technology
• ENGR 262 Nanomaterials
• ENGR 371 Space Systems Design and Engineering I
• ENGR 372 Space Systems Design and Engineering II
• ENGR 250 Introduction to Bioinformatics and Sequence Analysis
• ENGR 251 Molecular Biology for Engineers
• ENGR 253 Molecular Biology for Engineers II
• COEN 331 Wireless and Mobile Networks

This requirement can also be satisfied by taking 20 hours of short courses.

Engineering and Business/Entrepreneurship

• AMTH 367 Mathematical Finance
• COEN 287 Software Development Process Management
• ENGR 302 Managing in the Multicultural Environment
• ENGR 304 Building Global Teams

This requirement can also be satisfied by taking any 2-unit course in Engineering Management.

Engineering and Society

• COEN 250 Information Security Management
• ELEN 217 Chaos Theory, Metamathematics and the Limits of Knowledge: A Scientific Perspective on Religion
• COEN 288 Software Ethics
• ENGR 302 Managing in the Multicultural Environment
• ENGR 303 Unmasking Gender Effects in the Engineering Workplace
• ENGR 304 Building Global Teams
• ENGR 310 Engineering Ethics
• ENGR 330 Law, Technology and Intellectual Property

Note: Although certain courses (such as ENGR 302 and ENGR 304, for example) may appear in multiple categories, they cannot be used to satisfy more than one core requirement.

Note: ENGR 302 and ENGR 303 are 1-unit courses, and both must be taken to satisfy this requirement.

Go to the Core Course Descriptions.