Start Your Engineering Degree Here - Southwestern Illinois College

Get started on the path to an engineering degree

Are you interested in a career in engineering? Get started down the path to a rewarding career by pursuing an Engineering Pre-Major and transferring to a four-year engineering program.

Move on to one of many options

SWIC students have transferred to programs at Southern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, University of Missouri, Missouri University of Science and Technology, and others, where they’ve earned bachelor’s degrees in fields like civil engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering.

2+2 AGREEMENTS WITH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY – EDWARDSVILLE

  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanitronics and Robotics Engineering

Visit https://www.siue.edu/transfer/programs/SWIC-2+2.shtml for more information.

Job Opportunities

  • Architectural Engineers
  • Civil Engineers
  • Environmental Engineers
  • Mechanical Engineers
  • Agricultural Engineers
  • Plus more!

Engineering, Science and Math Courses for the Associate in Engineering Science Degree

All specializations

  • CHEM 105 General Chemistry I
  • PHYS 204 Physics – Mechanics
  • PHYS 205 Physics – Heat, Electricity & Magnetism
  • MATH 203 Analytic Geometry & Calculus I
  • MATH 204 Analytic Geometry & Calculus II
  • MATH 205 Analytic Geometry & Calculus III
  • MATH 290 Differential Equations

Mechanical Engineering

  • ENGR 103 Engineering Graphics
  • ENGR 263 Analytical Mechanics – Statics (offered in fall semester only)
  • ENGR 264 Analytical Mechanics – Dynamics (offered in spring semester only)
  • ENGR 271 Electrical Circuits (offered in spring semester only)
  • ENGR 275 Mechanics of Solids (offered in summer only)

Chemical Engineering

  • CHEM 106 General Chemistry II
  • CHEM 201 Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 202 Organic Chemistry II

Computer or Electrical Engineering

  • MATH 210 Computer Programming for Engineers (offered in summer semester only)
  • MATH 171 Computer Science I – Java
  • MATH 271 Computer Science II – Java
  • ENGR 271 Electrical Circuits (offered in spring semester only)

Civil or Industrial Engineering

  • ENGR 103 Engineering Graphics
  • ENGR 263 Analytical Mechanics – Statics (offered in fall semester only)
  • ENGR 264 Analytical Mechanics – Dynamics (offered in spring semester only)
  • ENGR 275 Mechanics of Solids (offered in summer only)

Scholarships Available

  • STEM Scholarship
  • Tristan G. Pinzke Memorial Scholarship
  • William Howard Davis Memorial Scholarship

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