Departments & Fields of Study: Engineering Common Courses| - Cornell University

Engineering Communications Courses:

Courses in this category, offered by the Engineering Communications Program (ECP), develop communication skills in a variety of genres, including writing, presenting, multimodal forms, graphics, charts, posters, and other. These courses fulfill the Engineering Communication Requirement for Cornell’s College of Engineering. The only ENGRC courses that also fulfill a liberal studies are ENGRC 3350 , ENGRC 3500 , and ENGRC 3700 .

ENGRC 3020 - Project Team Communications: Practicum in Technical Writing
ENGRC 3023 - Communication Intensive Opportunity: Practicum in Technical Writing
ENGRC 3025 - Creating and Communicating Your Digital Professionalism (1cr)
ENGRC 3026 - Engineering Presentations and Expert Presence (1cr)
ENGRC 3027 - Cross-cultural Communications and Ethics in the Workplace (1cr)
ENGRC 3340 - Independent Study in Engineering Communications (1cr)
ENGRC 3341 - Guided Fieldwork for Engineering Communications
ENGRC 3350 - Organizational Communications for Engineering Managers (3cr)
ENGRC 3500 - Engineering Communications (3cr)
ENGRC 3700 - Communications Consulting for Engineers (3cr)
The courses below, which are also ENGRC courses, are partner courses. Any student in these courses must be concurrently enrolled in the department-specific partner course, without exception. These courses fulfill the Engineering Communication Requirement for Cornell’s of College of Engineering.
ENGRC 3120 - Communications for Practical Tools for Operations Research, Machine Learning and Data Science (1cr partnered with ORIE 3120 )
ENGRC 3152 - Communication for Game Development (1cr partnered with CS 3152 /INFO 3152 )
ENGRC 3610 - Communication for Transportation Engineering (1cr partnered with CEE 3610 )
ENGRC 4152 - Communication for Advanced Game Development
(1cr partnered with CS 4152 /INFO 4152 )
ENGRC 4590 - Communications for Physical Design in Biological Engineering
- Capstone Design in Biological Engineering (1cr partnered with BEE 4590 )

Engineering Distribution Courses:

Courses in this category are sophomore-level courses cross-listed with a department. These courses are intended to introduce students to more advanced concepts of engineering and may require pre- or corequisites.

ENGRD 2020 - Statics and Mechanics of Solids (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2100 - Introduction to Circuits for Electrical and Computer Engineers (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2110 - Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2112 - Object-Oriented Design and Data Structures - Honors (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2140 - Computer Systems Programming (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2190 - Chemical Process Design and Analysis
ENGRD 2202 - Biomedical Transport Phenomena (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2210 - Thermodynamics (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2250 - The Earth System (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2300 - Digital Logic and Computer Organization (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2400 - Observing the Earth: Remote Sensing and GIS (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2510 - Engineering Processes for Environmental Sustainability (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2520 - [The Physics of Life] (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2550 - Engineering Quantum Information Hardware (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2600 - Principles of Biological Engineering (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2610 - Mechanical Properties of Materials: From Nanodevices to Superstructures (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2620 - Electronic Materials for the Information Age (crosslisted)
ENGRD 2700 - Basic Engineering Probability and Statistics
ENGRD 2720 - Data Science for Engineers (crosslisted)
ENGRD 3200 - Engineering Computation (crosslisted)

Courses of General Interest:

Courses in this category are of general interest and cover technical, historical, and social issues relevant to the engineering profession. These courses may also include seminar or tutorial type courses.

Engineering Professional Development Courses:

Courses in this category are offered by a wide range of programs and serve the common purpose of training engineering students across a range of professional skills critical for success in the field. These include courses related to, for example, leadership, teamwork, ethical practices, communication (outside ENGRC), entrepreneurship, and engineering management. Courses in this category require specific CCGB approval.

ENGRP 3830 - Peer and Team Coaching Essentials

Introduction to Engineering Courses:

Courses in this category are first-year level courses intended to introduce students to various aspects of engineering. They have no prerequisites and most are cross-listed with a department.

ENGRI 1100 - Lasers and Photonics (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1101 - Engineering Applications of Operations Research
ENGRI 1120 - Feast! Chemical and Biomolecular Processes and Products through Food
ENGRI 1130 - Sustainable Engineering of Energy, Water, Soil, and Air Resources (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1140 - Materials: The Future of Energy (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1150 - Sustainable Materials Production and Recycling (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1160 - Modern Structures (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1165 - Climate Change and You, the Engineer (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1170 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1190 - Biomaterials for the Skeletal System (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1200 - Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1210 - The Computing Technology Inside Your Smartphone (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1220 - Earthquake! (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1310 - Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (crosslisted)
ENGRI 1337 - Introduction to Biological Engineering
ENGRI 1610 - Computing in the Arts (crosslisted)