The courses you need to take for a particular discipline is what we in the academic world call your program. Since Engineering and Physics are both 4 year programs you need to be aware that at COCC we can only provide courses that meet your needs through the first couple of years. You will then need to transfer to a 4 year college or university to complete your program. Fortunately both engineering and physics share essentially the same programs for the first couple of years. Even all the different engineering disciplines from Civil to Electrical largely share the same course requirements for the first couple of years. Links to Oregon Engineering and Physics progams point you to where you can find out your specific program requirements. Most of these resources will be pointed at the engineering programs at OSU and OIT since that is where most of our students are headed.
COCC Engineering/Physics Coursework
(3 cr) Gives an overview of the fields of engineering with guest speakers and field trips. Required by all engineering departments. All engineering students are required to take this course before transfering. There is no website for this course.
(24 cr) This course sequence takes six quarters over two years. The prerequisite for Calculus is MTH 113. This is a challenging class so be sure your math is ready. You can get some sense of these courses from the course outcomes. Even if you have had some calculus in high school it is usually advisable to take the whole sequence at the college level. On the other hand you can certainly take college calculus even if you didn't take calc in high school (this how most folks used to do it before overachieving became a way of life in this country) as long as your math skills are solid and you meet the prerequisite. If you're not sure get to the math department and talk to one of the instructors.
(12 cr) Covers the fundamentals of chemistry. Important and required by most, but not all, engineering disciplines. Prerequisite MTH 95 and high school chemistry is recommended but not required. Course web pages provide a great deal of information about these courses. This info may vary as different instructors teach it but this will give you a general sense. Again, you don't need to have a lot of high school chemistry to be ready to jump into this chem majors level class if you are a "well prepared and capable" student. Some high school chemistry, good study skills, good math skills, and commitment will do the job.
(15 cr) A year long course that covers the basics of the major fields of physics that are needed by many engineering disciplines. MTH 251 is a prerequisite. This sequence starts in winter term so that the instructor can rely on completion of appropriate calculus skills in the class. Like all college courses you don't have to have high school physics to be prepared to take college physics. It can't hurt but don't worry if you are otherwise qualified (math most importantly) and PH 211 would be your first physics class. Most of the materials for these classes live on their web pages including homework, labs, reading assignments etc etc. Be the first to have all the homework for PH 211 done before the course starts!
(12 cr) This is the traditional second year engineering sequence which has PH211 as a prerequisite. Some students attempt it concurrently with physics but this is a major challenge. This is where is all starts to come together and you should be prepared to be doing lots of challenging homework in this class. These courses currently have no web pages but if they turn up you will be able to get to them from the engineering homepage.
(3cr) Most of the engineering programs require this first term of circuit analysis as part of their programs. We teach it in Winter term so that the electrical engineering students can stick around one more term before they zap off to take ENGR 202 and Digital Circuits at OSU in the spring and summer. For eveyone else this is the only circuit analysis class you have to take (bummer!). Depending on where it is during the school year this link may take you to last year's web pages for this class or this year's version of the course. Like most of the courses at COCC the instructors are constantly evolving and trying to improve the course so stuff changes.
(9 cr) This freshman writing sequence, or an equivalent one, is required at every school in the country. For science and engineering students Technical Writing (227) is recommended for the final quarter. Because writing is an integral part of both the Calculus and Physics courses it is wise to start this sequence as soon as possible. NOTE: There is a section of WR 121 and WR 227 which is articulated with the physics class so that some assignments can be used in both classes. Because there are a large number of instructors who teach these classes many of whom have well developed websites it will depend on which instructor you get how the details will shake out. Here are sample links for WR 121, WR 122, and WR 227
In addition to the sequence classes listed above there are a number of other classes which are part of the engineering program.
(3 cr) Just one of those classes you need to take no matter where you go. Besides, you know it's good for you. These are great classes as you can see from this sample course page. Engineering students need to be aware that while there are a number of classes that you can take to fulfill COCC degree requirements for speech you MUST take SP 111 to satisfy the engineering department at OSU.
(2 cr) Oregon has made a committment to the health knowledge of its citizens and this class reflects that committment. If you are transfering out of state you might not need this but you'd better check.