Undergraduate
The Department of Engineering Education is the home to first-year engineering students.
The educational objectives of the General Engineering Program are focused around freshman engineering students being prepared for academic success in a degree-granting engineering program.
At the conclusion of the freshman year course sequence an engineering student must be able to:
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the engineering profession
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of professional skills in engineering
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of and capacity for problem solving.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of and ability in engineering graphics communication.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the engineering design process.
- Demonstrate a basic awareness of current global issues impacting engineering practice
First-year Engineering
Information to guide you through your first year in Engineering at Virginia Tech.
- 2009-2010 Tablet PC Requirements
- Freshman Course Plan: The First-Year Course Summary: Information on prerequisite courses and grades needed to qualify you for transfer into your degree granting program.
- Requirements to Transfer to a Degree Granting Department: Required First-year courses that must be completed before applying for departmental transfer.
- Courses That Do Not Apply to Engineering Degree: Supplemental courses of interest, but are not applicable toward engineering degree
- Course Withdrawal Form and Information
- Scholarships
- Online Forms
Hands-on Engineering Education
Career Planning Links
Undergraduate Guide
- Link to Registrar's Graduation Requirement Checksheet for all University Majors
When accessing checksheet click on corresponding graduation year and verify the document provided is the actual graduation year selected. - College of Engineering Academic Affairs
- Undergraduate Catalog
- Opportunities for Undergraduate Research
- Curriculum for Liberal Education Guide
- Information for Non-Engineering Majors and Prospective Students
- Directory of College of Engineering Academic Advisors
Sources for Success in Engineering
- CAEE TutorTrac - Tutors for all freshman and sophomore courses. Registration and appointment necessary. Free of charge.
- Project Success - Program designed to help students on academic probation return to good academic standing.
- Math Emporium - Tutors for Math classes and MATLAB in the back of the emporium. Free. No appointment necessary.
(M-Th, 5-9 pm) - Chemistry Learning Center - Tutors for Chemistry Classes. 301 ChemPhys Bldg. (M-Th, 10 am - 4 pm). Free of charge.
- Writing Center - Assistance with writing papers. Free. 340 Shanks Hall.
(M-F, 9 - 5 pm) - Night Owl Writing Help - 4th Floor Newman Library, near elevators. (Su-Tue, 7 - 9 pm)
- CommLab - Help with presentations. 205 Newman Library. Free of charge.
- Help with Study Skills
- Study Skills Self Help - Cook Counseling Center provides helpful links to improve studying, note taking, and test taking.
- UNIV 1004 - Three Credit Class. Restricted to freshmen or students having a gpa of 2.5 or less.
- Online resources from UCC and CAEE
- Division of Student Affairs - Academic support and other services for students with disabilities
