Curriculum for Welding Engineering majors
WE Undergraduate Curriculum
Overview
- Students typically begin their WE career at Ohio State as a pre-major in the program. During the freshman year, students complete a common engineering curriculum of two calculus courses, chemistry, physics, and English. First-year students also enroll in either the freshman Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) program or the Honors version (FEH), which offers access to hands-on engineering labs and projects.
- Second-year Welding Engineering students continue taking courses in linear algebra, differential equations, electrical engineering, computer programming, mechanical engineering, statistics, a hands-on welding lab, and materials science and engineering, along with University General Education courses (GE).
- WE major courses begin with WELDENG 2001, Introduction to Welding Engineering, and MATSCEN 2251, Materials Thermodynamics, taken in the Spring of the second year.
- Find descriptions of Welding Engineering courses here.
- In the third year, Welding Engineering students continue with Structural Transformations, Materials and Processing Lab, Physical Principles in Welding Engineering, Welding Processes and Applications, Welding Engineering Design, Non-destructive Evaluation, Welding Metallurgy, and various labs.
- A welding engineering internship is required, and is usually done in the summer before a student's final year. Students receive course credit for writing a report about this experience in relations to courses completed in the WE 3rd year courses. Welding Engineering 4189, Industrial Experience.
- The senior year finishes with additional Welding Metallurgy course and lab, a year-long Senior Welding Design Capstone project, and several technical electives of the student's choice.
The "Bingo Sheet" -- courses required for a Bachelor's degree
Fill in the blanks and Bingo! you get a degree! The Bingo sheet provides an outline of all courses needed to fulfill the requirements for the Welding Engineering degree, and provides a plan to graduate in four years.
Note: Students who choose to participate in the Fundamentals of Engineering Honors (FEH) program will have slightly different guidelines.
- Welding Engineering Bingo/Curriculum Sheet (pdf)
- General Education courses (GE). Required general education course work necessary to complete a Bachelor's degree in the College of Engineering. To be used in concert with the Bingo Sheet.