Plastics Engineering: four-year plan

How to read this plan

This is a sample path to the B.S. in Plastics Engineering in four years at about 15–16 credits per term. Your actual plan depends on placement, transfer credit, a chosen concentration, and when courses are offered — build it with your adviser and check it against your degree audit. Course numbers link to the catalog.

Year 1 · Fall 14 credits

• UNIV 1000 First-Year Seminar (1 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)
• MATH 2400 Calculus I (4 cr)
• PLE 1500 Introduction to Plastics (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 1 · Spring 16 credits

• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• MATH 2500 Calculus II (4 cr)
• PLE 2500 Polymer Materials (3 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)

Year 2 · Fall 16 credits

• MATH 2600 Linear Algebra (3 cr)
• PLE 3100 Injection Molding (4 cr)
• PLE 3300 Extrusion and Compounding (3 cr)
• Fine Arts elective (3 cr)
• Humanities elective (3 cr)

Year 2 · Spring 15 credits

• PLE 3500 Plastics Product and Mold Design (3 cr)
• PLE 3700 Polymer Testing and Characterization (3 cr)
• MATH 1600 Introductory Statistics (3 cr)
• Social Science elective (3 cr)
• Global Perspectives elective (3 cr)

Year 3 · Fall 12 credits

• PLE 3900 Composites (3 cr)
• PLE 4100 Sustainable Polymers (3 cr)
• PLE 4900 Senior Design (3 cr)
• PHIL 2300 Ethics (3 cr)

Year 3 · Spring 14 credits

• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Wellness elective (2 cr)
• COOP 2000 Cooperative Education (recommended) (0 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Fall 12 credits

• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Spring 12 credits

• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Major or concentration elective (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)