FYE Course Requirements

Course requirements for First-Year Engineering are applicable for students with a "catalog term" of 202310 or higher (typically students who first entered Purdue in the Fall 2023 term or later). Students with catalog terms from Fall 2020 to Spring 2023 will need to refer to the old requirements listed at the bottom of the page. Students with a catalog term prior to Fall 2020 must contact an FYE Advisor.

To better understand the progression of the coursework, you can review pathways (with sample plans of study) through First-Year Engineering along with detailed course descriptions of required courses.

These requirements were approved by the Engineering Curriculum Committee, on behalf of the faculty of the College of Engineering, on February 28, 2023 (EFD 89-23).

Requirements:

I. To complete FYE and be eligible for consideration for entry into an Engineering degree program, a student must complete the following courses:

1.    ENGR 13100, ENGR 16100, or [EPCS 11100; EPCS 12100] or [VIP 17911 and VIP 17912] or ENGR-13000

2.    ENGR 13200, ENGR 16200, ENGR 13300 or ENGR-13000

3.    MA 16100 or MA 16500

4.    MA 16200, or MA 16600, or MA 17300

5.    CHM 11500 or [CHM 11100 and CHM 11200]

6.    PHYS 17200 or [ENGR 16100 and ENGR 16200]

7.    A FYE selective course, chosen from:

a.    CHM 11600

b.    CS 15900

c.     BIOL 11000

d.    BIOL 11100

8.    Two of the following four courses:

  1. a course that meets the Written Communication Foundational Outcome (typically ENGL 10600 or ENGL 10800)
  2. a course that meets the Oral Communication Foundational Outcome (typically COM 11400)
  3. ENGL 11000 (this option is available only for students who have a TOEFL score in their student record)
  4. ENGL 11100 (this option is available only for students who have a TOEFL score in their student record).

II. Minimum Grades: Earned grades must be C– or better for any course used to meet the requirements above, if the grade posts to the Purdue transcript.

III. Grade Average: To complete FYE, the student’s cumulative GPA must be of 2.00 or greater, and an Engineering Admissions Index (EAI) must be 2.00 or greater. Calculation of the EAI is equivalent to the calculation of GPA for courses used to meet all FYE requirements listed above. If a student meets a requirement in more than one way, only one will be used to calculate the EAI. The FYE Curriculum Committee will be responsible for keeping an updated, clear, and universal set of rules for determining which course is used in EAI for these situations. These rules are available to students in the FYE Advising office.

Requirements for students who entered Purdue between Fall 2016 and Spring 2020:

I. To complete FYE and be eligible for consideration for entry into an Engineering degree program, a student must complete the following courses:

1.    ENGR 13100, ENGR 16100, or [EPCS 11100 and EPCS 12100]

2.    ENGR 13200, ENGR 16200 or ENGR 13300

3.    MA 16100 or MA 16500

4.    MA 16200, or MA 16600, or MA 17300

5.    CHM 11500 or [CHM 11100 and CHM 11200]

6.    PHYS 17200 or [ENGR 16100 and ENGR 16200]

7.    A FYE selective course, chosen from:

a.    CHM 11600

b.    CS 15900

c.     BIOL 11000

d.    BIOL 11100

8.    Two of the following four courses:

  1. a course that meets the Written Communication Foundational Outcome (typically ENGL 10600 or ENGL 10800)
  2. a course that meets the Oral Communication Foundational Outcome (typically COM 11400)
  3. ENGL 11000 (this option is available only for students who have a TOEFL score in their student record)
  4. ENGL 11100 (this option is available only for students who have a TOEFL score in their student record).

II. Minimum Grades: Earned grades must be C– or better for any course used to meet the requirements above, if the grade posts to the Purdue transcript.

III. Grade Average: To complete FYE, the student’s cumulative GPA must be of 2.00 or greater, and an Engineering Admissions Index (EAI) must be 2.00 or greater. Calculation of the EAI is equivalent to the calculation of GPA for courses used to meet all FYE requirements 1-9 above. If a student meets a requirement in more than one way, only one will be used to calculate the EAI. The FYE Curriculum Committee will be responsible for keeping an updated, clear, and universal set of rules for determining which course is used in EAI for these situations. These rules are available to students in the FYE Advising office.

VI. Total Number of Credits: Students must earn a total of at least 30 credits.

Last Updated August 17, 2023