The B.S. degree is an engineering-related degree with slightly less technical content. The B.S. degree also is used by some students who receive early admission to a professional school such as medicine, dentistry, or law. Major Areas of Study Every engineering student at Purdue University follows a common freshman year. Those who decide to enter IDE usually do so toward the end of the second or third semester. There are no specific required courses or course sequences after the freshman year.
Engineers have more than technical responsibility.
Engineers must understand and appreciate the human values that ultimately shape the future of all mankind. The engineer needs a broad education technical in part, but not exclusively. The Division of Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies offers many opportunities for a broad, liberal, yet technical, education for students who want to participate in planning their own personalized programs. A few examples of typical areas are given below, but many other possibilities and combinations are available.