In your very first year at Duke, you receive instruction in real-world design—through our first-year design course, EGR 101L

The First Year

Welcome to your first year as a Duke Engineer!

Duke Engineering's signature educational experience prepares you to be an engineer who is inspired & equipped to solve complex societal problems—making you a confident creator ready to reshape the world.

This experience starts during your very first year at Duke.

The First-Year Curriculum

Our Duke Engineering undergraduate first-year curriculum offers:

Hands-on, real-world design—in EGR 101L Engineering Design
Introduction to computing—in EGR 103L Computational Methods
Mathematics, physics and chemistry
Intellectual exploration—through a course or Duke FOCUS
Your first engineering technical course

Course Layout

Assuming no AP or IPC credit^{See Note 1}:

Fall Semester

Mathematics 111L
Chemistry 101DL^{See Note 2}
Writing 101
Engineering 101L^{See Note 2}

Spring Semester

Mathematics 112L
Physics 151L
Engineering 103L^{See Note 2}
Technical Course^{See Note 3}

Notes

1. Important: If you have AP or IPC credit

If Advanced Placement (AP) or International Placement (IPC) credit is granted for one or more of the above courses, students should take EGR 103L Computational Methods in the fall semester.

Students with AP Math credit should consult the AP table and Department of Mathematics placement guidelines to determine appropriate math course placement.

Email pratt-advising@duke.edu for assistance interpreting such credit as it pertains to course selection.

2. All students must take EGR 101L and EGR 103L

All engineering students must take EGR 101L Engineering Design and Communication in the fall semester.

Students with AP or IPC credit for any of the above must take EGR 103L Computatonal Methods in the fall semester.

Potential ECE majors are encouraged to take EGR 103L in the fall semester, instead of CHEM 101DL. For these students, CHEM 101DL should be taken in the spring instead.

3. Suggested First-Year Technical Courses

The technical course in your first spring semester should be selected according to your intended major, if known:

Undecided: Biology 201L or one of the classes listed below
Biomedical Engineering: Biology 201L
Civil Engineering: CEE 101L
Electrical and Computer Engineering: ECE 110L^*
Environmental Engineering: CEE 101L
Mechanical Engineering: EGR 121L

^*If prerequisite EGR 103L was taken in fall semester

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