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UndergraduateHandbook2019-20 ACADEMIC YEARDEANYannis YortsosEXECUTIVE VICE DEANGaurav Sukhatme
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Undergraduate Handbook is published annually. Inquiries regarding this publication shouldbe directed to:USC Viterbi School of EngineeringAdmission & Student Affairs, Ronald Tutor Hall 110Los Angeles, California 90089-2900.Phone: (213) 740-4530; email: viterbi.admission@usc.eduThis handbook draws heavily upon other official University publications including the USC Catalogue and a variety ofdepartmentally-distributed information pieces. Although every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of the informationfound herein, the USC Catalogue and official addenda should be considered the documents of authority for all University students.The program requirements listed in the USC Catalogue supersede any information which may be contained in this or any otherpublication of any school or department. The University reserves the right to change its policies, rules, regulations, requirementsand course offerings at any time.The USC Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Handbook is intended to serve as a supplement, not a replacement, to theUSC Catalogue. This publication is designed to synthesize all academic information pertinent to engineering undergraduates.Students entering USC Viterbi in the fall of 2019 or the spring of 2020 are bound by the requirements set forth in this booklet and the2019-20 University Catalogue.TITLE IXWhile it is often thought of as a law that gives women equal opportunities in athletics, Title IX is about so much more. Title IX alsocovers admissions, financial aid, housing, educational programs, campus safety (including sexual assault), and sex discrimination.Title IX states: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of,or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM ACCREDITATIONThe University of Southern California is accredited by WASC, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The Bachelorof Science degrees in aerospace engineering, astronautical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civilengineering, computer engineering and computer science, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, industrial andsystems engineering, and mechanical engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org. The Bachelor of Science degrees in computer engineering and computer science and in computer science areaccredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org. 2019, USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Table of ContentsYour Undergrad Experience4Advising & Academics12Degree Requirements16Your Major Course Plans18Making Connections, Establishing Community,Building Success Towards Your FutureAcademic Advising & SupportGeneral Education & University PoliciesEstablish Your Route to SuccessACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS & DEGREE PLANSAerospace & Mechanical EngineeringAstronautical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringChemical EngineeringCivil & Environmental EngineeringComputer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngineeringIndustrial & Systems Engineering2028303646566468
Your Undergrad ExperienceBUILD COMMUNITY, ESTABLISH YOUR FUTUREAs part of your undergraduate experience at Viterbi, we encourage you to Build Community, FindYour “PLUS”, Engineer for Social Good, Experience Engineering, and Build Your Future. Makingconnections with faculty, peers, and mentors is an important first step in your journey at Viterbi.You will learn in and outside the classroom as you define your “Engineering ” where the plus canbe any cross-disciplinary study, subject, or activity.When you “Experience Engineering” and participate in myriad activities you will have opportunitiesfor development of self, leadership, social and global awareness, and more. Within design teams,internships, and research projects with faculty, you will create, innovate, and build your future tomake significant contributions to our global society.There is in no “one” way to be a successful Viterbi student or successful global citizen. Make sureto check-out the various ways you can shape your undergraduate experience.GRAND CHALLENGES SCHOLARS PROGRAMAt Viterbi, you have the opportunity to participate and compete in theNational Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges Scholars Program(GCSP). Via GCSP, students create their own educational experiencesthrough discovering, exploring, and working on potential solutions to oneof the NAE Grand Challenges. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE)Grand Challenges Scholars Program provides a framework to promotethe quality of life worldwide, advance health, and build a more secure andsustainable future around five competencies listed below.GCSP CompetenciesWe encourage all students to participate in programs and activities relatedto the competencies in the NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program. Wehope the vision of the Grand Challenges will inspire you to think about theundergraduate experience you want to create at Viterbi.Check-out the icons throughout the following pages to see how youcan meet the GCSP competencies. Research Multidisciplinary Entrepreneurship Multicultural Competence Social Consciousness4LINKS & RESOURCESăă Viterbi Community & Newsviterbiundergrad.usc.eduăă Get Involvedcampusactivities.usc.edu/ăă Study Abroadviterbiundergrad.usc.edu/overseasăă Entrepreneurship & Innovationviterbiinnovation.usc.eduăă Internships, Co-ops, & Jobsviterbicareers.usc.edu/gateway
BUILD COMMUNITYAn important part of your undergraduate experience will be therelationships you build as you engage in activities available to you atUSC. These experiences will allow for self-exploration, leadership,and service, interpersonal and professional growth. Time andtime again, it has been shown that involved students are the mostsatisfied and successful. As you begin your journey at Viterbi andUSC, we encourage you to build a strong community and networkof faculty, peers, and staff who will help guide and support youthroughout your undergraduate career. So make sure to getconnected early.Freshmen AcademyAll first-year students in Viterbi are invited to become a part ofFreshmen Academy (ENGR 102) their first semester in Viterbi.viterbiundergrad.usc.edu/academy Students starting in thespring semester can participate in Spring Academy. FreshmenAcademy provides a birds-eye view of the field of engineering bytackling the ethical, societal, and political impact of engineering andtechnology use, focusing on the NAE Grand Challenges.The academy class meets once a week and is taught by engineeringfaculty across all disciplines. The seminar focuses on buildingcommunity through collaborative projects while using case studies,discussions, and group projects to explore how engineeringintersects with other areas in society, including education, theenvironment, new technologies, the community, and more.Each Academy section is also facilitated by upper-division,undergraduate, student coaches who, along with being studentleaders in their respective majors, also serve as resources andmentors to first-year Viterbi students.Center for Engineering DiversityThe Center for Engineering Diversity promotes an inclusivecommunity of engineering scholars who are historicallyunderrepresented in engineering. Through partnerships withViterbi student affairs professionals, faculty, alumni, and corporaterepresentatives, The Center advances initiatives and providesprogramming to enhance students’ academic, personal, andprofessional experiences.Women in EngineeringThe Women in Engineering (WIE) program offers professional,academic and social opportunities for all women in Viterbi. Programssuch as the WIE Mentor Program, Faculty Student Luncheons, andWIE Meets Women Industry, are just a few of the programs availablefor the female engineering community. In addition, there are femaleoriented engineering student organizations, such as the Society ofWomen Engineers (SWE), the engineering sorority Alpha OmegaEpsilon (AOE), Athena Hacks, and Girls in Tech for students to getinvolved and meet fellow female engineers.BRING IT ALL TOGETHERAS A GRAND CHALLENGESSCHOLAREach year, top seniors who successfullycomplete the GCSP components will be named NationalAcademy of Engineering Grand Challenges Scholars,recognized at USC at graduation and by the NAE.viterbiundergrad.usc.edu/gcsp5
Student OrganizationsStudent organizations are a great way for you to get involved andconnect with your fellow students. Many student organizationsactively sponsor a number of professional, social, and serviceprograms. To learn more visit EngageSC atcampusactivities.usc.edu.GET CONNECTED FAIRSMake sure to check out the Viterbi GetCONNECTED involvement fairs duringWelcome Week in fall and spring tomeet student leaders from 50 Viterbi studentorganizations and design teams.The Klein Institute for Undergraduate EngineeringLife (KIUEL)KIUEL provides Viterbi students a variety of personal andprofessional activities to enhance your experience outside theclassroom. KIUEL events are designed, organized, and implementedby the KIUEL Programming Committee, a team of student leadersselected to enhance Viterbi’s community through these school-wideevents. Events include the Viterbi President’s Council leadershipretreat, Engineers Week, Senior Design Expo, and more!FIND YOUR “PLUS”Central to Dean’s Yortos vision is the transformativeidea of Engineering (subject). Where “ ” will take youbeyond the traditional engineering degree programs,and allow you to explore your interests outsideengineering while simultaneously preparing you toaddress some of today’s most pressing challenges. We encourageyou to find your Engineering (insert activity here). Whether that is ina minor, a second major, pursuing the Grand Challenge program, orjust fun classes!Double MajorsWith over 150 majors at USC, the world is your oyster. Engineeringstudents have added a second major in everything from DramaticArts to East Asian Languages and Cultures. Depending on yourunique goals and interests, you can create a double majorcombination that meets your passions and helps to achieve yourgoals. Typically, a second major requires a minimum of an additional32 units of coursework. If you have a double major you would like topursue, start working with your engineering advisor to see how itmay fit into your long term plan.MinorsA minor is a great way for you to explore an area of interest outside ofyour major and help you think about today’s engineering challengesin a different way. You can minor in programs through the variousacademic units at USC, including Music, Astronomy, Global Health,Business, and Musical Theatre.6Just for FunMaybe you don’t want to add a minor, and just want to take a varietyof classes for fun. Many students choose to fill their elective spaceswith just one class from many different subjects to develop a diverseset of skills. Take classes like yoga, film symposium, psychology,business communications, and more!GET RECOGNIZED AS ARENAISSANCE SCHOLARTake your double major or minor experienceand apply to be a USC Renaissance Scholarin your senior year. The Renaissance Scholars programhonors students whose broad interests help them excelacademically. Students whose majors and minors arefrom widely separated fields of study can compete for this 10,000 prize. For more information visit ahf.usc.eduENGINEER FOR SOCIAL GOODUSC Viterbi cares about its community, inside our campus,throughout Los Angeles, and our society at large. The Viterbichallenge from Dean Yortsos is to have students collectivelycontribute 100,000 hours of volunteer community outreach everyyear: “Such outreach would cultivate in all of them a mindset ofsocietal consciousness, a mindset of societal impact of engineering.”Tied closely to this growth mindset, is the need for engineers todevelop cultural and global competencies in order to bring forththe best and most diverse ideas, as well as to meet the needs ofcompanies with an ever-growing international scope. Programsaround service learning and globalization foster a community thatrecognizes the importance of connecting and contributing to boththe surrounding community and beyond.CAISS The Center for AI in Society’s Student Branch orCAIS (pronounced “case plus plus”) is a USC Viterbiaffiliated undergraduate student organization thatserves as the student branch of the USC Center forArtificial Intelligence in Society (CAIS). In brief, our students work topromote the development of AI applications for social good.Engineers Without BordersEngineers Without Borders USA builds abetter world through engineering projectsthat empower communities to meet theirbasic human needs and equip leaders tosolve the world’s most pressing challenges. The USC chapter’s mostrecent project was designing and implementing a sustainable systemfor providing clean water to a community in Guatemala and Kenya.To learn more, visit www.uscewb.org.
Innovation in Engineering DesignThe Innovation in Engineering Design forGlobal Grand Challenges class allows USCstudents over the course of one year, toform a task-force to seek life-saving or life-improving innovationsaimed at the most vulnerable and hardest-to-reach people.MaymesterMaymester courses are stand-alone offerings that provideexceptional opportunities for research and experiential learning offcampus, throughout the United States, or even abroad.Viterbi Impact Program (VIP)The Viterbi Impact Program connects undergraduateViterbi students with service and volunteeropportunities in the Los Angeles community. VIPparticipants play an important role in bringing engineering tothe community as they work as partners with local schools andorganizations.Viterbi Summer Overseas ProgramProblems Without PassportsUSC’s Problems Without Passports provides opportunities forcoursework that combines problem-based or inquiry learningresearch exercises with study in a foreign country.Viterbi Summer Overseas program is a sevenweek program offered each summer in Europe. Byparticipating in this program you can make progresstowards your engineering degree by taking up to twomajor-related courses while also exploring those cities. Currently,the program runs each summer rotating through cities such as:Florence, Rome, London, Madrid, and Paris.STEM Educational Outreach ProgramsVolunteer CenterHelp promote engineering in K-12 education by volunteering forMath, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA), Mission ScienceProgram, or other programs.Viterbi iPodia ProgramiPodia promotes peer-to- peer interactions amongparticipating learners across disciplinary, institutional,physical and cultural boundaries. The “i” in iPodiastands for “inverted”, “interactive”, “international”, and anycombinations of the above.Viterbi Exchange ProgramGain firsthand international experience byparticipating in an exchange program for an excellentopportunity to learn from peers and faculty in othercountries.The USC Volunteer Center is dedicated to promotingvolunteerism and service in the USC and greater LosAngeles communities. The Volunteer Center organizesnumerous service projects, identifies volunteer opportunities, andhouses an extensive database of over 200 non-profits and otheragencies that offer volunteer opportunities. To see how you can getinvolved, visit campusactivities.usc.edu/volunteer.EARN A GLOBAL SCHOLARDISTINCTIONThe Global Scholars program recognizesundergraduates who have excelled in theirstudies both at home and abroad, including spendingat least ten weeks outside the U.S. as part of theirundergraduate experience. Up to ten of these students willalso be selected to receive a 10,000 prize to be appliedtoward graduate study. For more information, visit ahf.usc.edu7
EXPERIENCE ENGINEERINGAt Viterbi you can take advantage of a number of co-curricularactivities all designed to provide you with out of the classroomhands-on opportunities that connect you with real-worldexperiences. These experiences will lead you to further discoveryour interests, develop your skills, and enhance your problemsolving and analytical skills. From internships, design teams,research, and more - you can take advantage of all of theseopportunities starting your first year!Design TeamsDesign teams are student run groups that work collaboratively todesign and build a variety of projects. Examples of projects includesteel bridge, solar car, rockets, airplane, robotics and more! Designteams may compete regionally, nationally, and at times globally.Design teams provide hand-on experiences and help build skills(teamwork, problem-solving, project management, budgeting,fundraising, etc.) that you can then leverage with prospectiveemployers and graduate school.8W.V.T. Rusch Honors ProgramThe W.V.T. Rusch UndergraduateEngineering Honors Program (EHP)allows students to choose between twothematic tracks: Innovation or Entrepreneurship and Research,with each track culminating into an experience similar to that of asenior thesis. The dynamic academic structure of the EHP providesa unique opportunity for you to focus on the National Academyof Engineering’s Grand Challenges. Participants also enroll in theHonors Colloquium, a seminar where students can attend weeklylectures and network with leaders in the field of engineering. Theprogram may also feature an annual fall retreat, additional luncheswith guest speakers, and special events including the end ofsemester BBQ, a senior symposium, and senior brunch. Students canapply to the EHP at the end of their first semester at USC.
Undergraduate ResearchAt USC Viterbi we encourage all students to participatein undergraduate research. Through research youwill gain a practical application of your classroomknowledge to solving real-world problems. Other benefits of doingresearch include gaining relevant knowledge and skills for graduateschool and/or industry, creation of new knowledge and contributionsto the field, which may also include co-authoring papers and/orattending conferences. Research can be for a summer, a semester,or year-long. Finding research at Viterbi can be as easy as identifyingresearch topics of interest to you and connecting with faculty whomay have opportunities in their labs. Viterbi students participate inresearch through a variety of ways including formal USC and nonUSC programs, volunteering in a lab, design teams and challenges,and through coursework. Read below for other examples.{{ Viterbi Merit Research ProgramsEach year, a select group of entering freshmen are invitedto work with faculty on current research projects. The MeritResearch Award is a renewable award provided they makesatisfactory academic progress towards the engineeringdegree, maintain a “B” average overall, and complete ashort renewal form by March 1st.{{ Provost and Rose HillsThe Office of the Provost provides fellowships forundergraduate research each academic year in the fall,spring, and summer semesters. The Rose Hills Foundation,which supports non-profit organizations that serve thecitizens of Southern California, has generously providedfunding for students who would like to obtain Science andEngineering Fellowships during the summer.{{ Tsinghua Summer Research OpportunityThis six week program providesan opportunity for an exchange ofundergraduate students between theViterbi School of Engineering and TsinghuaUniversity in Beijing, China to participate in research withfaculty at each institution.{{ WiSE ResearchUndergraduate women in the Viterbi School are eligibleto apply for a grant from the Women in Science andEngineering (WiSE) Program. This program gives femaleundergraduates an opportunity to receive funds to supporttheir research activities in the laboratory with our faculty.WISETechnology I
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