ENGINEERING
The Engineering Program at West Valley College is primarily transfer oriented. It prepares students to enter 4- and 5-year Engineering programs at the university level. Most students transfer to SJSU or to a variety of public and private institutions, nationwide.
The program is academically challenging. The West Valley engineering courses, by necessity, must match the content and intellectual rigor of those at the universities with which it has transfer agreements. In addition to engineering courses, students typically have substantial general education requirements to fulfill and must complete requisite math and science courses.
Career Paths
- Aerospace Engineering
- Biological Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Structural Engineering
Associate of Science in Engineering
Learning Outcomes
After completing an A.S. degree in Engineering, a student will be able to:
- Identify and to solve environmental problems;
- Apply fundamental science and engineering in an integrative fashion, to effectively work and solve problems at the interface of mathematics, science, engineering and technology;
- Apply diverse techniques, methods, and tools towards the solution of engineering problems;
- Apply the engineering process and design driven research;
- Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills;
- Conduct reliable independent work as well as teamwork experience;
- Identify and apply ethical principles and standards
| Associate of Science in Engineering | ||
| Major Requirements (54 Units) | ||
| Course Number | Title | Units |
| CHEM 001A | General Chemistry | 5 |
| ENGR 010 | Introduction to Engineering | 4 |
| ENGR 020 | Engineering Graphics | 3 |
| ENGR 030 | Introduction to Computing for Scientists and Engineers | 3 |
| ENGR 098 | Introduction to Circuit Analysis | 3 |
| ENGR 099 | Statics/Vector Mechanics | 3 |
| MATH 003A | Analytical Geometry and Calculus | 5 |
| MATH 003B | Analytical Geometry and Calculus | 5 |
| MATH 004A | Intermediate Calculus | 4 |
| MATH 004B | Differential Equations | 4 |
| PHYS 004A | Engineering Physics | 5 |
| PHYS 004B | Engineering Physics | 5 |
| PHYS 004C | Engineering Physics | 5 |
| Total Number of Units | 54 | |