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Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies Program

Freedom to Choose / Freedom to Create / Freedom to Travel

LAES Concentrations

Concentrations

A concentration is a group of courses designed to provide specialized knowledge within a degree program. Here is an example of a form you would use to declare your concentrations:

2019-2020 LAES Concentration and Study Abroad Declaration form (SAMPLE only)

LAES students select one concentration from Engineering and one from Liberal Arts. Students may choose to follow an individualized course of study in Engineering and/or the Liberal Arts, constructed in consultation with LAES advisors. 

Engineering Concentrations (select one)

Liberal Arts Concentrations (select one)

Individualized Course of Study (ICS)

An Individualized Course of Study (ICS) concentration allows students more freedom to hand pick the classes they want to take in each college to better personalize a concentration that fits their career goals outside of the pre-defined ones. An ICS may be selected instead of a pre-defined Engineering or Liberal Arts concentration for certain catalog years. 

The selection of courses must be made with LAES advisor approval and must complete the total units required for the Engineering and/or Liberal Arts concentration. Students should seek advising assistance as early as possible for help in selecting a suitable concentration. Sample courses listed below are based on past student choices*

*Enrollment in courses is not guaranteed, especially in highly impacted courses. Please consult with a LAES advisor about the classes you desire to take.

AREA OF FOCUS

COMBINATIONS

 SAMPLE COURSES

Audio

Engineering

Engineering: Electrical Engineering

 

Liberal Arts: Sound Design 

 

Electrical Engineering: 

  • Intro to Electrical Engineering
  • Electric Circuit Analysis
  • Energy Conversion Electromagnetics
  • Electromagnetic Fields and Transmission
  • Power Systems

 

Music:

  • Music Theory
  • Sound Design: Technologies, Recording, Synthesis, Composition & Production

 

Game Design

Engineering: Game Design

 

Liberal Arts: Student's Choice (Typically Art & Design or Theatre)

 

Computer Science: 

  • Game Design
  • Intro to Mixed Reality
  • Interactive Entertainment Engineering

 

Art:

  • Figure Drawing
  • Illustration I & II
  • Collaborative Studio: Storyboarding, Modeling, Animation, and Rendering

 

English:

  • New Media Arts I & II

 

Interdisciplinary Studies:

  • Intro to Media Arts and Technologies
  • Media Arts and Technologies: Storytelling & Cinematic Process

 

Theatre: 

  • Intro to Theatre
  • Stagecraft
  • Script Analysis
  • Seminar in Playwriting

 
Industrial Design

 

Engineering: Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering or Materials Engineering

 

Liberal Arts: Art & Design

 

 

Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering:

  • Intro to IME
  • Process Improvement Fundamentals
  • Industrial Costs and Controls
  • Project Organization and Management
  • Engineering Economics
  • Test Design and Analysis

 

Art: 

  • Foundation in Digital Art
  • Digital 3D Modeling and Design
  • Animation
  • Video
  • Interactive Design

 

 

Sustainability

 

Engineering: Environmental Engineering

 

Liberal Arts: Student's Choice (Typically Interdisciplinary Studies)

 

 

Environmental Engineering:

  • Intro to Air Pollution
  • Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering
  • Industrial Pollution Prevention
  • Environmental Health and Safety

 

Environmental Design: 

  • Sustainable Environments

 

Interdisciplinary Studies: 

  • Intro to Science Technology & Society
  • Values and Technology

 
Product Design

Engineering: Mechanical Engineering

 

Liberal Arts: Student's Choice (Typically Art & Design, Communications, or Graphic Communication)

 

Mechanical Engineering:

  • Engineering Statics & Dynamics
  • Intro to Detailed Design with Solid Modeling
  • Philosophy of Design
  • Design for Strength and Stiffness
  • Mechanical Systems Design
  • Experimental Methods in Mechanical Design
     

Civil Engineering:

  • Mechanics of Materials I & II

 

Art:

  • Foundation in Digital Art I & II
  • Figure Drawing
  • Illustration I & II
  • Collaborative Studio: Storyboarding, Modeling, Animation, and Rendering

 

Communications: 

  • Organizational Communication
  • Business and Professional Communication

 

Graphic Communication:

  • Intro to Graphic Communication
  • Digital Publishing Systems
  • Materials for Graphic Communication Applications

 

Interdisciplinary Studies: 

  • Intro to Science
  • Technology & Society
  • Values and Technology

 
Project Management

Engineering: Industrial Manufacturing Engineering

 

Liberal Arts: Student's Choice (Typically Technical Communication or Psychology)

 

Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering:

  • Intro to IME
  • Process Improvement Fundamentals
  • Industrial Costs and Controls
  • Project Organization and Management
  • Engineering Economics
  • Test Design and Analysis

 

Communications: 

  • Organizational Communication
  • Business and Professional Communication

 

English: 

  • Technical Editing
  • Information Design and Production

 

Psychology:

  • General Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology

 
UI/UX

Engineering: Usability Studies

 

Liberal Arts: Student's Choice (Typically Art & Design, Graphic Communication, or Technical Communication)

 

Usability Studies:

  • Fundamentals of Computer Science
  • Computer Organization
  • Intro to Software Engineering
  • Systems Programming
  • User-Centered Interface Design and Development
  • Human-Computer Interaction Theory and Design 

 

Art:

  • Foundation in Digital Art I & II
  • Figure Drawing
  • Illustration I & II
  • Collaborative Studio: Storyboarding, Modeling, Animation, and Rendering

 

Communications: 

  • Organizational Communication
  • Business and Professional Communication

 

Graphic Communication:

  • Intro to Graphic Communication
  • Digital Publishing Systems
  • Materials for Graphic Communication Applications

 

English:

  • Technical Editing
  • Information Design and Production

 

 

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