Academics

All engineering and science courses are taught in English by Mexican faculty members

Courses
Syllabi are for course approval and reference only. Students will receive up-to-date syllabi when their courses begin.

Required Courses
Intensive Spanish*, 4 cr. Syllabus
Mexican and Late American Civilizations and Culture, 4 cr. Syllabus

*Students who place out of the language sequence through the on-site placement exam will have the option to take a content course in Spanish.

Elective courses (choose three of the following courses):

CAS MA 226 Differential Equations
Prerequisite: CAS MA 225 or MA 230. First-order linear and separable equations. Second-order equations and first-order systems. Linear equations and linearization. Numerical and qualitative analysis. Laplace transforms. Applications and modeling of real phenomena throughout. (Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CAS MA 231.) 4 cr. Syllabus

CAS MA 242 Linear Algebra (Offered on an enrollment basis)
Corequisite: CAS MA 123 Calculus I, CAS MA 124 Calculus II, CAS MA 127 Calculus: A Review, or CAS MA 129 Honors Calculus. Matrix algebra, solution of linear systems, determinants, Gaussian elimination, fundamental theory, row-echelon form. Vector spaces, bases, norms. Computer methods. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, canonical decomposition. Applications to differential and difference equation problems. (Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CAS MA 142 or ENG EK 102.) 4 cr, Syllabus

CAS PY 313 Waves and Modern Physics
Prerequisites: CAS PY 211 General Physics, CAS PY 212 General Physics, and CAS MA 124 Calculus II, or equivalents. Focuses on waves and physical optics, relativistic mechanics, experimental foundations of quantum mechanics, atomic structure, physics of molecules and solids, atomic nuclei, and elementary particles. 4 cr. Syllabus

ENG BE 209 Principles of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology
Prerequisites: high school biology and at least one semester of college chemistry. For biomedical engineers. Principles of cell and molecular biology and biochemistry emphasizing biomolecules, the flow of genetic information, cell structure and function, and cell regulation. Three hours lecture, three hours lab. 4 cr. Course Syllabus      Lab Syllabus

ENG EK 307 Electric Circuit Theory
Prerequisites: ENG EK 127 Engineering Computation; corequisite: CAS MA 226 Differential Equations, or equivalent. Introduction to electric circuit analysis and design; voltage, current, and power, element I-V curves, circuit laws and theorems; energy storage; frequency domain, frequency response, transient response, sinusoidal steady state and transfer functions; and operational amplifiers, design. Includes lab. 4 cr. Syllabus

ENG ME 304 Energy and Thermodynamics
Prerequisite: CAS PY 211; corequisite: CAS MA 225. Macroscopic treatment of the fundamental concepts of thermodynamic systems. Zeroth, first, and second laws; properties of simple compressible substances; entropy; energy availability; ideal gas mixtures and psychrometrics; and thermodynamic cyles. Application to engines, refrigeration systems, and energy conversion. Includes lab. 4 cr.