The Indiana Wesleyan University Pre-Engineering program provides students with the background introductory engineering, math, and science courses needed to subsequently pursue a degree in engineering. The curriculum includes the freshman year coursework at most engineering schools to allow smooth entry into the sophomore year of an engineering program. Students may also take additional math and science courses that would be required in later years of an engineering program.

Indiana Wesleyan University is exploring the possibility of adding an Engineering program that will offer four concentration areas in Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Pending full accreditation approval from the Higher Learning Commission, the program will likely launch in Fall 2022. 

Faculty

Dr. David Che is the current Pre-Engineering director and professor who teaches introductory engineering courses. He earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, where he also did postdoctoral research. Dr. Che has extensive experience in both academia and industry. He has developed and taught in engineering programs at schools similar to IWU, giving him a thorough knowledge of the background knowledge necessary for students to progress toward an engineering degree. Before this, he was a senior project and research engineer for General Motors Corporation for many years, giving him insight into the skills necessary to enter the engineering workforce.

Dr. Melvin Royer is the current chair of the Division of Mathematics and Computer Information Sciences in which the Pre-Engineering program is housed. Dr. Royer has a M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Purdue University. Along with several other faculty in the division, Dr. Royer teaches background math, computer science, and physics courses required for engineering programs. Dr. Royer has done digital circuit design as an intern for IBM Corporation.

Career Paths

While the Pre-Engineering program prepares students to major in any branch of engineering, the course content is especially geared toward Computer Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.  Other possible areas include Aeronautical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Software Engineering, and others.

Engineers work in a broad range of functions including research and development, teaching, design, construction, production and operations, consulting, and management.

Courses

EGR 121 Introduction to Engineering provides the fundamentals of engineering design and analysis through solving problems in a project team approach as well as individual study/lab sessions.  The course also covers engineering from the lens of the Scripture and illustrates the importance of mathematics and communication.

EGR 142 Computer Aided Design teaches engineering graphics and computer-aided design (CAD) using a 3D solid modeling software package.  The course involves design projects including topics such as geometric construction, sketching, orthographic projection, isometric, sectional and detailed views, engineering drawings and assemblies, parametric solid modeling and motion simulation/animation.

Students in consultation with their advisor choose additional coursework from among the following depending on their background and future plans:

CHE-125 General Chemistry I
CIS-121 Introduction to Programming
COM-100 Intro to Speech Communication
ENG-120 English Composition
MAT-253 Calculus I
MAT-254 Calculus II
MAT-255 Calculus III
MAT-353 Differential Equations
PHY-221 University Physics I

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