Engineering Courses
Why an Engineering Curriculum
in a Science Degree?
Engineering is concerned with the application of the basic sciences
and mathematics to solving real-world problems. On the one hand a
scientist is a "consumer" of engineering solutions, e.g. scientific
instrumentation, or computational algorithms. On the other hand the
quest for engineering solutions to human problems invariably leads to
questions that would interest a basic scientist: e.g., fundamentally
new phenomena that could lead to compact, sensitive and energy
efficient sensors.
Outline of the Engineering Curriculum
The 18 credit engineering curriculum in this four year BS programme has
been designed with the above two objectives in mind.
(1) Hard Core: Engineering essentials for the scientist
Computing, electronic instrumentation, and the analysis of data
are essential tools of the modern scientist. With this in mind, a 9
credit hard core curriculum comprising the following three
engineering courses will be required to be taken in the first three
semesters.
Semester 1 - ESc 101 (2:1) : Algorithms and Programming
Semester 2 - ESc 102 (2:1) : Introduction to Electrical and
Electronics Engineering
Semester 3 - ESc 201 (2:1) : Introduction to Scientific
Computing
(2) Soft Core: Exposure to one or two engineering fields
The remaining 9 credits will be taken in the subsequent three
semesters. These are viewed as soft-core courses, and have to be
selected from a large pool of existing engineering courses offered
by the faculty of the three engineering divisions in IISc. Some of
these courses will serve to expose the student to various
engineering disciplines, while others are more focused analysis and
design courses which require the student to apply scientific and
mathematical knowledge to provide engineering solutions to problems.
To know more details about the curriculum and content of the courses,
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