Sample Academic Plans
Not sure which classes to take or when to take them? These sample academic plans are here to help you get a better idea of what your journey through an engineering or computing major might look like. They lay out a suggested path, semester by semester, to help you stay on track and graduate on time. Keep in mind—these are just examples! Your academic advisor can help you customize a plan that fits your goals and interests.
Engineering Management, B.S.
Recommended Plans - 2023-24
Electronics and Computing Concentration
First Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
CEC 111 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact I (SI) (2)
ENG 111 Composition and Rhetoric (PA-1B) (3)
MTH 151 Calculus I (PA-1A) (4)
PHY 181/183 General Physics with Lab I (PA-2C) (5)
CSE 174 Fund of Programming & Prob Solving (3)
Spring Semester (14-15 hours)
CEC 112 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact II (SI) (2)
MTH 251 or MTH 249 Calculus II (4-5)
PHY 182/184 General Physics with Lab II (PA-2C) (5)
Miami Plan Creative Arts course (PA-3A)
Sophomore Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
ECE 205 Electric Circuit Analysis I (4)
ECE 287 Digital Systems Design (4)
MTH 222 Intro. to Linear Algebra (3)
or MTH 231 Elements of Discrete Mathematics
ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics (PA-2A) (3)
Electronics & Computing Concentration Elective (3)
Spring Semester (15-16 hours)
ACC 221 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
ECO 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (PA-3A) (3)
MTH 245 Differential Equations for Engineers (3-4)
or MTH 246 Linear Alg. & Diff. Eqns. for Engineers
or MTH 347 Differential Equations
CHM 141 College Chemistry (3)
Global Inquiry (PA-4C) (3)
Junior Year
Fall Semester (15-16 hours)
ECE 304 Electronics (3)
ECE 306 Signals and Systems (3)
ECE 345 App Probability & Statistics for Engineers (3-4)
or STA 301 Applied Statistics
or STA 261 Statistics
MKT 291 Principles of Marketing (3)
Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B) (3)
Spring Semester (15-16 hours)
MGT 291 Intro to Management & Leadership (3)
MGT 302 Intro to Operations & Supply Chain Mgt (3)
ENG 313 Introduction to Technical Writing (MP) (3)
ECE 387 Embedded Systems Design (3)
or ECE 484 Embedded Systems Design (4)
MME/CPB 341 Engineering Economics (3)
Senior Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
ECE/CSE 448 Senior Design Project I (Capstone) (2)
EGM/MGT 411 Leading and Managing Projects (3)
Electronics & Computing Concentration Elective (3)
General Business Management Track course (3)
Humanities (PA-3B) (3)
Global Inquiry or Intercultural Perspectives (PA-4B/4C) (3)
Spring Semester (14 hours)
ECE/CSE 449 Senior Design Project II (Capstone) (2)
ESP 401 Entrepreneurship: New Ventures (3)
or ESP 461 Entrepreneurial Consulting (3)
Electronics & Computing Concentration Elective (3)
Electronics & Computing Concentration Elective (3)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (PA-4A) (3)
First Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
CEC 111 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact I (SI) (2)
ENG 111 Composition and Rhetoric (PA-1B) (3)
MTH 151 Calculus I (PA-1A) (4)
PHY 181/183 General Physics with Lab I (PA-2C) (5)
CSE 174 Fund of Programming & Prob Solving (3)
Spring Semester (15-16 hours)
CEC 112 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact II (SI) (2)
MTH 251 or MTH 249 Calculus II (4-5)
PHY 182/184 General Physics with Lab II (PA-2C) (5)
ESP 101 Entrepreneurship Foundations (1)
Creative Arts (PA-3A) (3)
Sophomore Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
ECE 205 Electric Circuit Analysis I (4)
ECE 287 Digital Systems Design (4)
MTH 222 Intro. to Linear Algebra (3)
or MTH 231 Elements of Discrete Mathematics
ESP 102 Entrepreneurial Immersion: From Idea to Opportunity (Startup Weekend) (1)
Electronics & Computing Concentration Elective (3)
Spring Semester (16-17 hours)
ESP 102 Entrepreneurial Immersion: From Idea to Opportunity (Innovation Weekend) (1)
ESP 201 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Business Models (3)
ECO 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (PA-3A) (3)
MTH 245 Differential Equations for Engineers (3-4)
or MTH 246 Linear Alg. & Diff. Eqns. for Engineers
or MTH 347 Differential Equations
CHM 141 College Chemistry (3)
Humanities (PA-3B) (3)
Junior Year
Fall Semester (15-16 hours)
ECE 304 Electronics (3)
ECE 306 Signals and Systems (3)
ECE 345 App Probability & Statistics for Engineers (3-4)
or STA 301 Applied Statistics
or STA 261 Statistics
ESP 251 Entrepreneurial Value Creation and Capture (3)
Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B) (3)
Spring Semester (15-16 hours)
ENG 313 Introduction to Technical Writing (MP) (3)
ECE 387 Embedded Systems Design (3)
or ECE 484 Embedded Systems Design (4)
MME/CPB 341 Engineering Economics (3)
ESP 252 Entrepreneurial Value Creation and Capture (3)
ESP 331 Social Entrepreneurship (PA-2A) (3)
Senior Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
ECE/CSE 448 Senior Design Project I (Capstone) (2)
EGM/MGT 411 Leading and Managing Projects (3)
ECE 321 Startup Entrepreneurship (3)
or ECE 341 Corporate Entrepreneurship
or ECE 351 Creativity in Entrepreneurship
Electronics & Computing Concentration Elective (3)
Global Inquiry (PA-4C) (3)
Global Inquiry or Intercultural Perspectives (PA-4B/4C) (3)
Spring Semester (14 hours)
ECE/CSE 449 Senior Design Project II (Capstone) (2)
Electronics & Computing Concentration Elective (3)
Electronics & Computing Concentration Elective (3)
General Business Management Track Course (3)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (PA-4A) (3)
Environmental Engineering Concentration
First Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
CEC 111 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact I (SI) (2)
CHM 141/144 College Chemistry and College Chemistry Laboratory (PA-2C) (5)
ENG 111 Composition and Rhetoric (PA-1B) (3)
MTH 151 Calculus I (PA-1A) (4)
Miami Plan Creative Arts (PA-3A) (3)
Spring Semester (14-15 hours)
CEC 112 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact II (SI) (2)
CHM 142/145 College Chemistry and College Chemistry Laboratory (PA-2C) (5)
MTH 251 or MTH 249 Calculus II (4-5)
Miami Plan Humanities course (PA-3B) (3)
Second Year
Fall Semester (16-17 hours)
CPB 204 Mass and Energy Balances I (2)
CHM 231 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (4)
MTH 245 Differential Equations for Engineers (3-4)
or MTH 246 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations for Engineers
or MTH 347 Differential Equations
PHY 181 General Physics I (PA-2A) (3)
Miami Plan Global Inquiry (PA-4C) (3)
Spring Semester (16 hours)
CPB 219 Statics and Mechanics of Materials (3)
or MME 211 Static Modeling of Mechanical Systems
CPB 244 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3)
CPB 314 Engineering Thermodynamics (3)
ECO 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (PA-3A) (3)
PHY 182 General Physics II (4)
Third Year
Fall Semester (16-17 hours)
CPB 318 Transport Phenomena I (4)
ECO 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
STA 301 Applied Statistics (4)
or STA 261 Statistics (3)
MGT 291 Introduction to Management & Leadership (3)
CPB 405 Industrial Environmental Control (3)
or CPB 441 Pollution Prevention in Environmental Management
or MME 451 or Sustainability Considerations in Design and Development
Spring Semester (17 hours)
ACC 221 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
CPB 311 Transport Phenomena Laboratory 2 (2)
CPB 442 Air Pollution Control (3)
MKT 291 Principles of Marketing (3)
ENG 313 Technical Writing (PA-1C) (3)
MGT 295 Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management (or MGT 302) (3)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
CPB 341 Engineering Economics (3)
CPB 471 Engineering Design I (2)
EGM 411 Leading and Managing Projects (3)
CPB 405 Industrial Environmental Control (3)
or CPB 441 Pollution Prevention in Environmental Management
or MME 451 or Sustainability Considerations in Design and Development
General Business Management Track course (3)
Spring Semester (14 hours)
CPB 472 Engineering Design II (2)
Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B) (3)
Global Inquiry or Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B/4C) (3)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (PA-4A) (3)
General Business Management Track course (3)
First Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
CEC 111 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact I (SI) (2)
CHM 141/144 College Chemistry and College Chemistry Laboratory (PA-2C) (5)
ENG 111 Composition and Rhetoric (PA-1B) (3)
MTH 151 Calculus I (PA-1A) (4)
ESP 101 Entrepreneurship Foundations 1 (3)
Spring Semester (14-15 hours)
CEC 112 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact II (SI) (2)
CHM 142/145 College Chemistry and College Chemistry Laboratory (PA-2C) (5)
MTH 251 or MTH 249 Calculus II (4-5)
ESP 102 Entrepreneurial Immersion: From Idea to Opportunity (1)
Humanities (PA-3B) (3)
Second Year
Fall Semester (16-17 hours)
CPB 204 Mass and Energy Balances I (2)
CHM 231 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (4)
MTH 245 Differential Equations for Engineers (3-4)
or MTH 246 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations for Engineers
or MTH 347 Differential Equations
PHY 181 General Physics I (PA-2A) (4)
ESP 201 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Business Models (3)
Spring Semester (16 hours)
CPB 219 Statics and Mechanics of Materials (3)
or MME 211 Static Modeling of Mechanical Systems
CPB 244 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3)
CPB 314 Engineering Thermodynamics (3)
PHY 182 General Physics II (4)
Global Inquiry (PA-4C) (3)
Third Year
Fall Semester (16-17 hours)
ESP 102 Entrepreneurial Immersion: From Idea to Opportunity (Startup Weekend) (1)
ESP 251 Entrepreneurial Value Creation and Capture (3)
CPB 318 Transport Phenomena I (4)
STA 301 Applied Statistics (4)
or STA 261 Statistics (3)
CPB 405 Industrial Environmental Control (3)
or CPB 441 Pollution Prevention in Environmental Management
or MME 451 or Sustainability Considerations in Design and Development
Spring Semester (17 hours)
ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
CPB 311 Transport Phenomena Laboratory 2 (2)
CPB 341 Engineering Economics (3)
CPB 442 Air Pollution Control (3)
ENG 313 Technical Writing (PA-1C) (3)
ESP 252 Entrepreneurial Mindset: Creativity and Organization (3)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
ESP 321 Startup Entrepreneurship (3)
or ESP 341 Corporate Entrepreneurship
or ESP 351 or Creativity in Entrepreneurship
ESP 331 Social Entrepreneurship (3)
CPB 471 Engineering Design I (2)
EGM 411 Leading and Managing Projects (3)
CPB 405 Industrial Environmental Control (3)
or CPB 441 Pollution Prevention in Environmental Management
or MME 451 or Sustainability Considerations in Design and Development
Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B) (3)
Spring Semester (14 hours)
CPB 472 Engineering Design II (2)
ESP 401 Entrepreneurship: New Ventures (3)
or ESP 461 or Entrepreneurial Consulting
Creative Arts (PA-3A) (3)
Global Inquiry or Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B/4C) (3)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (PA-4A) (3)
Manufacturing Engineering Concentration
First Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
CEC 111 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact I (SI) (2)
ENG 111 Composition and Rhetoric (PA-1B) (3)
MTH 151 Calculus I (PA-1A) (4)
PHY 181/183 General Physics with Lab I (PA-2C) (5)
Creative Arts (PA-3A) (3)
Spring Semester (16-17 hours)
CEC 112 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact II (SI) (2)
MTH 251 or MTH 249 Calculus II (4-5)
PHY 182 General Physics II (4)
CHM 141 College Chemistry (PA-2C) (3)
Humanities (PA-3B) (3)
Second Year
Fall Semester (15 hours)
MTH 246 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations for Engineers (4)
MME 201 Modeling and Design in Engineering (2)
MME 211 Static Modeling of Mechanical Systems (3)
MME 223 Engineering Materials (3)
ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics (PA-2A) (3)
Spring Semester (16-17 hours)
ACC 221 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
ECO 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (PA-3A) (3)
STA 301 Applied Statistics (4)
or STA 261 Statistics (3)
MME 231 Manufacturing Processes (3)
ECE 205 Electric Circuit Analysis I (4)
Third Year
Fall Semester (18 hours)
MGT 291 Introduction to Management & Leadership (3)
CSE 372 Stochastic Modeling 1 (3)
or STA 401 Probability
EGM 411 Leading and Managing Projects (3)
MME 312 Mechanics of Materials (3)
MME 305 Measurements and Instrumentation (3)
ENG 313 Technical Writing (3)
Spring Semester (15 hours)
MME 301 Product Design and Development (3)
MME 341 Engineering Economics (3)
MKT 291 Principles of Marketing (3)
MGT 295 Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management (or MGT 302) (3)
Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B) (3)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
MME 331 Advanced Manufacturing and Design 1 (3)
MME 334 Quality Planning and Control (3)
MME 411 Machine and Tool Design (3)
MME 448 Senior Design Project (2)
General Business Management Track Course (3)
Global Inquiry (PA-4C) (3)
Spring Semester (14 hours)
MME 337 Manufacturing Automation 2 (3)
MME 449 Senior Design Project (2)
General Business Management Track Course (3)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (PA-4A) (3)
Global Inquiry or Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B/4C) (3)
First Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
CEC 111 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact I (SI) (2)
ENG 111 Composition and Rhetoric (PA-1B) (3)
MTH 151 Calculus I (PA-1A) (4)
PHY 181/183 General Physics with Lab I (PA-2C) (5)
Creative Arts (PA-3A) (3)
Spring Semester (14-15 hours)
CEC 112 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact II (SI) (2)
MTH 251 or MTH 249 Calculus II (4-5)
PHY 182 General Physics II (4)
ESP 101 Entrepreneurship Foundations (1)
Humanities (PA-3B) (3)
Second Year
Fall Semester (16 hours)
CHM 141 College Chemistry (3)
MTH 246 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations for Engineers (4)
MME 201 Modeling and Design in Engineering (2)
MME 211 Static Modeling of Mechanical Systems (3)
MME 223 Engineering Materials (3)
ESP 102 Entrepreneurial Immersion: From Idea to Opportunity (Startup Weekend) (1)
Spring Semester (17-18 hours)
ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics (PA-2A) (3)
ECE 205 Electric Circuit Analysis I (4)
STA 301 Applied Statistics (4)
or STA 261 Statistics (3)
MME 231 Manufacturing Processes (3)
ESP 102 Entrepreneurial Immersion: From Idea to Opportunity (Innovation Weekend) (1)
ESP 201 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Business Models (3)
Third Year
Fall Semester (15 hours)
ESP 251 Entrepreneurial Value Creation and Capture (3)
CSE 372 Stochastic Modeling 1 (3)
or STA 401 Probability
MME 312 Mechanics of Materials (3)
MME 305 Measurements and Instrumentation (3)
ENG 313 Technical Writing (3)
Spring Semester (15 hours)
ESP 252 Entrepreneurial Mindset: Creativity and Organization (3)
ESP 331 Social Entrepreneurship (PA-2A) (3)
MME 301 Product Design and Development (3)
Global Inquiry (PA-4C) (3)
Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B) (3)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
MME 331 Advanced Manufacturing and Design 1 (3)
MME 334 Quality Planning and Control (3)
MME 411 Machine and Tool Design (3)
MME 448 Senior Design Project (2)
ESP 321 Startup Entrepreneurship (3)
or ESP 341Corporate Entrepreneurship
or ESP 351 or Corporate Entrepreneurship
Global Inquiry or Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B/4C) (3)
Spring Semester (17 hours)
MME 449 Senior Design Project (2)
MME 334 Quality Planning and Control (3)
MME 337 Manufacturing Automation 2 (3)
EGM 411 Leading and Managing Projects (3)
ESP 401 Entrepreneurship: New Ventures (3)
or ESP 461 Entrepreneurial Consulting
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (PA-4A) (3)
Paper Science and Engineering Concentration
First Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
CEC 111 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact I (SI) (2)
ENG 111 Composition and Rhetoric (PA-1B) (3)
MTH 151 Calculus I (PA-1A) (4)
CHM 141 College Chemistry (3)
and CHM 144 College Chemistry Laboratory (PA-2C) (2)
Global Inquiry (PA-4C) (3)
Spring Semester (16-17 hours)
CEC 112 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact II (SI) (2)
MTH 251 or MTH 249 Calculus II (4-5)
CHM 142 College Chemistry (3)
and CHM 145 College Chemistry Laboratory (PA-2C) (2)
Humanities (PA-3B) (3)
Second Year
Fall Semester (16-17 hours)
CPB 201 Principles of Paper Science and Engineering (3)
CPB 204 Mass and Energy Balances I (2)
CHM 231 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (4)
MTH 245 Differential Equations for Engineers (3-4)
or MTH 246 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations for Engineers
or MTH 347 or Differential Equations
PHY 181 General Physics I (4)
Spring Semester (16 hours)
CPB 202 Pulp and Paper Physics (3)
CPB 314 Engineering Thermodynamics (3)
CPB 219 Statics and Mechanics of Materials (3)
or MME 211 Static Modeling of Mechanical Systems
PHY 182 General Physics II (4)
Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B) (3)
Third Year
Fall Semester (18 hours)
CPB 318 Transport Phenomena I (4)
STA 301 Applied Statistics (3)
or STA 261 Statistics (4)
ENG 313 Technical Writing (PA-1C) (3)
MGT 291 Introduction to Management & Leadership (3)
MKT 291 Principles of Marketing (3)
Spring Semester (15 hours)
CPB 301 Pulp and Paper Chemistry (3)
CPB 311 Transport Phenomena Laboratory 2 (2)
CPB 341 Engineering Economics (3)
CPB 490 Special Topics in Paper and Chemical Engineering 2 (1)
MGT 295 Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management (or MGT 302) (3)
ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester (17 hours)
EGM 411 Leading and Managing Projects (3)
CPB 404 Papermaking (3)
CPB 471 Engineering Design I (2)
General Business Management Track Course (3)
Creative Arts (PA-3A) (3)
Global Inquiry or Intercultural Perspectives (PA-4B/4C) (3)
Spring Semester (14 hours)
CPB 472 Engineering Design II (2)
ECO 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
ACC 221 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3)
General Business Management Track Course (3)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (PA-4A) (3)
First Year
Fall Semester (15 hours)
CEC 111 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact I (SI) (2)
ESP 101 Entrepreneurship Foundations (1)
ENG 111 Composition and Rhetoric (PA-1B) (3)
MTH 151 Calculus I (PA-1A) (4)
CHM 141 College Chemistry (3)
and CHM 144 College Chemistry Laboratory (PA-2C) (2)
Spring Semester (15-16 hours)
CEC 112 Imagination, Ingenuity and Impact II (SI) (2)
MTH 251 or MTH 249 Calculus II (4-5)
CHM 142 College Chemistry (3)
and CHM 145 College Chemistry Laboratory (PA-2C) (2)
ESP 102 Entrepreneurial Immersion: From Idea to Opportunity (Innovation Weekend) (1)
Humanities (PA-3B) (3)
Second Year
Fall Semester (16-17 hours)
CPB 201 Principles of Paper Science and Engineering (3)
CPB 204 Mass and Energy Balances I (2)
CHM 231 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (4)
MTH 245 Differential Equations for Engineers (3-4)
or MTH 246 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations for Engineers
or MTH 347 or Differential Equations
PHY 181 General Physics I (4)
Spring Semester (16 hours)
CPB 202 Pulp and Paper Physics (3)
CPB 219 Statics and Mechanics of Materials (3)
or MME 211 Static Modeling of Mechanical Systems
CPB 314 Engineering Thermodynamics (3)
PHY 182 General Physics II (4)
Creative Arts (PA-3A) 3
Third Year
Fall Semester (17-18 hours)
CPB 318 Transport Phenomena I (4)
STA 301 Applied Statistics (3)
or STA 261 Statistics (4)
ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ESP 102 Entrepreneurial Immersion: From Idea to Opportunity (Startup Weekend) (1)
ESP 201 Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Business Models (3)
ESP 251 Entrepreneurial Value Creation and Capture (3)
Spring Semester (17 hours)
CPB 301 Pulp and Paper Chemistry (3)
CPB 311 Transport Phenomena Laboratory 2 (2)
CPB 341 Engineering Economics (3)
ESP 252 Entrepreneurial Mindset: Creativity and Organization (3)
ESP 331 Social Entrepreneurship (3)
ENG 313 Technical Writing (3)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester (14 hours)
EGM 411 Leading and Managing Projects (3)
CPB 404 Papermaking (3)
CPB 471 Engineering Design I (2)
Global Inquiry (PA-4C) (3)
Intercultural Perspectives (PA-4B) (3)
Spring Semester (15 hours)
CPB 472 Engineering Design II (2)
CPB 490 Special Topics in Paper and Chemical Engineering 2 (1)
ESP 321 Startup Entrepreneurship (3)
or ESP 341 Corporate Entrepreneurship
or ESP 351 or Corporate Entrepreneurship
ESP 401 Entrepreneurship: New Ventures (3)
or ESP 461 Entrepreneurial Consulting
Global Inquiry or Intercultural Consciousness (PA-4B/4C) (3)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (PA-4A) (3)
