January 2011 Freshmen 

First-Year Requirements

The College of Engineering expects all of its freshmen, including those who start in January 2011, to complete the engineering first-year curriculum (10 courses and 34 semester-hours) before entering their sophomore year in September 2011. It is very likely that freshmen who start in January will be required to enroll in classes at Northeastern during the summer to complete the first-year requirements.

The objective is to synchronize the sophomore class and progress as a member of the class of 2015 through the standard upper-class course offerings. Your engineering academic advisor will assist you with program planning at orientation. Additional courses and sections have been added to the summer terms of 2011 to accommodate freshmen who start in January.

Course Recommendations for Fall 2010

We recommend that you take courses at another institution in Fall 2010 to maintain your academic momentum from high school. The engineering curriculum is challenging, even more so, if one takes an extended break from math and science courses prior to starting at Northeastern. Please choose your Fall 2010 courses from the following prioritized course list:

Course NU Equivalent
Calculus 1 for Engineering
(strongly recommended) MATH1340 or
MATH1341
General Chemistry for Engineers CHEM1211 & 1212 or
CHEM1151
College Writing ENGL1111
History

HIST1110 or
HIST1130 or
HIST1170

Physics for Engineering 1 with Lab PHYS1161 & 1162 or
PHYS1151 & 1152

Before registering for a course at another institution, it is essential that you confirm that the course will count toward your Northeastern Engineering degree. For example, some calculus courses do not count toward an engineering degree and all pre-calculus mathematics, algebra-based physics, and engineering technology courses cannot count toward an engineering degree.

Students must earn a grade of C or better for the course to be eligible for transfer credit. Courses from a number of institutions have been reviewed by our faculty and their Northeastern equivalencies are recorded in the transfer credit database.

Note 1:  This database includes all the courses from other institutions that have been evaluated by our faculty.  It will state if a course is not transferable.  If you do not find a specific course from another institution in the database, it needs to processed for evaluation.

Note 2: Letter grades earned at other institutions are not factored into the student's Northeastern grade point average.

Additional Information

Please see the Undergraduate Admissions Site for Spring Freshmen for more information. For assistance with course selection, please contact:

Engineering Student Services
(617) 373-2154