Majors
Based on a University of Wisconsin System survey, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering are in the most demand for industry in and around Rock County. Therefore, UW-Platteville offers those majors in its collaborative program at UW-Rock. Students can stay here to complete the entire Electrical or Mechanical major and Bachelor degree… or complete pre-engineering course requirements with UW-Rock for any engineering major and transfer to another university campus, if desired.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (EE)
Virtually every device that plugs in or runs on batteries has had an electrical engineer involved at some point in its development. Electrical engineers analyze, innovate and sustain a wide variety of electrical systems. They shape the future in robotics, medical equipment, space communications, magnetic fields, computers and power systems.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (ME)
Almost anything that moves has had a mechanical engineer involved at some point in its creation and design. This is a broad discipline, extending across many interdependent specialties to provide a strong basis for careers in bioengineering, control systems, energy, environment, fluids, heat transfer, robotics and automation, and transportation.
Students in either major complete a number of required “core” courses as well as a few technical elective course choices within a particular focus/specialization. Our equivalency checklists for the ME and EE majors list the courses involved.
UW-Platteville's general engineering requirements call for students to pass certain courses before gaining formal acceptance into their major. Of these courses, four are common to both majors in our Rock County program. UW-Rock offers these equivalent courses:
- EGR 105 - Engineering Fundamentals
- ENG 101 - English Composition I
- MAT 221 - Calculus & Analytic Geometry I (C or better grade)
- MAT 222 - Calculus & Analytic Geometry II (C or better grade)
EE students must earn a 2.3 Core Grade Point Average (CGPA) in those 4 courses and CHE 165 (Chemistry for Engineers).
ME students must earn a 2.6 CGPA in those 4 courses as well as GRA 110 (Engineering Graphics with Computer Aided Drafting) and PHY 201 (General Physics 1).
Once admitted as an EE or ME major to the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science, a student must earn a grade of C or better in all major courses.
Majors
Based on a University of Wisconsin System survey, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering are in the most demand for industry in and around Rock County. Therefore, UW-Platteville offers those majors in its collaborative program at UW-Rock. Students can stay here to complete the entire Electrical or Mechanical major and Bachelor degree… or complete pre-engineering course requirements with UW-Rock for any engineering major and transfer to another university campus, if desired.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (EE)
Virtually every device that plugs in or runs on batteries has had an electrical engineer involved at some point in its development. Electrical engineers analyze, innovate and sustain a wide variety of electrical systems. They shape the future in robotics, medical equipment, space communications, magnetic fields, computers and power systems.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (ME)
Almost anything that moves has had a mechanical engineer involved at some point in its creation and design. This is a broad discipline, extending across many interdependent specialties to provide a strong basis for careers in bioengineering, control systems, energy, environment, fluids, heat transfer, robotics and automation, and transportation.
Students in either major complete a number of required “core” courses as well as a few technical elective course choices within a particular focus/specialization. Our equivalency checklists for the ME and EE majors list the courses involved.
UW-Platteville's general engineering requirements call for students to pass certain courses before gaining formal acceptance into their major. Of these courses, four are common to both majors in our Rock County program. UW-Rock offers these equivalent courses:
- EGR 105 - Engineering Fundamentals
- ENG 101 - English Composition I
- MAT 221 - Calculus & Analytic Geometry I (C or better grade)
- MAT 222 - Calculus & Analytic Geometry II (C or better grade)
EE students must earn a 2.3 Core Grade Point Average (CGPA) in those 4 courses and CHE 165 (Chemistry for Engineers).
ME students must earn a 2.6 CGPA in those 4 courses as well as GRA 110 (Engineering Graphics with Computer Aided Drafting) and PHY 201 (General Physics 1).
Once admitted as an EE or ME major to the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science, a student must earn a grade of C or better in all major courses.