USC Viterbi School of Engineering ourses in engineering were first offered at USC in the 1905-06 academic year in the basement of one of the oldest buildings on campus. Today, 170 full-time faculty serve Cabout 1,800 undergraduates and 3,800 graduate students, utilizing state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms, and live interactive high-speed Internet broadcast systems. The USC Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering’s research program of over $165 million per year is funded through strong ties with government and industry. The USC Viterbi School is an innovative, elite, internationally recognized engineering school that creates new models of education, research and commercialization firmly rooted in real world needs. It seeks to extend the frontiers of engineering knowledge by encouraging and assisting faculty in the pursuit and publication of research; to stimulate and encourage in its students those qualities of scholarship, leadership and character that mark the true academic and professional engineer; to serve California and the nation in providing for the continuing education of engineer- ing and scientific personnel; and to provide professional engineering leadership in the solution of community, regional, national and global problems. Mechanical engineering student Morgan Clark works in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s The USC Viterbi School offers various programs leading to the Bachelor of Science, Master of newly opened “Fab Lab” (Fabrication Laboratory). Outfitted with a suite of precision Science and Engineer degrees; and, through the USC Graduate School, the Doctor of Philosophy tools such as a computer-controlled 3-D router, degree. high-resolution scanner and 3-D printer as well as more traditional tools including a band saw, drill press and belt sander, the new lab allows engineering undergraduates access to a high- tech workshop for their classroom projects and personal pursuits. 550 USC Viterbi School of Engineering Administration Cauligi Raghavendra, Ph.D., Senior Associate Linda Rock, M.A., Associate Dean Yannis C. Yortsos, Ph.D., Dean Dean Louise A. Yates, M.S., Associate Dean Maja Matari´c, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean Herbert Schorr, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean Christopher Stoy, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, John O’Brien, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean Margery Berti, A.B., Associate Dean External Relations Kelly Goulis, M.S., Associate Dean Degrees and Requirements The Viterbi School of Engineering offers Graduate curricula leading to the Master Graduate curricula leading to the Engineer the following undergraduate curricula lead- of Science in: Aerospace and Mechanical degree in: Aerospace Engineering; Astronau- ing to the Bachelor of Science in: Aerospace Engineering (Computational Fluid and Solid tical Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Engineering; Applied Mechanics; Astronauti- Mechanics); Aerospace and Mechanical Engi- Civil Engineering; Electrical Engineering; cal Engineering; Biomedical Engineering, neering (Dynamics and Control); Aerospace Industrial and Systems Engineering; Mate- Biomedical Engineering (Biochemical Engineering; Applied Mechanics; Astronauti- rials Science; Mechanical Engineering; and Engineering); Biomedical (Electrical Engineer- cal Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Petroleum Engineering. ing); Biomedical (Mechanical Engineering); Biomedical Engineering (Medical Imaging Chemical Engineering; Chemical Engineer- and Imaging Informatics); Chemical Engi- Graduate curricula leading to the Master of ing (Biochemical Engineering); Chemical neering; Civil Engineering; Civil Engineering Engineering in: Computer-Aided Engineer- Engineering (Environmental Engineering); (Construction Engineering); Civil Engineer- ing; Environmental Quality Management; Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology); ing (Environmental Engineering); Civil Engi- and Structural Design. Chemical Engineering (Petroleum Engineer- neering (Geotechnical Engineering); Civil ing); Chemical Engineering (Polymer/Materials Engineering (Structural Engineering); Civil Through the Graduate School, graduate cur- Science); Civil Engineering; Civil Engineering Engineering (Transportation Engineering); ricula leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in: (Building Science); Civil Engineering (Envi- Computer Engineering; Computer Science; Aerospace Engineering; Astronautical Engi- ronmental Engineering); Civil Engineering Computer Science (Computer Networks); neering; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical (Structural Engineering); Computer Engineer- Computer Science (Computer Security); Engineering; Civil Engineering; Computer ing and Computer Science; Computer Science; Computer Science (Game Development); Engineering; Computer Science; Electrical Computer Science/Business Administration; Computer Science (High Performance Com- Engineering; Engineering (Environmental Computer Science (Games); Electrical Engi- puting and Simulations); Computer Science Engineering); Industrial and Systems Engi- neering; Electrical Engineering (Computers); (Human Language Technology); Computer neering; Materials Science; Mechanical Engi- Environmental Engineering; Industrial and Science (Intelligent Robotics); Computer neering; and Petroleum Engineering. Systems Engineering; Industrial and Systems Science (Multimedia and Creative Technolo- Engineering (Information Systems Engineer- gies); Computer Science (Software Engi- Graduate certificates in: Astronautical Engi- ing); Mechanical Engineering; Mechanical neering); Electrical Engineering; Electrical neering; Computer-Aided Engineering; Engineering (Petroleum Engineering) and Engineering (Computer Networks); Electri- Engineering Technology Commercialization; Physics/Computer Science. cal Engineering (Multimedia and Creative Health Systems Operations; Network Centric Technologies); Electrical Engineering (VLSI Systems; Smart Oilfield Technologies; Soft- Minor programs are offered in: Astronautical Design); Engineering Management; Environ- ware Engineering; System Safety and Secu- Engineering; Computer Science; Construc- mental Engineering; Industrial and Systems rity; Systems Architecting and Engineering; tion Planning and Management; Engineering Engineering; Manufacturing Engineering; and Transportation Systems. Management; Engineering Technology Com- Materials Engineering; Materials Science; mercialization; Environmental Engi neer ing; Mechanical Engineering; Medical Device Undergraduate Program Accreditation Interactive Multimedia; Law and Internet and Diagnostic Engineering; Operations The Bachelor of Science degrees in aero- Technology; Materials Science; Petroleum Research Engineering; Petroleum Engineer- space engineering, chemical engineering, Engineering and Polymer Science; 3-D Anima- ing; Petroleum Engineering/Smart Oilfield civil engineering, computer science, elec- tion; Video Game Design and Management; Technologies; Product Development Engi- trical engineering, industrial and systems Video Game Programming; Web Technology neering; System Safety and Security; and engineering, and mechanical engineering, and Applications. Systems Architecting and Engineering. including all of the options within each of these degrees, are accredited by the Graduate curricula leading to the Master of Engineering Accreditation Commission of Construction Management. the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Undergraduate Degrees 551 Undergraduate Degrees Common Requirements Certain general requirements are common to all Students in the engineering “3-2” program Grade Point Requirement undergraduate curricula for Bachelor of Science are not required to satisfy general education A grade point average of at least 2.0 is required degrees in Engineering. These are as follows: requirements; these students are understood on all course work attempted at USC. to have satisfied USC’s general education Total Units requirements when they have satisfied the Transfer students must meet these averages, A minimum total of 128 acceptable units general education requirements at their previ- both on residence work attempted and on is required to earn the Bachelor of Science ous institution. All students must, however, combined transferred and residence courses in Engineering. Exceptions are: biomedical complete the WRIT 340 requirement. attempted. engineering (electrical engineering), 133 units; biomedical engineering (mechanical engineer- Students in aerospace, astronautical and Probation/Disqualification ing), 132 units; chemical engineering, 129 mechanical engineering complete Social A student whose overall GPA falls below 2.0 units; chemical engineering (biochemical Issues and WRIT 130 in different semesters. is placed on academic probation. Continued engineering), 133 units; chemical engineer- enrollment requires clearance from an aca- ing (environmental engineering), 132 units; In all other respects, students in the Viterbi demic review counselor. chemical engineering (nanotechnology), School of Engineering must satisfy the gen- 128 units; chemical engineering (petroleum eral education requirements as described on Each semester, students on academic proba- engineering), 133 units; chemical engineer- pages 59 and 237. tion are required to receive academic advise- ing (polymer/materials science engineering), ment. Proof of advisement must be filed with 136 units; civil engineering, 131 units; civil Mathematics (16 units minimum) the Academic Review Department before engineering (building science), 133 units; Sixteen units or more, including three semes- any registration requests will be processed.