Engineering Core Curriculum

Stevens strives to build the complete engineer with a broad-based education that includes a strong core engineering curriculum.

The core curriculum teaches the pertinent fundamentals of engineering to all engineering majors, and produces well-rounded engineers.

Fundamentals of Engineering	Design Spine	General Electives for Flexible Curriculum
Math & Science Education	Disciplinary Studies (Program Specific Technical Education)	Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Writing & Communication	Entrepreneurial Thinking	Physical Education

This core curriculum includes:

A unique, design-focused, hands-on course every semester
Flexibility in the curriculum through general electives
Math and science courses in engineering curriculum exceeds accreditation requirements
Social sciences, arts, humanities and writing intensive courses
Innovation and entrepreneurial thinking that starts in the freshman year
Non-credit-bearing physical education

The Design Spine

At the heart of the core engineering curriculum is a series of eight design courses called the Design Spine that makes a Stevens student uniquely prepared for the global workforce.

The Design Spine teaches students to synthesize, analyze and optimize solutions for open-ended and societally impactful problems.Design spine courses are taught by faculty with considerable industry experience and closely coupled to fundamental engineering courses like mechanics, circuits and materials and the design projects are conducted in conjunction with lecture-based education.

These courses also develop skills in creative thinking, problem solving with software based simulations, teamwork, economics of engineering, project management, communication skills, ethics, and environmental awareness which graduates will need to be successful on the job.

Design spine courses offer teamwork experiences each semester, preparing graduates to successfully collaborate in the workforce.

Innovation And Entrepreneurial Thinking in the Capstone Design Courses

As part of the innovation and entrepreneurial thinking components of the curriculum, students will design a project as a solution to a real-world problem that has significant societal value and present it at the annual Innovation Expo. During the expo, students compete in the Ansary Entrepreneurship Competition where they prepare and deliver an elevator pitch for a business based on the respective senior design project, with the opportunity to win a $10,000 first prize.

Innovation Expo Ansary Entrepreneurship Competition

Senior Design Projects

Visit the links below to learn about real projects designed by Stevens seniors.

Stevens Students Float Prototype to Combat Effects of Climate Change: Deep Ocean Remotely Monitored (DORM) system could change offshore farming.

Stevens Students Design a Smart Contact Lens for Glaucoma Patients: New lens continuously measures intraocular pressure

Stevens Students Launch into the Cybersecurity Space with Password Management System: "Passteroid" is an easy, effective consumer security solution

Stevens Students Design a Device to Help Parents Bathe Their Disabled Son: Inspired by an eight-year-old, the team’s apparatus is intended to move a wheelchair-bound 30-year-old into and out of the bathtub

Stevens Students Design Autonomous 3D Scanning Drone: For their senior design project, six seniors have a big vision for a small drone

Stevens Students Make a Common Medical Procedure Safer for the Littlest Patients: Student team’s device alerts caregivers to respiratory distress in pediatric tracheostomy patients

Just in Time for a Crisis, Stevens Team Unveils Secure New Videoconferencing Tool: Undergraduates working to enhance remote productivity suddenly thrust into spotlight by COVID-19 pandemic

Elevated Lead in Newark Water: Students dive deep into water contamination issues and test the effectiveness of a chemical solution to remediate lead

Stevens Among 10 University Teams Selected to Compete in NASA’s Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge

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Disciplinary Studies (Program Specific Technical Education)

Disciplinary Studies
(Program Specific
Technical Education)