Fully Online Degree Completion Program

The mission of SJSU Online is to expand higher education access and degree attainment for learners requiring a fully online degree pathway. This upper division degree completion program is offered through a special session that requires a separate application process. 

The Bachelor of Science Interdisciplinary Engineering (formerly General Engineering), offered by the Interdisciplinary Engineering Program , is an interdisciplinary, broadly focused, and customizable program. The program is intended for students interested in developing engineering skills and knowledge applied across different fields of study or emerging technologies. Our curriculum for the Degree Completion Program covers three primary areas - engineering management and statistical quality engineering, applied computing, and innovation and law. All three areas are applicable to a wide range of engineering and business practices, provide the skills and knowledge that serve existing and emerging technologies, and can provide a competitive advantage for students interested in opportunities in Interdisciplinary Engineering.

• Program Learning Outcomes 

Program Delivery

The program is delivered completely online.  Classes will be delivered fully online both asynchronously (no designated days/times) and synchronously (designated days/times convenient for the working learner).  

Program Roadmaps

The 2-Year Roadmaps are available online. Roadmaps should be used in consultation with the catalog and your advisor to identify additional requirements for completing the major (for example, course grade minimums). 

Transfer Units (63 units)

• All applicants are required to have completed at least 60 transferable semester or 90 quarter units with an overall grade point average of 2.0 or better. However, 63 units of lower division may be completed at the community college.

• Applicants must also have completed the Core Lower Division General Education Requirements, except for GE Area A3 which is waived for this degree (36 units). Of the 36 units, 15 units are fulfilled by math, science, engineering, and second semester composition courses listed below.

• GE Area A3 (Critical Thinking/Logic) is waived for this degree. The remaining three CSU-approved Basics Skills courses must be completed with a C- or better for admission:

(A1) Oral Communication/Speech
(A2) Written English Composition
​(B4) Math/Quantitative Reasoning (above the level of intermediate algebra)

• GE Area F - Ethnic Studies must be completed with a C- or better to meet the requirement at San Jose State University.

• Completion of ENGL 1B, or equivalent second semester composition course. This is typically
  part of the core General Education (3 units)

• Completion of at least 27 units of the Math and Science courses (or equivalents) ​​

  • ​BIOL 10 - The Living World  3 unit(s)​ (B2+B3)
  • CHEM 30A - Introductory Chemistry  3 unit(s)​ (or CHEM 1A  or CHEM 1B ) (B1+B3)
  • MATH 30  OR MATH 30X - Calculus I  3 unit(s)​ (B4)
  • MATH 31  OR MATH 31X - Calculus II  4 unit(s) (B4)
  • MATH 32  OR MATH 32X - Calculus III  3 unit(s)​ (B4)
  • MATH 33A - Ordinary Differential Equations for SCI & ENGR  OR MATH 33LA - Differential Equations and Linear Algebra  OR MATH 42 - Discrete Mathematics  3 unit(s)
  • PHYS 50 - General Physics/Mechanics  4 unit(s)​ (B1+B3)
  • ​PHYS 51 - General Physics/Electricity and Magnetism  4 unit(s)​ (B1+B3)

• Completion of at least 12 units of the Engineering courses (or equivalents):
  • ENGR 10 - Introduction to Engineering  3 unit(s) (E)
  • CMPE 30 - Programming Concepts and Methodology  3 unit(s) OR CS 46A - Introduction to Programming  4 unit(s)
  • EE 98 - Introduction to Circuit Analysis  ​3 unit(s)
  • MATE 25 - Introduction to Materials  OR CE 95 - Theory and Application of Statics  3 unit(s)​