Roadmap: Interdisciplinary Engineering, BS + Business Administration (Early Career), MBA

Admissions Requirements | Graduate Standing Requirements | Advising Roadmap

Graduate Standing Requirements

Requirements for program continuation and advancement to candidacy in the graduate program, include:

Meeting every semester with an academic advisor to plan and track coursework and graduate status. Once the BS degree is conferred, students meet every semester with their graduate advisor to plan a formal course of study;
Maintain GPA of 3.0 or higher with no individual grade below a C. Students not maintaining these standards will be placed on probation initially, followed by disqualification if the grades are not improved within two semesters; and,
The proposed graduate program must be approved by the graduate coordinator before the student may be considered a candidate for the MS degree.

Advising Roadmap

The following roadmap is a sample advising map to complete the SAGE Scholars program in 5 years. Please consult your major advisor as you develop your individualized academic plan. Students must have completed 60+ units in order to enroll in SJSU Studies courses.

Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5

Year 1

Fall Semester (16-17 units)

BIOL 10 - The Living World
3 unit(s) (GE Area 5B)
CHEM 30A - Introductory Chemistry
4 unit(s) OR
CHEM 1A - General Chemistry
5 unit(s) (GE Area 5A+5C)
MATH 30 - Calculus I
3 unit(s) (GE Area 2)
GE Area 1A (Recommended ENGL 1A ) 3 unit(s)
GE Area 1C (Recommended COMM 20 ) 3 unit(s)*

Spring Semester (14 units)

ENGR 10 - Introduction to Engineering
3 unit(s)
ENGL 1B - Argument and Analysis
3 unit(s) (GE Area 3B)
MATH 31 - Calculus II
4 unit(s) (GE Area 2)
PHYS 50 - General Physics I: Mechanics
4 unit(s) (GE Area 5A+5C)

Year 2

Fall Semester (16 units)

Complete the Upper Division Writing - Directed Self Placement
GE Area 3A 3 unit(s)
GE Area 4 + US 1 or US 2-3 3 unit(s)*
MATE 25 - Introduction to Materials
3 unit(s) OR
CE 95 - Theory and Application of Statics
3 unit(s)
MATH 32 - Calculus III
3 unit(s) (GE Area 2)
PHYS 51 - General Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism
4 unit(s) (GE Area 5A+5C)

Spring Semester (16-17 units)

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)
GE Area 4 + US 1 or US 2-3 3 unit(s)*
GE Area 6 3 unit(s)*
MATH 33A - Ordinary Differential Equations for SCI & ENGR
  3 unit(s),
MATH 33LA - Differential Equations and Linear Algebra
  3 unit(s), OR
MATH 42 - Discrete Mathematics
  3 unit(s)
Technical Elective #3 1 unit*

Year 3

Fall Semester (15 units)

ECON 1A - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
3 unit(s) OR
ECON 1B - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
3 unit(s)
ENGR 100W - Engineering Reports
(GE Upper Division Area 2/5 + WID) 3 unit(s)
ENGR 102 - Renewable Energy Engineering
3 unit(s)
ISE 130 - Engineering Probability and Statistics
3 unit(s)
Engineering Depth Elective #1 3 unit(s)

Spring Semester (16-17 units)

Four- year or transfer student applies to SAGE program.

Apply to Graduate (BS degree)
BUS3 186 - Professional and Business Ethics
(GE Upper Division Area 4) 3 unit(s)
ENGR 120 - Programming Concepts for Behavioral and Social Science Applications
3 unit(s) OR
CS 46B - Introduction to Data Structures
4 unit(s)
ME 106 - Fundamentals of Mechatronics Engineering
4 unit(s)
Engineering Depth Area Elective #2 3 unit(s)
Technical Elective #1 3 unit(s)

Year 4

Fall Semester (13 units)

Student admitted to SAGE program.

BUS 260 - Managerial Decision Analysis
(Session A) 3 unit(s)
BUS 280 - Operations and Supply Chain Management
(Session B) 3 unit(s)
ENGR 130 - Introduction to Intellectual Property for Engineers
3 unit(s)
ENGR 199A - Senior Design Project I
1 unit
Engineering Depth Elective #3 3 unit(s)

Spring Semester (14 units)

BUS 230 - Marketing Management
(Session A) 3 unit(s)
BUS 244 - Information Technologies for Business: Essentials & Emerging
(Session B) 3 unit(s)
ENGR 199B - Senior Design Project II
2 unit(s)
TECH 198 - Technology and Civilization
(GE Upper Division Area 3) 3 unit(s)
Engineering Depth Elective #4 3 unit(s)
Apply to Graduate (graduate degree)

Summer Semester (6 units)

BUS elective 3 unit(s)
BUS elective 3 unit(s)

Year 5

Fall Semester (13 units)

BS degree posted.

BUS 201 - Business Communications BUS 250 - Law and Ethics 1 unit
BUS 210 - Developing and Managing People 3 unit(s) (GWAR)
BUS 220 - Financial Accounting 3 unit(s)
BUS 270 - Financial Management
3 unit(s)
BUS elective 3 unit(s)

Spring Semester (11 units)

BUS 250 - Law and Ethics
3 unit(s)
BUS 265 - Silicon Valley Experience 2 unit(s)
BUS 290 - Strategic Thinking 3 unit(s)
BUS elective 3 unit(s)

Graduate degree awarded.

Roadmap Notes

*Courses marked with an asterisk may be taken in a different semester than listed.

Lower division courses should generally be taken in years 1-2, and upper division courses in years 3-4. Students must have completed 60+ units in order to enroll in Upper Division GE courses. Students should work with an academic advisor to create an individual roadmap using the MyPlanner tool.

*The standalone Interdisciplinary Engineering, BS requires 12 units of Academic Breadth courses. Students satisfy this requirement in this SAGE Scholars Program by completing BUS 230 , BUS 244 , BUS 260 , and BUS 280 . These 12 units are considered to count toward both the graduate and undergraduate degrees, thus allowing SAGE students to meet the minimum unit requirements for both degrees.

A minimum of 150 units is required for this degree.