<p>After the spring, if all goes as planned, I will have taken the following major related courses:</p>
<p>Trig
Calc 1
Calc 2
Chemistry (wont have completed lab yet)
Physics w/Lab
Intro to CAD
Engineering Computations
Intro Engineering
The Engineering Profession</p>
<p>I’ve already taken all of the general education courses.</p>
<p>Most of the companies I’ve seen go by year rather than specific classes, I.e. hiring “juniors and higher”, “freshmen friendly.” For transfer students that makes it tricky since I technically am classified as a junior by the university but a sophomore by my department.</p>
<p>I’ve seen companies go by years, but if you are considered below their targeted year but have taken (or are taking the courses they are) then all is good.</p>
<p>For example, you could be a freshman but in your degree’s sophomore set of classes. If the company you’re looking at goes for sophomores, tell them you’re in those sophomore classes.</p>
<p>Companies have also told me told that they want CAD experience and you to be out of your calculus and science sequence. That is:
Calculus I, II, and III
Chemistry I and II*
Physics I and II</p>
<p>*if applicable </p>
<p>should be completed for them to be a to fully integrate you into their intership program. Just remember not all companies are like this.</p>
<p>At the larger companies they want people with some classwork in engineering (sorry, but intro to engineering isn’t quite it) as interns. That is why they target upcoming juniors and above. The company I worked for would target upcoming seniors and BS grads going on to grad school.</p>
<p>You might consider smaller companies with that kind of coursework.</p>
<p>Our S didn’t get an engineering or research position in engineering until he had completed 2 years of engineering. The one guy we know who did get an engineering internship exempted out of a lot of 1st year engineering courses and took a lot of what would normally be 2nd year course in his 1st year, researched in the engineering school and was very proactive at pursuing job and internship options. I’ve heard generally internship after 1st year engineering is fairly unusual.</p>