Engineering and Computer Science Majors

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Viterbi offers programs that combine hands-on learning, cutting-edge research, and real-world impact.

Explore our undergraduate majors below to discover what sets each program apart, what you’ll learn, and where each degree can take you.

Where will your engineering journey begin?

Students who study Aerospace Engineering master the core principles of engineering, such as physics, forces, energy, and materials, and put them into action to design and innovate systems that move through Earth’s atmosphere. From shaping aerodynamic forms to advancing propulsion and flight technologies, the curriculum emphasizes hands-on problem solving across aerodynamics, structures, and flight systems.
Degrees Offered:

B.S. Aerospace Engineering

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Students who study Artificial Intelligence design, build, and train models for tasks like image recognition, natural language processing, and recommendation systems.  Use large datasets to create intelligent features in software, power autonomous systems like robots and self-driving vehicles, and develop custom AI chips.
Degrees Offered:
  • B.S. Artificial Intelligence (AI Systems and Operations)
  • B.S. Artificial Intelligence (Computing Foundations & Applications)
  • B.S. Artificial Intelligence (Hardware Systems for AI)
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Students who study Astronautical Engineering design, build and operate rockets and missiles, space launchers, communications and direct broadcasting satellites, space navigational systems, remote sensing and reconnaissance satellites, space vehicles for human spaceflight, and planetary probes.
Degrees Offered:

B.S. Astronautical Engineering

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Students who study Biomedical Engineering learn combined elements of engineering (electronics, systems analysis, mechanics) with the life sciences and genetics (biology, physiology, biochemistry) to define and solve problems in biology and medicine.
Degrees and Emphases Offered:
  • B.S. Biomedical Engineering
  • B.S. Biomedical Engineering (Molecular & Cellular)
  • B.S. Biomedical Engineering (Electrical)
  • B.S. Biomedical Engineering (Mechanical)
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Students who study Chemical Engineering learn the fundamentals needed to design, control, and optimize large-scale chemical, physicochemical and biochemical processes.  Chemical Engineers help develop and design new materials ranging from advanced composites used in automotive and space-related industries to materials used in biomedical and electronics fields.
Degrees and Emphases Offered:
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering (Biological and Pharmaceutical)
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering (Energy & Sustainability)
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering (Materials)
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering (Petroleum & Subsurface)
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Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) support the global economy, secure the health and security of diverse communities, and enhance environmental quality worldwide.   They design, build and operate our nation’s infrastructure — highways, bridges, wharf and harbor structures, industrial facilities — and address the challenges of ground water and air pollution as well as industrial and hazardous waste management. They monitor the quality of the air, water and land and enhance the protection of our environment.
Degrees and Emphases Offered:
  • B.S. Civil Engineering
  • B.S. Civil Engineering (Building Science)
  • B.S. Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering & Management)
  • B.S. Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering)
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Students who study Computer Science design and implement efficient software solutions to computer-solvable problems.  Develop areas such as high-speed networks, multimedia and creative technologies, systems design, virtual reality, data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics.

 

Degrees and Emphases Offered:
  • B.S. Computer Science
  • B.S. Computer Science Games (CSGA)
  • B.S. Computer Science/Business Administration (CSBA)
  • B.S Computer Engineering & Computer Science
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Students who study Electrical & Computer Engineering design and build unique, complex mechanical-optical-electronic (mechoptronic) systems, ranging in scale from the International Space Station to microscale electric generators and pumping systems.
Degrees and Emphases Offered:
  • B.S. Electrical Engineering (Circuit, Signals, and Systems)
  • B.S. Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering)
  • B.S. Electrical Engineering (Energy and Electrical Sciences)
  • B.S. Computer Engineering & Computer Science
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Students who study Environmental Engineering learn the fundamentals to provide safe drinking water, maintain air quality,  control water pollution, and remediate sites contaminated due to spills or improper disposal of hazardous substances.
Degrees Offered:

B.S. Environmental Engineering

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Students who study Industrial & Systems Engineering develop the skills to improve processes, systems, and organizations. An industrial and systems engineering education provides the skills and foundations to design, analyze, and optimize complex systems.

Degrees Offered:

  • B.S. Industrial & Systems Engineering
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Students who study Mechanical Engineering learn to design complex mechanical, thermal, fluidic, acoustical, optical, and electronic systems, with characteristic sizes ranging from microns to tens of kilometers. Such systems are used everywhere, from the depths of the ocean to near-earth, planetary, interplanetary and galactic space.
Degrees Offered:

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

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