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Santa Clara Engineering offers a wide range of general Graduate Engineering courses, of which the majority are designated with the prefix ENGR/GREN.

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The Graduate Core is one of the distinguishing features of the Master’s program at Santa Clara University. Because of its breadth and interdisciplinary nature, the Graduate Core requires courses that transcend departmental boundaries, and address questions that relate to the societal impact of engineering, as well as ways in which this impact can be shaped.

The Graduate Core is required for all M.S. degree-seeking students in all departments and programs in the School of Engineering. The components that are associated with this requirement are designed to broaden the scope of the student’s knowledge and develop professional skills essential for operating effectively in a global environment including the ability to communicate clearly, to function on interdisciplinary and diverse teams, and to make ethically and socially responsible decisions.
In order to fulfill the Graduate Core requirement, students must take one course selected from each of the following two areas:
  • Engineering and Society
  • Professional Development

Below are the lists of all classes approved for the graduate core in these two areas. Please check our current student resources on our graduate engineering website for the most current list of Graduate Core classes.

Graduate Core Areas and Topics

Engineering and Society

  • BIOE 210 Ethical Issues in Bioengineering (2 units)
  • CSEN 269 Computing for Good: Project Design and Implementation (2 units)
  • CSEN 288 Software Ethics (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 232 New Mobility and Society (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 245 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the Evolution of Silicon Valley (3 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 272 Energy Public Policy (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 303 Gender and Engineering (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 336 Engineering for the Developing World (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 337 Social Entrepreneurship- Innovating with Impact (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 342 3D Print Technology and Society (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 344 Artificial Intelligence and Ethics (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 345 Space Ethics (2 units)

Professional Development

  • ENGR/GREN 269 Human Resources Development and the Engineering Manager (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 270 Effective Oral Technical Presentations (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 271A. Effective Written Technical Communication I (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN  271B. Effective Written Technical Communication II (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 285 Managing Business Relationships (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 302 Managing in the Multicultural Environment (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 304 Building Global Teams (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 306 Engineering and the Law (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 330 Law, Technology, and Intellectual Property (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 332 How Engineers, Businesspeople, and Lawyers Communicate With Each Other (3 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 349 Ethical Decision Making for Technology Leaders (2 units)
  • ENGR/GREN 358 Global Technology Development (2 units)        
  • ENGR/GREN 373 Technology Entrepreneurship (2 units)