Fall 2020 Trine Course Catalog

Project Lead the Way Tuition Scholarships – Main Campus

  • Value: $500 annually ($250 per semester) and may be renewed for up to three years for a total value of $2,000 over four years. This scholarship may be stacked on top of other Trine University merit-based awards, but not to exceed tuition
  • Renewal Criteria: must continue to pursue a Trine University engineering or technology degree and make satisfactory progress towards completing the degree.
  • Eligibility: must have completed a minimum of two PLTW high school courses with grade of “B” or better in each course and provide a transcript documenting these courses from a PLTW certified high school.
Program

Maximum 
Possible Trine
Transfer Credit1

 Remarks2
 Engineering    
 Civil Engineering 3  Need to take IED, POE, and CEA to earn 3 credits as Professional Development Elective
 Computer Engineering 3  Need to take IED, POE, EDD and DE (or CIM) to earn 3 unrestricted elective credits
 Electrical Engineering 3  Need to take IED, POE, EDD and DE (or CIM) to earn 3 unrestricted elective credits
 Software Engineering 3  Need to take IED, POE, EDD, and DE (or CIM0 to earn 3 unrestricted elective credits
 Biomedical Engineering 4  Need to take any 2 of the PLTW courses from the list below
 Mechanical Engineering 6  IED, POE (and/or AE) will count as a maximum of 6 unrestricted elective credits
 Chemical Engineering 7  Need to take any 3 of the PLTW courses from the list below
 Design Engineering Technology 15  IED will transfer in as ETD 103
 POE will transfer in as ETD 203
 DE will transfer in as ETD 273
 Up to 6 additional credits may be granted as unrestricted elective credits
 Biomedical Sciences    
 Biology 8  2 credit hours of electives per PLTW course below
 Chemistry  8  2 credit hours of electives per PLTW course below
 Biochemistry 8  2 credit hours of electives per PLTW course below
 Forensic Science 8  2 credit hours of electives per PLTW course below
 Exercise Science 8  2 credit hours of electives per PLTW course below
 Transfer credit subject to Department approval

Notes

1 These are the maximum possible unrestricted electives in each major.

2 Students must earn a “B” or better to earn credit.

PLTW Engineering Courses PLTW Biomedical Science Courses
IED = Intro to Engineering Design PBS = Principles of Biomedical Science
POE = Principles of Engineering HBS = Human Body Systems
AE = Aerospace Engineering MI = Medical Interventions
CEA = Civil Engineering and Architecture BI = Biomedical Innovation
CIM = Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CSP = Computer Science Principles
DE = Digital Electronics
ES = Environmental Sustainability
DD = Engineering Design and Development