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This group of courses is selected by
students to provide a program of study
oriented to their
individualized educational career goals.
The program option can include courses from
throughout the University, including additional
engineering courses. For most program options, these should be 300-, 400-, and 500-level
courses. Each student is encouraged to design a
curriculum that reflects his/her individual
goals. Some of the possible options are
identified below. (Some options involve
combined or dual degree programs with other
schools and colleges; although, that is not the
route most students take.)
Pre-Law
Students choose this option to prepare for
law school to become attorneys in a law firm or
to specialize in an area such as corporate law
where they use their technical training as a
member of a corporate staff. However, a B.S.E.
degree from any engineering department is a
viable pre-law alternative. Some extra
steps may be necessary after an
interdisciplinary engineering degree for a
concentration in Patent law since the degree is
not ABET accredited.
Pre-Medicine
Students choose this option to become
physicians or to go into biomedical research
where they can use their technical training.
However, any engineering degree is also an
appropriate pre-medical degree. The
interdisciplinary program is the only one in
the college where a student can meet all
pre-med requirements and still only take 128
credits to graduate with an engineering
degree.
Pre-Bioengineering
Students choose this option to prepare for a
graduate program in bioengineering, a field
applied to problems in living systems and in
design of new biological structures. However, graduate programs in bioengineering do not
require undergraduate training in
bioengineering, so several other B.S.E. degrees
are also excellent preparation.
Pre-Business Administration or Business
Administration
Many students combine business courses
with engineering courses to prepare for a
career in business. Some students earn a Master
of Business Administration (M.B.A.) after
completing a B.S. in Engineering. About half of
all engineers who enter industry eventually
assume managerial responsibilities. Students
interested in this program option should
consider whether or not a degree in Industrial
and Operations Engineering would be more
appropriate than the B.S. (Engineering) degree.
Furthermore, any engineering degree provides
sound preparation for an M.B.A. program.
Technical Sales and Applications
Engineering
Students combine engineering, communications, and business to prepare for
positions in these fields. Many companies
require sales engineers to design and market
products that meet the needs of other
corporations and government agencies. These
persons serve as liaison between their
corporations’ research, design, product, and manufacturing engineers and the
customers’ engineers and managers.
Appropriate Technology
Students interested in alternative
technologies design program options in
appropriate technology, alternative energy
resources, or environmental systems.
Urban and Regional Planning
An increasing number of engineers become
planners and administrators in urban systems
because they know sophisticated technology or
are trained in problem solving and systems
design. Related options are in architecture, sociology, natural resources, and
transportation. This option primarily is a
pre-graduate school option.
Industrial Design
Some students pursue a combined degree
program with the School of Art, usually in
industrial design, but occasionally in
graphics. The combination prepares students for
careers meeting challenges in human/technology
interface systems or in computer graphics.
Technical and Professional
Communication
Students choose this option either to
enhance their qualifications for careers as
managers in industry, business, and government
or to prepare themselves for careers as
technical communicators. The option is
distinctive in the United States because
its graduates combine engineering skills while
concentrating on communication skills. It
is good preparation for a graduate program in
technical communication. Fundamental
classes are offered in fluid mechanics, combustion, and turbulent mixing. A graduate
laboratory class is offered in high temperature
gas dynamics. Applied propulsion classes
include Rocket Propulsion and Turbojet
Propulsion. Research covers the areas of
laser-based flow visualization, velocity field
imaging, holography, spray combustion, supersonic mixing, hydrogen combustion in a
scramjet-like device, and soot formation.
Science
Students choose this option to prepare for a
graduate program in mathematics, biology, or
one of the physical sciences. Students choosing
this option select a program of study roughly
equivalent to that of a mathematics or science
student in LSA. Other options for such students
are the pre-Bioengineering option and the
Engineering Physics option.
The engineering concentration courses
complement the program option courses. The
student elects a sequence of engineering
courses that must have coherence with respect
to subject matter and progression with respect
to level of study. In environmental studies, for example, program option courses in the life
sciences, natural resources, or geophysical
sciences are complemented by engineering
concentration courses from Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences. In
business administration, courses in systems, planning, management, operations, decision-making, and design – from
several engineering fields – complement
the program option. These should be 300-, 400-, and 500-level courses.
The Engineering Science courses provide
science-based skills applicable to engineering
problems. Most courses are at the 200- and
300-level and are prerequisites for many
advanced engineering courses. These courses for
the most part are those required in all
engineering degree programs.
Each student in the program must select
courses from the list in at least four of the
following areas:
- Computer Methods
CEE 303
(4)
- Electrical
EECS 230 (4)
- Environmental
CEE 260
(4)
- Materials
MSE 250 (4), ME 382
(4)
- Mechanical
ME 211 (4), ME 240
(4), NAME 320 (4) or ME 320 (3)
- Systems
IOE 201 (2) and 202
(2), IOE 265 (4), IOE 310 (4)
- Thermodynamics
ME 235 (3) or
ChemE 230 (4)
Together with the engineering concentration
courses, these courses provide the engineering
basis of the B.S. (Engineering) degree. These
requirements must be adhered to.
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