ACCREDITATION
We offer five accredited degree programs in engineering and the computer sciences.
Our Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.
Our Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and our Bachelor of Information Technology programs are accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Program educational objectives are broad statements that describe what graduates are expected to attain within a few years after graduation. Program educational objectives are based on the needs of the program’s constituencies.
Civil Engineering
Within a few years of graduation, graduates of the Civil Engineering program are expected to:
- Approach projects from a holistic perspective with curiosity, technical rigor, ethics, cultural, social, health, environmental, and economic factors.
- Successfully apply technical knowledge to create innovational and transformational change for the metropolitan, regional, and global well-being.
- Effectively and accurately communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Achieve professional licensure and/or advanced study and certifications relevant to the career path chosen.
Computer Science
Within a few years of graduation, graduates of the Computer Science program are expected to:
- Successfully apply their problem solving skills to advance software development in a variety of domains.
- Successfully apply technical knowledge to innovate and bring forth transformational change for metropolitan, regional, and global well-being.
- Demonstrate responsible leadership in the development of software/computing technologies to solve real-world problems in diverse communities.
- Demonstrate lifelong learning and professional growth via advanced study, career advancement, or social contributions.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Within a few years of graduation, graduates of the Electrical & Computer Engineering program are expected to:
- Utilize their unique blend of electrical and computer engineering proficiencies to create innovative solutions to current and emerging challenges in areas such as nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, embedded systems, robotics, RF engineering, microelectronics, communications, and the smart grid.
- Successfully apply technical knowledge to innovate and bring forth transformational change for metropolitan, regional, and global well-being.
- Exhibit strong leadership skills in solving electrical and computer engineering problems in society.
- Communicate effectively to build successful teams, convey technical information to multiple audiences, and bring technologies to success in the marketplace.
- Continually contribute to the profession through graduate education, professional licensure, or other professional development pursuits.
Information Technology
Within a few years of graduation, graduates of the Information Technology program are expected to:
- Demonstrate peer-recognized expertise, and articulate that expertise for use in contemporary problem solving in the analysis, design and evaluation of computing and technology practices, as productive members of diverse professional teams.
- Successfully apply technical and business knowledge in a variety of contexts to innovate and create transformational change for metropolitan, regional, and global advancement.
- Demonstrate leadership in ethical and responsible development and deployment of secure technology to solve real-world problems and minimize risk in diverse communities, environments, and user groups.
- Demonstrate lifelong learning and professional growth via advanced study, career advancement, or social contributions.
Mechanical Engineering
Within a few years of graduation, graduates of the Mechanical Engineering program are expected to:
- Approach complex problems with curiosity and rigorous application of mechanical engineering principles in their chose careers.
- Successfully apply technical knowledge to create innovational and transformational change for metropolitan, regional, and global well-being.
- Effectively and accurately communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Further advance in their careers through graduate education, professional licensure, or other professional development pursuits.
STUDENT OUTCOMES
Student outcomes describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that students acquire as they progress through the program.
Civil Engineering
- An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
- An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
- An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
- An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
- An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
- An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
- An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Computer Science
- Analyze a complex computing problem and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
- Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline.
- Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts.
- Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.
- Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline.
- Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
- An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
- An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
- An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
- An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
- An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
- An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
- An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Information Technology
- Analyze a complex computing problem and to apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions.
- Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline.
- Communicate effectively in a variety of professional contexts.
- Recognize professional responsibilities and make informed judgments in computing practice based on legal and ethical principles.
- Function effectively as a member or leader of a team engaged in activities appropriate to the program’s discipline.
- Identify and analyze user needs and to take them into account in the selection, creation, integration, evaluation, and administration of computing-based systems.
Mechanical Engineering
- An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
- An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
- An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
- An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
- An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
- An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
- An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.