Engineering students are offered an education that enables them to identify the knowledge and information they need for solving professional problems and also to know where to locate the relevant knowledge and information. The guiding belief in engineering education is that engineers must have a thorough understanding of the underlying scientific principles of engineering and of the intense impact their work has on society and human welfare, an understanding that equals and complements their technical expertise. Accordingly, CIU s engineering students spend a substantial portion of their first and second years taking courses in mathematics, science, computer usage and the humanities besides engineering and applied science courses. This allows for students who may wish to change their original departmental choice at the end of the first year. During the final two years of the program, students take mainly departmental courses and study their field in depth.
All programs provide opportunities for students to continue to take courses in non-technical fields.
During the fourth year, technical elective courses are offered to enable the students to advance their knowledge in specific fields. Students who complete the four-year sequence of prescribed study are awarded the Bachelor of Science degree. Practical experience is required for the degree in all departments and, accordingly, students are required to go into summer practice at the end of their third year and have a satisfactory record of their summer employment approved by the Department. In all courses students are encouraged to use the computing facilities available at the University.