An engineer is an innovator, a builder, and a problem solver. The engineer turns scientific knowledge into goods and services useful to people and is responsible to society for the decisions that are made. The engineer is interested in creating, works with people, and is willing to work as a member of a professional team in a position of leadership.
Engineers are concerned about people and how to provide society with a better standard of living.
In addition to providing the training necessary for entrance into the professional practice of engineering, an undergraduate degree in engineering provides an excellent background for those desiring analytical and quantitative skills useful in their disciplines. Since engineering is based on the physical sciences of mathematics, chemistry, and physics, engineering students are introduced to the basic principles in these areas during their first two years of study. In the senior year, students specialize within their disciplines and draw upon previous learning to focus their studies on creative design and analysis through simulated projects. For those students required to take MATH 106 during the fall, ES 111 will be offered during the spring semester.