Dec 04, 2024  
College Catalog 2023-2024 
    
College Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Engineering (B.S.)


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Student Learning Outcomes for Engineering:

Students will be able to:

  • Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
  • 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
  • Communicate effectively with a range of audiences
  • 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
  • Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
  • Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
  • Acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

The Engineering major is a rigorous program designed to lead to a technical career in industry or graduate school in engineering. The Engineering degree with concentrations in Biomedical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial and Systems, Mechanical, and Mechatronics Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (www.abet.org).

The Engineering & Physics Program’s principal goal is to prepare graduating students to successfully enter desired professional positions or graduate programs. This is achieved by challenging our students with a holistic education in engineering, the sciences, and the liberal arts. Our programs are born of a sense of cooperation between professors and students, and between student peers. In this supportive environment, we guide students to become increasingly self-aware of their strengths and to develop teamwork and communication skills. While theoretical and applied competence is the bedrock of our students’ competitiveness, students also develop distinctive traits of caring and collaboration to move the world toward peace, non-violence, human dignity and social justice.

Our Engineering program is designed around attention to the needs of individual students and a breadth of engineering knowledge and skills. The Program Education Objectives encapsulate the values and goals of Elizabethtown College within the current and emerging needs of industry and society:

  1. Our graduates become industry and civic leaders, framing and defining the new challenges emerging in the 21st century. Elizabethtown graduates apply critical thinking skills developed in a broad liberal arts context to understand and communicate emerging problems.  
  2. Prepared for a lifelong career, Elizabethtown engineers will thrive in a constantly changing world.  They use their multidisciplinary engineering science foundation to move beyond conventional solutions to design, develop, and implement sustainable and innovative solutions. 
  3. Our graduates utilize their personal and professional strengths and ethical reasoning to meet the needs of their local communities and our shared global community, creating social and economic value. Graduates embrace, persist through, and learn from challenges. 

Engineering majors may substitute PHY 201  for one of their Natural and Physical Science Core courses. PH 263  or PH 265  are approved to satisfy Humanities Core. Students may take up to 19 credits in up to three semesters at Elizabethtown without paying a credit overload fee. 

Engineering majors also must either:


(1) Select one of the following concentrations and complete all the courses in it, or (2) Earn the degree without a concentration by completing any six of the engineering courses (3-4 credits each) and one of the math courses listed under the eight concentrations.

Note:


  • Math courses in the first semester are determined by the College’s math placement policy, found at (https://etown.edu/schools/school-of-business/math-placement.aspx).
  • Engineering majors should not take HUM, SSC, or other NPS or MA Core in their first year.
  • All engineering students should take CS 121 in the first year if possible.
  • A C- or better is required in ALL prerequisite courses in order to continue in the major.

Additional Opportunities


Engineering students are also eligible to complete their degree under a co-op option. The Co-Op Program extends the 4-year degree into a 5-year program. Under this option, the students typically complete two 7-month co-op rotations. During these rotations the students work full-time at an approved co-op site, also maintaining their status as enrolled students at Elizabethtown College. During co-op semesters, students are charged $500 administrative fee and are registered for a zero credit, EGR 475 - Engineering Co-Op .

Scholarships and grants are deferred during co-op semesters. Financial aid is not awarded during co-op semesters. Any student participating in the co-op program should notify the Financial Aid Office as soon as possible. Students may choose to live on campus with standard room and board fees during co-op rotations but must live in off-campus housing during the 5th year.

 

Greenway Semester Away Program

Spend a semester away at the Greenway Center for Equity and Sustainability learning through hands-on projects in beautiful Montpelier, Vermont. Set within Vermont’s natural beauty, walkable downtowns, sustainability ethic, and strong green technology sector, Greenway offers an ideal place for hands-on project-based engineering in sustainable technology.


At Greenway, students acquire engineering skills through real-world, hands-on projects, chosen to foster learning by designing and building systems supporting a sustainable future. This unique lecture-free program re-imagines engineering education by centering design work around equity and sustainability coupled with an entirely project-based and mastery-assessed curriculum. Supported by responsive mentoring, students learn by working on projects important to them, developing confidence and a sense of engineering identity. Students stay on track with their engineering degree earning course credits from Elizabethtown College’s ABET-accredited program.


Second-Year Fall Semester Curriculum:
Students select 12-18 credits from among the following possible course offerings:

 

  • MA 122 - Calculus II (4 credits)
  • MA222 - Calculus III (4 credits)
  • PHY 202 - Physics II (4 credits)
  • EGR 260 - Statics (3 credits)
  • EGR 210 - Circuits (4 credits)
  • EGR 360 – Dynamics (3 credits)
  • CS 121 - Computer Science I (4 credits)
  • PH 265 - Science & Values (4 credits)

 

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