Engineering Sciences is a broad - based general engineering degree program. As such, it provides the graduate flexibility, breadth of technical knowledge, and communication skills so important in today’s rapidly changing multidisciplinary and multicultural work environment. The stude nt may opt for a BS in Engineering Sciences with an Emphasis on Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Engineering Management, or Petroleum Engineering by the appropriate choice of electives. The Engineering Sciences program provides a curriculum and co urse of training that prepares the student not only for today’s challenges, but also for future ones in a fast - paced, global, and diverse society. The program emphasizes the fundamentals of engineering and modern methods, processes and technologies, and al so gives the students the tools to learn by themselves and to pursue life - long learning. Furthermore, the program and the faculty strive to ensure that graduates also attain a global understanding of the environmental, ethical and societal impacts of the t echnologies they help develop. The program offers opportunities for team - based design projects in collaboration with local industries and public institutions, thus preparing students for careers in for - profit and non - profit organizations, or to further th eir education in graduate school. Faculty members of the Department of Physics and Engineering will be pleased to advise any students who may wish to pursue this major.

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