Engineering (B.S.E) with General Concentration

Program Learning Outcomes

Program Educational Objectives 

• Graduates will be technically competent in their Engineering specialty area and able to perform essential engineering functions in their career of choice.
  • Furthermore, graduates will continue to learn and hone competencies necessary to their career through graduate education, participation in professional activities/societies, or other means relevant to their work.

• Graduates will be broadly educated, prepared to 
  • work effectively in an interdisciplinary, diverse, and team-based environment 
  • generate creative solutions
  • lead others in bringing ideas to reality
  • communicate clearly in both technical and lay settings

• Graduates will conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the Christian faith, pursuing their work with a servant’s heart and a keen awareness of social responsibility.

Student Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Engineering program demonstrate:

1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2. 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
3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4. 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
5. 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
6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Major Requirements

Complete the following for your major:

Four credits distributed over multiple semesters from:

Twelve credits from the following:

General engineering requirements:

Student must choose 26 credit hours of coursework from ENGR courses beyond those required in the core curriculum. Up to two additional credit hours of ENGR 415 Engineering Project, beyond the minimum requirement of 4 credits, may count towards this total. Selected coursework must include at least one of the following course sequences:

Option 1: (7 credits)

Option 2 (8 credits)

Option 3 (11 credits)

Option 4 (8 credits)

Option 5 (14 credits)

Option 6 (11 credits)

Option 7 (7 credits)

Option 8 (8 credits)

Option 9 (7 credits)

Option 10 (3 credits)

QuEST Requirements