UConn Engineering Majors
UConn Biomedical Engineering Department
The Biomedical Engineering undergraduate program educational objectives are that our alumni/ae: will be engaged in professional practice as biomedical engineers and/or biomedical scientists in occupational settings involving human health and well-being; will advance in their professional careers; and will engage in professional development, or post-graduate education, to continuing their self-development in biomedical engineering or other related fields.
UConn Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The Chemical Engineering undergraduate program educational objectives are that our alumni/ae: our graduates will be gainfully employed in chemical engineering or related career paths including industrial, academic, governmental and non-governmental organizations. Our graduates will continue their professional activities and/or training to enhance their careers and/or pursue post-graduate studies.
UConn Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Civil Engineering undergraduate program educational objectives are to prepare our alumni/ae with the knowledge and skills needed to: actively contribute to the advancement practice and profession of engineering practice in the public or private sectors in the technical areas of environmental, geotechnical, structural, transportation, and water resources engineering; recognize the importance of, and follow a path that can lead to licensure as professional engineers who design and construct solutions to civil engineering problems in the natural and built environments; and adopt and continuously practice life-long learning through post-graduate and professional education.
UConn Computer Science and Engineering Department
The Computer Engineering program combines coursework in computer science and electrical engineering providing a program that focuses on the design of computer hardware and digital systems.
The Computer Engineering undergraduate program educational objectives are that our alumni/ae: make technical contributions to design, development, and manufacturing in their practice of computer engineering, advance in their professional career and engage in professional development or post-graduate education to pursue flexible career paths amid future technological changes.
UConn Computer Science and Engineering Department
The Computer Science program combines a rigorous education in computer science with added coursework in an area outside of computing, in the sciences, business or humanities. With a background that combines computer science and a non-computing discipline, our graduates have the breadth of understanding to apply computer science to other disciplines, which is particularly valuable as computing has become a key aspect of nearly all endeavors.
The Computer Science undergraduate program educational objectives are that our alumni/ae: practice as computing professionals in various areas of computer science or the related areas to which it applies; advance in their professional practice; and enhance their skills and embrace new computing technologies through self-directed professional development or post-graduate education.
UConn Computer Science and Engineering Department
The Computer Science and Engineering program combines a rigorous education in computer science with added emphasis on the physical and architectural underpinnings of modern computer system design. With a background that spans computer science and computer engineering, the graduates are able to address computing systems across the hardware-software spectrum.
The Computer Science and Engineering undergraduate program educational objectives are that our alumni/ae: practice as computing professionals in various areas of computer science or computer engineering, advance in their professional practice; and enhance their skills and embrace new computing technologies through self-directed professional development or post-graduate education.
UConn Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Electrical Engineering program educational objectives are that our alumni/ae: make technical contributions to design, development, and manufacturing in their practice of electrical engineering; advance in their professional career; and engage in professional development or post-graduate education to pursue flexible career paths amid future technological changes
The Engineering Physics undergraduate program educational objectives are that our alumni/ae: contribute to current and future scientific and technological developments in the areas of physics and electrical, mechanical and materials science engineering; excel in engineering and physics careers and responsible citizenship in industry, government, academia and other professional practices; and engage in professional development or graduate education to pursue flexible career paths.
UConn Environmental Engineering Program
The Environmental Engineering undergraduate program educational objectives are to impart our alumni/ae with the knowledge and skills needed to: actively contribute to the practice and profession of engineering in the public and/or private sectors in the technical area of environmental engineering; follow the path that leads towards, becoming licensed professional engineers, assessing the impact of human activities on the environment, designing and constructing solutions to minimize and mitigate such impacts, and tending to the natural environment as our life support system; and practice lifelong learning through post-graduate and professional education.
UConn Management and Engineering for Manufacturing
The program of MEM (Management & Engineering for Manufacturing) is an independent academic major that belongs to both the School of Engineering and the School of Business. The students graduate with a BS degree conferred by both the School of Engineering and the School of Business. The UConn MEM program is accredited in both engineering management and manufacturing engineering by ABET.
UConn Materials Science and Engineering
The Materials Science and Engineering program educational objectives are that within three to five years after graduation, in their professional careers and/or graduate programs, our alumni/ae will have: progressed in responsible professional positions and/or will have attained or will be successfully moving toward attaining post-graduate degrees; earned recognition for applying and continually expanding special, in-depth competencies in materials design, selection, characterization, and/or processing; earned recognition for applying and continually expanding professional skills of critical and cooperative thinking, communication, and leadership; and become engaged with and contributing to professional societies and collaborating with the MSE Program Faculty in providing opportunities for current and potential MSE majors.
UConn Department of Mechanical Engineering
The faculty of the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Connecticut strives to continuously improve our undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering. The program’s educational objectives are that our graduates: will be gainfully employed in Mechanical Engineering or related career paths including industrial, academic, governmental and non-governmental organizations and will continue their professional development by engaging in professional activities and/or training to enhance their careers and/or pursue post-graduate studies.