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Engineering (Bachelor of Science in Engineering)

The professional engineering curriculum emphasizes those subject areas that are common to the broad field of engineering while allowing for the development of professional competence within one of four specific engineering disciplines. The curriculum is also designed to provide for the attainment of cultural and intellectual maturity, the encouragement of personal growth and the development of moral, ethical, and social responsibility. The development of broad technical competence within engineering is achieved through a group of mathematics, science, and engineering core courses that emphasize fundamental knowledge, techniques, and processes. Specific professional competence is assured by the completion of a coherent group of courses chosen from civil, computer, electrical, or mechanical engineering. Intellectual, cultural, and moral development is encouraged through the selection of General Studies courses within the curriculum.

Flexibility in this program is provided by elective course selection and limited substitutions, individually chosen in consultation with an adviser and approved by the School of Engineering to form an integral professional engineering program. Students wishing to follow careers in other specialized fields, such as architectural engineering, highway engineering, environmental engineering, aerospace engineering, electronics engineering, nuclear engineering, or other areas will be prepared to do so through subsequent professional experience or graduate study.

Satisfactory progress depends upon maintaining a 2.00 minimum grade point average. Students who fail to make satisfactory progress may be advised to register with a reduced course load or to consider other educational alternatives.

A student who retains more than 8 hours of grades less than C- on their current scholastic record will automatically have their performance reviewed by the School of Engineering. The school may require that some of the courses be repeated, or it may establish alternative requirements. All courses with D- and F grades must be repeated to apply toward graduation.

Students enrolled in the professional curriculum must complete a total of 200 quarter hours, including the engineering general studies requirements, the engineering core requirements, the engineering mathematics and science requirements, and one engineering concentration. Upper-division engineering courses must be taken in residence unless approved by the School of Engineering. Senior students are required to participate in the Senior Engineering Tour and the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam.

A student pursuing two concentrations within the BSE degree will be required to complete all the requirements of both concentrations and have a minimum of 224 credit hours in order to graduate. Each concentration must have a minimum of 24 credit hours that are applied only to that concentration.

Because of the unique nature of the professional curriculum of the engineering degree, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics courses taken to meet any requirements for a BSE degree are considered cognates and therefore can be simultaneously counted toward major or minor requirements in other areas.

Engineering General Studies Requirements (44 credits)

The general studies content within the engineering curriculum is similar to the standard General Studies requirements for the baccalaureate degree at Walla Walla University. However, there are important differences that must be observed. Forty-four credits must be distributed as follows:

Language Arts (11)

Writing: (8 credits)

ENGL 121College Writing I

3
ENGL 122College Writing II

3
ENGL 323Writing for Engineers

3

(HONR 243 Honors Research Writing may be substituted for ENGL 323 Writing for Engineers by prearrangement with the Dean of Engineering. A student must satisfactorily complete a research paper on a topic selected by prearrangement with the Dean of Engineering and the Honors Writing instructor.)

Speech: (3 credits)

SPCH 101Fundamentals of Speech Communication

4
SPCH 207Small Group Communication

3

Physical Education (2)

The physical education requirements can be met by choosing 100-level activity courses (PEAC 107-195)

Religion (18)

Six credits must be upper-division. Six credits must be RELB courses. See Religion General Studies section of this bulletin.

Humanities and Social Sciences (10)

One course, 3-4 credits, must be upper-division

Humanities (4)

Art:

ART 251Introduction to Art

4
ART 312Aesthetics and Photography

4
ART 324History of World Art

3
ART 325History of World Art

3
ART 326History of World Art

3

Communications:

DRMA 363History of Theatre (or ENGL 363)

4

Literature:

ENGL 204Introduction to Literature

4
ENGL 210Survey of British and American Literature

4
ENGL 211Survey of British and American Literature

4
ENGL 212Survey of British and American Literature

4
ENGL 214Themes in Literature

4
ENGL 317Pacific Northwest Writers

4
ENGL 344Medieval Literature

4
ENGL 345Renaissance Literature

4
ENGL 346Restoration and Enlightenment

4
ENGL 355Victorian Literature

4
ENGL 356Twentieth-Century British Literature

4
ENGL 357The African American Experience

4
ENGL 358Classical Literature

4
ENGL 359World Literature

4
ENGL 364Nineteenth-Century American Literature

4
ENGL 366Twentieth-Century American Literature

4
ENGL 454Literature of the Bible

4
FILM 215Introduction to Film Literature

4
SPAN 407Survey of Spanish Literature

4
SPAN 408Contemporary Latino Literature

4

Music:

MUHL 124Introduction to Music

4
MUHL 134World Music

4

Philosophy:

PHIL 204Essentials of Critical Reasoning

4
PHIL 205Introduction to Philosophy

4
PHIL 305Moral Philosophy

4
PHIL 407Philosophy of Science

4
PHIL 412Philosophy of Religion

4

Social Sciences (4)

Behavioral Science:

ANTH 225Cultural Anthropology

4
PSYC 130General Psychology

4
PSYC 344Social Psychology

4
PSYC 366Theories of Personality

4
PSYC 425Psychology of Religion (or RELH 425)

3
PSYC 455History and Systems of Psychology

4
SOCI 204General Sociology

4
SOCI 234Current Social Problems

4
SOCI 236Privilege and Oppression

4
SOCI 327Sociology Seminar

3
SOWK 224Human Development and The Family

4
SOCI 420Immigration and Identity

4

Business and Economics:

ECON 204Fundamentals of Economics

4
ECON 211Principles of Macroeconomics

4
ECON 210Principles of Microeconomics

4
MGMT 371Principles of Management

4

Communications:

COMM 145Media and Culture

4
COMM 325Multicultural Communication

3
LANG 406Language and Culture

4

Environmental Studies:

ENVI 151Environmental Principles

4
ENVI 385Environmental Stewardship

4

History and Political Science:

HIST 121History of Western Civilization

4
HIST 122History of Western Civilization

4
HIST 221History of the United States

4
HIST 222History of the United States

4
HIST 242Modern East Asian History

4
HIST 275History of England

4
HIST 276History of England

4
HIST 283Spain and Latin America

4
HIST 335History of World War II

4
HIST 354American History and Visual Culture

4
HIST 435History of Modern Germany

4
HIST 443Colonial and Revolutionary America

4
HIST 445The Civil War and Reconstruction

4
HIST 446History of the Pacific Northwest

4
HIST 448The Emergence of Modern America

4
HIST 456Medieval and Early Modern Christianity

4
HIST 468Interwar Europe, 1919-1945

4
PLSC 224American Government

4

Approved Electives (No Minimum)

ACCT 201Principles of Accounting

4
EDUC 211Introduction to and Foundations of Education

3
ENGR 310Sustainable Energy Systems

2
WRIT 324Creative Nonfiction Writing

4
FREN 101Elementary French

4
FREN 102Elementary French

4
GBUS 361Business Law I

4
GRMN 101Elementary German

4
GRMN 102Elementary German

4
HLTH 110Wellness for Living

3
HLTH 208Drugs and Society

3
HLTH 220Human Nutrition

4
SOCI 225Marriage and Family Life (or PSYC 225)

2
SPAN 101Elementary Spanish

4
SPAN 102Elementary Spanish

4
SPCH 101Fundamentals of Speech Communication

4
SPCH 207Small Group Communication

3
SPCH 407Advanced Small Group Communication

3