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 (11-14)

Writing: (8-11 credits)

ENGL 121	College Writing I	3
ENGL 122	College Writing II	3
ENGL 323	Writing 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: (3-4 credits)

SPCH 101	Fundamentals of Speech Communication	4
SPCH 207	Small Group Communication	3

Physical Education (2-3)

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 (10-15)

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

Humanities (4-11)

Art:

ART 251	Introduction to Art	4
ART 312	Aesthetics and Photography	4
ART 324	History of World Art	3
ART 325	History of World Art	3
ART 326	History of World Art	3

Communications:

DRMA 363

History of Theatre (or ENGL 363)

Literature:

ENGL 204	Introduction to Literature	4
ENGL 210	Survey of British and American Literature	4
ENGL 211	Survey of British and American Literature	4
ENGL 212	Survey of British and American Literature	4
ENGL 214	Themes in Literature	4
ENGL 317	Pacific Northwest Writers	4
ENGL 344	Medieval Literature	4
ENGL 345	Renaissance Literature	4
ENGL 346	Restoration and Enlightenment	4
ENGL 355	Victorian Literature	4
ENGL 356	Twentieth-Century British Literature	4
ENGL 357	The African American Experience	4
ENGL 358	Classical Literature	4
ENGL 359	World Literature	4
ENGL 364	Nineteenth-Century American Literature	4
ENGL 366	Twentieth-Century American Literature	4
ENGL 454	Literature of the Bible	4
FILM 215	Introduction to Film Literature	4
SPAN 407	Survey of Spanish Literature	4
SPAN 408	Contemporary Latino Literature	4

Music:

MUHL 124	Introduction to Music	4
MUHL 134	World Music	4

Philosophy:

PHIL 204	Essentials of Critical Reasoning	4
PHIL 205	Introduction to Philosophy	4
PHIL 305	Moral Philosophy	4
PHIL 318	History of Philosophy III: 18th Century to The Present (or HIST 318)	4
PHIL 316	History of Philosophy I: Ancient (or HIST 316)	4
PHIL 317	History of Philosophy II:Medieval-Early Modern (or HIST 317)	4
PHIL 407	Philosophy of Science	4
PHIL 412	Philosophy of Religion	4

Social Sciences (4-11)

Behavioral Science:

ANTH 225	Cultural Anthropology	4
PSYC 130	General Psychology	4
PSYC 344	Social Psychology	4
PSYC 366	Theories of Personality	4
PSYC 425	Psychology of Religion (or RELH 425)	3
PSYC 455	History and Systems of Psychology	4
SOCI 204	General Sociology	4
SOCI 234	Current Social Problems	4
SOCI 236	Privilege and Oppression	4
SOCI 327	Sociology Seminar	3
SOWK 224	Human Development and The Family	4
SOCI 420	Immigration and Identity	4

Business and Economics:

ECON 204	Fundamentals of Economics	4
ECON 211	Principles of Macroeconomics	4
ECON 210	Principles of Microeconomics	4
MGMT 371	Principles of Management	4

Communications:

COMM 145	Media and Culture	4
COMM 325	Multicultural Communication	3
LANG 406	Language and Culture	4

Environmental Studies:

ENVI 151	Environmental Principles	4
ENVI 385	Environmental Stewardship	4

History and Political Science:

HIST 121	History of Western Civilization	4
HIST 122	History of Western Civilization	4
HIST 221	History of the United States	4
HIST 222	History of the United States	4
HIST 242	Modern East Asian History	4
HIST 275	History of England	4
HIST 276	History of England	4
HIST 283	Spain and Latin America	4
HIST 335	History of World War II	4
HIST 354	American History and Visual Culture	4
HIST 435	History of Modern Germany	4
HIST 443	Colonial and Revolutionary America	4
HIST 445	The Civil War and Reconstruction	4
HIST 446	History of the Pacific Northwest	4
HIST 448	The Emergence of Modern America	4
HIST 456	Medieval and Early Modern Christianity	4
HIST 468	Interwar Europe, 1919-1945	4
PLSC 224	American Government	4

Approved Electives (0-4)

ACCT 201	Principles of Accounting	4
EDUC 211	Introduction to and Foundations of Education	3
ENGR 310	Sustainable Energy Systems	2
WRIT 324	Creative Nonfiction Writing	4
FREN 101	Elementary French	4
FREN 102	Elementary French	4
GBUS 361	Business Law I	4
GRMN 101	Elementary German	4
GRMN 102	Elementary German	4
HLTH 110	Wellness for Living	3
HLTH 208	Drugs and Society	3
HLTH 220	Human Nutrition	4
SOCI 225	Marriage and Family Life (or PSYC 225)	2
SPAN 101	Elementary Spanish	4
SPAN 102	Elementary Spanish	4
SPCH 101	Fundamentals of Speech Communication	4
SPCH 207	Small Group Communication	3
SPCH 407	Advanced Small Group Communication	3