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The learning environment in the College of Engineering fosters the
intellectual and personal growth of each student. Distinctive features
include
Small Class Sizes: Students enjoy stimulating, interactive classroom
experiences and contribute to the learning process.
Hands-On Learning: Student projects emphasize the hands-on process
required to understand concepts.
Faculty Expertise: Distinguished professors connect theories learned in
the classroom to real-life issues and problems.
Open-Door Policy: Students have access to their professors and come to
know them as mentors, advisors, and future professional partners.
The College of Engineering strives to prepare its graduates to
- Understand their roles in a technological society
- Make constructive contributions
- Provide ethical and moral leadership in their profession and in their
communities
The College achieves these goals primarily by integrating the values and
morality of the University’s Augustinian heritage into the curriculum
and by emphasizing the engineering design process. In addition to being
technically competent, graduates are expected to understand their
professional and ethical responsibilities, consider the global and
societal impact of engineering solutions, and appreciate humanistic
concepts in literature, the arts, and philosophy. |
A VU Engineering Experience provides:
- small class sizes
- distinguished faculty
- real life problem solving
- service learning opportunities
- professors as mentors and professional partners
- ethical and moral training
- capstone projects
- leadership opportunities
- student and professional organizations
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