The mission of the department is to provide campus and distance students with a strong foundation in the traditional and contemporary areas of electrical engineering, and to help our graduates learn the leadership, communication, multidisciplinary teamwork, and life-long learning skills necessary for success in a global marketplace. The program provides students with the knowledge and opportunities that prepare them for industry and to pursue further education at the graduate level. The program also provides distance students with the ability to advance their careers as practicing engineers or managers. The essential studies component of the undergraduate program emphasizes the arts, humanities, and social sciences to provide breadth in education and well-rounded graduates.
The Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.) educational objectives represent the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing our students to achieve, generally three-to-five years after graduation:
1. Provide campus and distance students with a strong foundation in the traditional and contemporary areas of electrical engineering.
2. Help our graduates learn the leadership, communication, multidisciplinary teamwork, and life-long learning skills necessary for success in their careers.
3. Educate students in science and engineering so that they can identify, understand, and solve problems in society that meet desired customer needs.
4. Provide students with a breadth of knowledge in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, resulting in well-rounded graduates capable of taking leadership positions as professionals.
5. Provide students with the knowledge and opportunities that prepare them for industry, to further their careers as practicing engineers, business owners, or managers, and to pursue further education at the graduate level.
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Draft Program Educational Objectives (drafted September 22, 2009):
1. Graduates successfully practice electrical engineering and related fields such as technical management regionally and nationally.
2. Graduates are well-prepared in the fundamental concepts of electrical engineering and willingly continue their professional development.
3. Graduates are skilled in clear communications and teamwork, capable of functioning both responsibly and ethically in diverse and global work environments.
4. Graduates succeed in further graduate and professional studies.
The B.S.E.E. program outcomes represent the abilities, knowledge, and understanding that the program is preparing its students to acquire immediately upon graduation from the University of North Dakota (identical to Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET outcomes (a) through (k)):
(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
(d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
(f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
(g) an ability to communicate effectively
(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning
(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues
(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
