Mission, Goals and Objectives

Mission

SCSU’s Environmental Engineering Faculty seek to provide a dynamic, responsive and stimulating learning environment for all students they serve, especially those who wish to pursue environmental engineering careers in a wide range of sectors including consulting, industry and government, by applying an interdisciplinary approach to engineering for the environment.

Goals

Environmental Engineering Faculty will:

• Develop and maintain curricula that meet or exceed accepted national accreditation standards for Environmental Engineering.
• Maintain connections with relevant professional societies to ensure curricular alignment with the environmental engineering profession.
• Engage in continuous improvement to ensure that our degree program is of high quality and relevant to our constituencies.
• Establish connections and engage in collaborations with industry, government, and other education institutions to expand and enrich the learning opportunities for our students.

Program Educational Objectives

Within six years of-graduation, BS Environmental Engineering graduates will:

• Within the public or private sector, be engaged in environmental engineering professional practice in 'responsible charge' capacity; and/or
• If desired, enter into or complete post-baccalaureate studies in environmental engineering or related professional disciplines.

Student Outcomes

Upon graduation students will have:

• An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
• An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
• An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
• An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
• An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
• An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.