School of Engineering
Majors
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY offers engineering programs
in four departments: Chemical and Biochemical, Civil and Environmental,
Electrical and Computer, and Mechanical Engineering, accredited by the
Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (111 Market Place, Suite 1050; Baltimore,
MD 21202-4012; telephone number 410-347-7700). Each curriculum is sufficiently
flexible to permit a student to tailor a course of study for entry into
the engineering profession immediately or for continued study in graduate
school. While most graduates do remain in the engineering profession,
a significant number use their engineering background as a foundation
for professional careers in law, medicine, business, education, science
and other fields.
The mission of the School of Engineering at Christian Brothers University
is twofold: to continue the Lasallian tradition through excellence in
teaching and focusing on the individual students and to prepare our
graduates for professional careers and advanced study in engineering
and for a life of moral responsibility and constructive community involvement.
Because the engineer applies scientific principles and practical judgment
to the economic solution of many problems concerned with human welfare,
the education must include, in addition to courses in engineering analysis
and design, numerous courses in natural sciences, in mathematics, and
in liberal studies. Thus, the total engineering program at Christian
Brothers University provides each student with a liberal education,
designed to permit the graduate to make important contributions not
only toward the solution of specific technical problems, such as those
found in automobile engine or computer circuit design but also toward
such compelling problems of society that are found in transportation,
communications, urban redevelopment, energy production and conservation,
and air and water quality.
Engineering design is the heart of the creative process of devising
solutions to many of society’s problems. In the design process,
all of an engineer’s knowledge of scientific principles and practical
judgment is integrated toward the solution of specific problems. The
student at Christian Brothers University begins practice in design during
the first year, at the same time gaining knowledge and skills in science,
mathematics, and communications. This practice in design is integrated
through the four years of the program culminating in an independent
design project during the senior year.
Engineering Intern Program
At the conclusion of their sophomore year of study, engineering students
may be eligible to apply for an intern appointment with participating
Mid-South industries. Eligibility requirements for each appointment
are available in the Engineering School Office.
