Cal Poly San Luis Obispo College of Engineering
The California Polytechnic State University College of Engineering has nearly 130 full-time faculty members and 4,800 students enrolled in 12 baccalaureate and nine master's degree programs.[1]
General Information
The California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo College of Engineering is the largest of Cal Poly's six colleges. The college admitted 45.5 % of the 6,148 new student applicants. The average SAT for freshmen enrolled in Fall 2003 was 1,253; the average high school GPA for the class was 3.81. U.S.News & World Report's 2005 ranks Cal Poly's College of Engineering (CENG) as the No. 3 public program in the nation for schools whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's degree. [2]Cal Poly's computer, electrical, and industrial/manufacturing programs were each ranked as the top program at a public university; the aerospace program ranked No. 3. Peter Y. Lee is the current Dean of the College of Engineering, but will be succeeded by Mohammad N. Noori in October 2005.[3]
College of Engineering Majors
The mission of the Aerospace Engineering Department is to educate students for professional aerospace careers of technical responsibility and leadership in a modern, multidisciplinary, system-based environment. This is achieved through a lab-based, hands-on approach, integrated with a systems view of engineering and team based capstone design experience.[4]
The Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering emphasizes the study of engineering principles and the application of scientific knowledge and technology for the betterment of humankind. The program stresses the team design concept and systems approach to problem solving and is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.[5]
The Computer Engineering major is an interdisciplinary program resting on the foundations of two departments: Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and is fully accredited by Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology.[6]
The Computer Science Department educates students in the discipline of computer science and teaches them to apply their education to solve practical problems in a socially responsible way. Pursuant to the department's educational mission, faculty engage in research and professional development that allows them to remain current in their fields and to provide technological leadership to the university community
The Cal Poly Electrical Engineering Department serves many undergraduate and graduate students. With its large number of laboratory classes and high degree of instructor-student interaction, the Department is able to achieve the Cal Poly motto: 'Learn by doing.'[7]
...General Engineering is designed to allow students the latitude in course selection required to educate themselves either in the classical study of engineering or in new and evolving interdisciplinary technologies such as bioengineering and mechatronics[8]
Specializations:
- Biochemical Engineering
- Bioengineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Integrated Technology Management
- Materials Engineering
- Water Engineering
In the past biomedical engineering was a specialization within the general engineering major. In 2005, the program was implemented with its own stand-alone curriculum.