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A Career in Engineering Through the Five-Year B.S. / B.E. Dual Degree Program
As one of the most creative and rewarding professions, engineering requires a firm foundation in the liberal arts as well as scientific preparation and technical skill. Because of engineering, every aspect of your daily life is better: the water you drink is pure, the building you study in is safe, the computer you use is fast and efficient. Engineers work in biotechnology, automation, and high-speed telecommunications and with superconductors, lasers, and microprocessors. NYU and Stevens have teamed up to offer a joint five-year Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Engineering dual degree program designed to let you access the ever-changing and exciting world of engineering. The dual degree program will prepare you to enter any engineering field with expertise, experience, and confidence. The B.S./B.E. Program in Science and Engineering has grown to become the seventh largest department in the College of Arts and Science. The program fulfills students academic interests from a liberal arts standpoint and provides them with thetechnical skills necessary to succeed in a rapidly changing society. Infact, since the program's inception in 1988, all graduates have been hired either by the company of their choice or accepted into a prestigious graduate school.From your freshman year onward, you will be able to use all theresources ofboth New York University, a large, urban research university in theheart ofNew York's Greenwich Village, and Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, a first-class engineering and science university school on apark-likecampus overlooking the Hudson River, just 30 minutes from NYU.
For the first three years, you will attend classes at NYU's College of Arts and Science, completing a major in a science, mathematics, or computerscience and fulfilling the requirements of the Morse Academic Plan (MAP),the core curriculum in the College. The MAP will give you aninterdisciplinaryperspective, and will teach you to organize information and tocommunicateeffectively. Your science course work will train you to think critically,and will provide a sound preparation for your engineering studies. The science and engineering curriculum at NYU emphasizes hands-on learningexperience through design laboratories beginning in a student's firstsemester.You will also take introductory engineering courses taught by Stevens professors at NYU's Washington Square campus. Because Stevens is only a 30-minute commute from NYU, you will visit the campus often for lectures and trips with the student-run Society of Engineering Students. When you move to Stevens in your fourth year, you will already know the campus and many of your professors.
At Stevens, you will take what you have learned in your liberal arts andscience courses at the College and apply that knowledge directly in apractical, research-oriented environment. In accordance with the ABET2000 Mandate, the curriculum at Stevens includes a design component each semester. You may study the electronic structure of matter in your chemistry class and then discover how to synthesize high-temperature conducting thin films. You may use differential equations from your calculus class to construct a more efficient engine. You may apply laser theory from your physics class to observe first hand how lasers are used to measure heart beats andto communicate underwater, or you may study organic chemistry and then learn how to analyze DNA using electrophoresis and HPLC to deciphergenetic messages. The science major you pursue at NYU is not just a foundation for your engineering course work; it enables you to tackle engineering problems from a variety of perspectives and ultimately provides you with a competitive edge. At the conclusion of your fifth year, you will receive two degrees: a B.S. from NYU and a B.E. from Stevens. Stevens is one of the few institutions nation wide that continues to offer the prestigious Bachelor of Engineering degree.
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