Ohio State College of Engineering Adds Four New Programs to Curriculum
The College of Engineering and the Knowlton School of Architecture are expanding student opportunities by offering two new majors and two new minors as the 2009-2010 school year begins on Sept. 23. The two new majors, City and Regional Planning and Environmental Engineering, will provide our undergraduate students with expanded opportunities in these growing fields. The two new minors, Engineering Sciences and Technological Studies, will provide students outside of the engineering curriculum with courses to enhance technological literacy.
New major: City and Regional Planning. Ohio State’s Knowlton School of Architecture is expanding a popular minor program into an undergraduate major degree offering. The program — a bachelor of science in city and regional planning — is one of only 35 offered in the country. Regional planning is projected to be one of the best career areas, according to U.S. News and World Report. City and Regional planners work to improve the welfare of people and their communities by creating more convenient, equitable, healthful, efficient, and attractive places. More information
New major: Environmental Engineering. Beginning this quarter, the College of Engineering offers a B.S. in environmental engineering — the first accredited environmental engineering degree in Ohio. Offered through the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, environmental engineering is one of the fastest growing professional fields. The United States Bureau of Labor projects that the field will experience the highest percent increase in employment of all engineering fields over the next seven years. More information
New minor (for non-engineers): . In response to the need for technological literacy as a curriculum opportunity for Ohio State students, the College of Engineering has created two new minors. The engineering sciences minor is for students likely to be working directly with engineers in the future and who can be expected to have mathematics capability through beginning calculus. The technological studies minor is for students wanting to build their technological literacy in a more general sense. Learn more about the new minors under their respective listings on this College of Arts and Sciences site.
