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Engineers and applied scientists are concerned with complex practical problems that can be approached only by those with a broad knowledge of mathematics and the physical sciences, supplemented by deeper training in a specific technical discipline. These problems often have social, political, economic, and legal aspects that must be considered in arriving at workable solutions. The understanding and judgment required to balance often conflicting technical and societal needs is acquired in part through study of the humanities and social and behavioral sciences. Consequently, the engineering and applied sciences curricula promote educational development not only in the technical areas, but in the social and behavioral sciences and humanities as well. They also provide a strong foundation of general principles that enables professional engineers and applied scientists to adapt to shifts in technological emphasis. The curricula include courses that examine contemporary technology and problems and courses that examine the technology and problems likely in the future. Graduates are well prepared for successful careers in large part because they are educated to develop with technology.
In order to realize these objectives, the engineering and applied sciences curricula are more flexible than at many other schools. The student who specializes in a particular field such as electrical, computer, mechanical, or materials engineering, as well as applied mathematics, computer science, or information systems, may plan an interdisciplinary program specifically adapted to his or her career goals involving other departments or divisions of the university; he or she may choose a broad program as preparation for later specialization in architecture, business, law, or medicine. In all of these paths there is strong emphasis on individual projects in the junior and senior years, when students are encouraged to work closely with members of the faculty on projects of interest to the students.
Similarly, today’s industries and businesses require managers with strong problem-solving abilities that are based on a broad education in the liberal arts and sciences and that encompass applied mathematics, economics, finance, organization theory, and technological systems. The curriculum of the W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy, a branch of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, prepares students for business careers by providing them with the skills and knowledge for managing business enterprises as well as non-profit and governmental agencies. The program covers quantitative decision making, computers, and the ways in which organizations work financially, legally, and behaviorally, and the functions and strategies of organizations in society.
The college offers eight different majors, listed below.
- Bachelor of Science in:
- Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Business Management
Computer Science
Information Systems
- Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Engineering Science
Mechanical Engineering
The college also offers twelve minors: applied mathematics and statistics; bioengineering; biomedical engineering; business management; computer science; electrical engineering; electronic, optical, and magnetic materials; manufacturing engineering; materials science; mechanical engineering; physical metallurgy; and technology and society.
Accreditation
The four undergraduate engineering (B.E.) degree programs offered by the college are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
The Undergraduate Student Office
The Undergraduate Student Office, a branch of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean’s Office, provides numerous services to students who are matriculated in one of the college’s undergraduate majors. The services include general academic advising, appropriate referrals for academic advising in a major, advising about the college Diversified Education Curriculum (D.E.C.) requirements, and assistance with the processing of transfer credits. The Undergraduate Student Office receives and processes applications for admission to engineering majors from Stony Brook students in other degree programs, and receives and processes student petitions to the college’s Committee on Academic Standing and Appeals. The office also serves as the center for the Internships Program and as a resource center for job opportunities, special scholarships, and the activities of student professional societies, clubs, and honor societies.
Internships Program
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) is actively involved with many engineering and high-technology companies, both large and small, in the Long Island region. The many collaborative academic and industrial efforts include teaching, research, consultation, and cooperative problem solving to promote the physical and fiscal well-being of the region. Undergraduate students have a place in this working relationship between the college and industry as participants in the CEAS Internships Program, which provides them with real-world paid experience in which they observe engineers, scientists, and managers at work, work for and with professionals in their area of interest, apply theory learned in class, learn new applications, and learn about the corporate culture and environment. The internship experience is an important element of a student’s education and enhances his or her qualifications for permanent job placement following graduation. More than 130 regional companies support the Internships Program.
Students may participate in internships with or without academic credit. In order to earn credit, the nature of the work undertaken in the industry setting must be reviewed by the student’s academic advisor. With the approval and agreement of the employer and the academic advisor, the student may register for the department’s internship course and receive three credits (or up to nine credits in the full-time semester-long internship in mechanical engineering) toward baccalaureate degree requirements. A student may choose to participate in an internship for the experience and remuneration only and in this case, no course registration or academic approval is required.
The program is administered by the college’s Undergraduate Student Office, which receives participating companies’ internship requirements, posts and distributes internship position announcements, processes student applications, reviews student records and verifies academic qualifications, forwards resumés to internship employers, and, when necessary, assists in scheduling interviews on or off campus according to employer needs.
Acceptance into College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Programs
All programs in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences currently limit the number of students accepted. While acceptance criteria are based mainly on demonstrated scholastic ability, extraordinary personal circumstances, experiences, and academic background may also be considered in the evaluation process.
Qualified freshman and transfer applicants who have specified their interest in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Business Management, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science, Information Systems, or Mechanical Engineering may be accepted directly into these majors upon admission to the University. Admission to the University, however, does not guarantee either immediate or future acceptance into the major for which the student applied.
Requirements for acceptance of continuing students into a major are listed with each major. Transfer students are urged to contact the appropriate undergraduate program director as early as possible.
Double Degrees
Qualified students whose special interests and career plans make such study appropriate may be granted permission to earn two undergraduate degrees concurrently by planning a program that leads to a Bachelor of Engineering degree and either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree in the College of Arts and Sciences or a Bachelor of Science in the Health Sciences Center. For details see the Academic Policies and Regulations chapter in this Bulletin.
Double Majors
Approved combinations of two majors leading to a Bachelor of Engineering degree are an engineering major (computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or engineering science) with applied mathematics and statistics or business management or computer science or information systems or a major in the College of Arts and Sciences. (It is not possible to have two engineering majors.)
Approved combinations of two majors leading to a Bachelor of Science degree are applied mathematics and statistics with business management or computer science or information systems, or applied mathematics and statistics or business management or computer science or information systems with a major in the College of Arts and Sciences. (It is not possible to have a double major consisting of computer science and information systems.)
Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree Program
An engineering science student may apply at the end of the junior year for admission to enter this special program, which leads to a Bachelor of Engineering degree at the end of the fourth year and a Master of Science degree in materials science at the end of the fifth year. For the requirements, see the department entry.
An applied mathematics and statistics or computer science student may apply at the end of the junior year for admission to a program that leads to a Bachelor of Science degree at the end of the fourth year and a Master of Science degree at the end of the fifth year. For the requirements see the departments’ entries.
Regulations of the Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree Program
- 1. Students must apply and be admitted to the combined degree program. Applicants must have completed a minimum of 60 credits of college work with a g.p.a. of 3.0 or higher in all college work. The application must include approval by both the chairperson of the department offering the bachelor’s degree and the graduate studies director of the program offering the master’s degree.
2. Students must formally apply and be accepted into the Graduate School. This application and admission process is independent of admission to the combined degree program. Admission to graduate study is provisional upon the awarding of the undergraduate degree.
3. Students must take a minimum of 30 graduate credits, 24 of which must be taken after the student has been enrolled in the graduate program. The remaining six credits may be taken while the student is formally an undergraduate but after his or her admission to the combined degree program. All graduate coursework taken after the student has been accepted into the combined degree program is subject to Graduate School regulations.
4. A course used for undergraduate credit may not be used for graduate credit.
Degree Requirements
All candidates for the Bachelor of Engineering or the Bachelor of Science degree must satisfy the requirements of a particular major, the Diversified Education Curriculum, and other university degree requirements. Candidates for the Bachelor of Engineering degree must also satisfy the college residence requirements.
All majors offered include in their Bulletin entry a definition of the discipline and the goal of the major as well as general information about the careers that students who complete the major pursue after graduation. In addition to an outline of the major requirements, a suggested sequence of courses students may take to complete the major over eight semesters is given. “D.E.C.” in the sample sequence indicates the Diversified Education Curriculum described in the Degree Requirements chapter in this Bulletin). “Upper division” indicates that a course numbered 300 or higher should be taken to fulfill the University’s 39 upper-division credit requirement. All course descriptions are listed alphabetically by area of concentration in the back of the Bulletin.
Diversified Education Curriculum Requirements
The Diversified Education Curriculum (D.E.C.) requirements of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences provide broad exposure to the liberal arts and sciences, enabling the engineering or applied science student to better understand the context in which his or her technical discipline has been founded. The student also learns to integrate the historical, social, and humanistic aspects of technical problems and developments.
D.E.C. requirements for students in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences are detailed in the Degree Requirements chapter of this Bulletin, page 50.
Students are encouraged to visit the Undergraduate Student Office for a formal review of their D.E.C. requirements at least two semesters prior to their expected date of graduation.
Additional Requirements for the B.E. Degree
Credit Hour Requirement
At least 128 credits must have been completed. Restrictions on credits that may be counted appear below (“Restrictions on Credits”) and in the Academic Policies and Regulations chapter.
Residence Requirement
At least seven engineering courses (those with the designator ESE, ESG, ESM or MEC) and/or approved technical elective courses must be completed in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook. For the majors in computer, electrical and mechanical engineering, at least five of the seven courses must be offered by the department of the student’s major. ESE, ESG, MEC 440 and 441 must be taken at Stony Brook.
The following courses may not be used to meet this requirement: ESE 211, 314, and 324; ESG 217, 312, and 316; MEC 200, 316 and 317; and ESE, ESG and MEC 300, 440, and 441.
Technical Electives
Students in majors leading to the B.E. degree must complete a defined number of technical elective courses in their major. A copy of technical elective requirements and the current list of approved technical elective courses for each engineering major are available in the relevant engineering department.
Open Electives
Open electives are courses offered for credit at Stony Brook and any credits accepted as transfer credits that are not approved to meet specific requirements.
Grading
All courses used to meet Diversified Education Curriculum requirements and the requirements of a particular major, including engineering technical electives (see “Requirements for the Major” in each department’s alphabetical listing), must be taken for a letter grade. Pass/ No Credit grading is not permitted except for open electives.
Restrictions on Credits
Only courses stating in the description that they may be repeated may be taken more than once for credit. No more than seven credits of undergraduate teaching practica (courses normally numbered 475 and 476) may be counted toward degree requirements.
Restrictions on Transfer Credits
Courses taken at other universities and colleges in a technology curriculum will normally not be transferred as equivalents to engineering or applied sciences courses.
Course Prerequisites
Certain courses may be taken only with the permission of the instructor or of the department; this is listed as a prerequisite for the course. For courses with specific course prerequisites, “or permission of instructor” is always understood. That is, a student who thinks he or she has acquired the knowledge necessary for the course through means other than taking the listed prerequisites may ask the instructor’s permission to take the course. Instructors have the option of deregistering students who have enrolled without proper prerequisites or permission.
Course Designators
The three-letter designator for each course offered by the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences indicates its program affiliation as follows:
- AMS offered by the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
BUS offered by the W. Averell Harriman School for Management and Policy
CSE offered by the Department of Computer Science
ESE offered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ESG engineering science interdisciplinary; offered by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
ESM offered by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
EST offered by the Department of Technology and Society
ISE offered by the Department of Computer Science
MEC offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Permission to Take Graduate Courses
Upper-division students with superior academic records may take graduate courses in meeting requirements for their major with the permission of the dean of the graduate school and the approval of the course instructor and of their department’s undergraduate program director. Forms are available from the Graduate School for the dean’s approval and in the Undergraduate Student Office for departmental major approval.
Graduate courses taken while a student is an undergraduate remain part of the undergraduate record. The student cannot subsequently receive graduate credit for such courses, except in the case of approved five-year programs leading to both a baccalaureate and a master’s degree.
Laboratory Fees
The following engineering courses have laboratory fees:
- ESE 314, 324, 440, and 441; ESG 312, 316, 440, and 441; MEC 316, 317, 417, 440, and 441
Course Load: 12 to 19 Credits
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences majors who are full-time students cannot register for fewer than 12 credits or more than 19 credits without the approval of the Committee on Academic Standing and Appeals.
College Time Limits for B.E. and B.S. Degrees
All degree requirements for either the Bachelor of Engineering degree or the Bachelor of Science degree must be met in 11 semesters by students classified as full time. Full-time transfer students must meet all degree requirements in the number of semesters remaining according to the following formula: the number of transferred degree-related credits is divided by 12 (which is the minimum number of credits a full-time student may take in a semester) to determine the number of semesters already completed. The result is subtracted from 11 (semesters) to indicate the number of remaining semesters permitted for completion of degree requirements. In addition, students who withdraw from the University and return at a later date to complete degree requirements are required to have formally reevaluated all courses more than six years old that were taken (at Stony Brook or elsewhere) to fulfill major requirements.
