Engineering Physics

Engineering Physics Program Educational Objectives

Doane graduates are expected to demonstrate the following within a few years of earning their Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics:

1. ability to employ engineering knowledge and skills in one or more of the following pursuits:
   1. professional engineering practice
   2. graduate or professional training
   3. solving problems that benefit society in any particular context
2. commitment to using their education to benefit the lives of other people.

Engineering Physics Program Student Outcomes

Upon graduation from the Doane Physics Program with the Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics a student will demonstrate:

1. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
2. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
3. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
4. an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams
5. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
6. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
7. an ability to communicate effectively
8. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
9. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning
10. a knowledge of contemporary issues
11. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.