Chemical Engineering Program
Educational Objective
The objectives of the Chemical Engineering Department at Washington State University are to:
- Prepare BS level students for careers or further education by means of a broad educational program based in chemical engineering fundamentals.
- Prepare students to be capable of continuous learning via a variety of approaches including a balance of fundamental versus practical research.
- Facilitate interactions with regional and national industries.
- Maintain an environment which promotes close interaction between students and faculty in teaching, mentoring, and research.
The Educational Objectives are consistent with the mission statements of the college and university in that all seek to serve their constituents by providing an outstanding educational program that results in the fullest possible development of the people participating in that program. Each recognizes the importance of enabling and encouraging continued learning throughout a person's life, the importance of research activities in maintaining the intellectual vigor of the institution, and the need to disseminate the results of activities occurring within the institution.
The Chemical Engineering Program objectives clearly state that we desire that our students learn, and be able to apply, the fundamental skills and knowledge of the discipline, whether they pursue professional activities or not. The objectives also reflect the uniqueness of the program in the fact that we desire to provide a more personal interaction between the students and the faculty.
Educational Outcomes
To meet the Educational Objectives of the department for our undergraduate students the following outcomes have been defined and made public. We expect that our graduating students will be able to:
- Use their engineering skills within the context of a strong, fundamental general education.
- Use the fundamentals of the life and physical sciences.
- Apply a fundamental knowledge and practical understanding of chemical engineering principles.
- Continue learning, whether in a traditional education setting or via some other route.
- Incorporate both technical and non-technical issues in problem solving.
- Communicate effectively.
These outcomes encompass the outcomes required by ABET and WSU's six learning goals of the baccalaureate. Washington State University learning goals ensure a well-rounded academic preparation that includes both general abilities and those for a specialized field of study, such as Chemical Engineering.
- CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING: Graduates will use knowledge of evidence and of content to reason and reach conclusions as well as to innovate in imaginative ways.
- QUANTITATIVE AND SYMBOLIC REASONING: Graduates will analyze and communicate appropriately with mathematical and symbolic concepts.
- INFORMATION AND LITERACY: Graduates will take a disciplined and systematic approach to accessing, evaluating and using information.
- COMMUNICATION: Graduates will write, speak, and listen to achieve intended and meaningful understanding.
- SELF IN SOCIETY: Graduates will employ self-understanding and interact effectively with others of similar and diverse cultures, values, perspectives and realities.
- SPECIALTY: Graduates will hone a specialty for the benefit of themselves, their communities, their employers, and for society at large.