Information Engineering Technology, BEng

The curriculum of the Bachelor of Engineering in Information Engineering Technology (BEng IET) is designed for those engineering students who intend to launch a career in the design, installation, maintenance, and repair of computer networks used for critical data entry, transfer, retrieval, and management. Coursework in the program is practice-orientated and prepares students to work in a variety of computerintensive environments, such as technical organizations, small or large businesses, product design or manufacturing companies, and data-directed services.

The breadth of training in hardware, software, troubleshooting equipment, and other computer tools will enable the graduate to work in a variety of roles in such environments as network designer, network support and administrator, project manager, data applications or computer communications engineer, test and integration manager or technologist in business applications. The graduate of this curriculum will be a computer network specialist, but versed in mathematics, physics, computer science, and business fundamentals.

Students are advised to not attempt upper division coursework (300 and 400-level classes) until you have earned a GPA of 2.50 or better in all coursework taken at the 1000 and 2000-level. Failure to maintain an overall GPA of 2.00 or better in all coursework will be sufficient cause for being dropped from the program.

The program objectives are the following:

1. Graduates will be situated in growing careers involving design, development, and support of Information Technology Systems.
2. Graduates will perform effectively individually and in teams.
3. Graduates will have demonstrated involvement in high-level technical and leadership roles.
4. Graduates will have accumulated technical expertise to remain globally competitive.

Completion of this program should result in the following student outcomes:

1. An ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline.
2. An ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline.
3. An ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature.
4. An ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes.
5. An ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.