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Introduction to Ocean Engineering Program

The undergraduate program in ocean engineering emphasizes ocean engineering fundamentals while offering interdisciplinary opportunities for focused study in civil, electrical, environmental, or mechanical engineering, as well as marine sciences.

Program Educational Objectives

The ocean engineering program seeks to provide an environment that enables students to pursue their goals in an innovative, rigorous, and challenging program with a diversity of offerings. The program has the following major educational objectives, with the expectation that alumni will have successful careers in the many diverse areas of the ocean engineering profession. Within a few years of obtaining a bachelor's degree in ocean engineering, we expect our graduates to have the following attributes:

• Depth: To be effective in applying ocean engineering principles in engineering practice or for advanced study in ocean engineering.
• Breadth: To have a productive career in the many diverse fields of ocean engineering such as coastal engineering, ocean acoustics, offshore structures, and marine renewable energy, or in the pursuit of graduate education in disciplines that include marine science, engineering, medicine, law, or business.
• Professionalism: To function effectively in the complex modern work environment with the ability to assume professional leadership roles.

Student Learning Outcomes

The Student Outcomes consist of the ABET 1-7 general requirements for all engineering programs with four additional outcomes specific to the Ocean Engineering program which are subsets of (1). These outcomes include:

1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and math.

• Knowledge of fluid mechanics and hydrostatics with depth in at least one.
• An ability to apply solid mechanics and dynamics through multivariate calculus and differential equations.
• Knowledge of oceanography, water waves, and underwater acoustics.
• Ability to apply probability and applied statistics.

2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.