Bachelor’s in Engineering (BSE Degree) | Geneva College

BSE Major

Engineering

Impact society with a versatile and challenging engineering degree.

Earn an Engineering degree at Geneva College and make our world better through innovative research, development, and creation of systems and products. Through collaboration with peers, hands-on learning, or participation in engineering internships, our engineering majors hone their understanding of the essential work needed to lead a well-functioning society. With our ABET-accredited engineering degree program, you create, design, and develop a better tomorrow while actively exploring the relationship between the Christian faith and the built environment.

Through integration of the Christian faith, your engineering degree allows you to give back to your community.

A Leader in Engineering

1 of 15 CCCU schools with an ABET-accredited engineering program

Competitive Hands-On Experience

Geneva competes in national intercollegiate engineering competitions

Project-Based Learning

Hone your engineering skills by working hands-on with companies in the greater Pittsburgh, PA, region by developing innovative solutions to real-world problems

Nationally Ranked Engineering Program

U.S. News and World Report recognizes Geneva as a 2022 national top undergraduate engineering school.

Key Engineering Courses

Solid Mechanics

Participate in hands-on labs where you learn how solid materials change, move, and how to manipulate them

Engineering Calling and Vocation

Meet God’s call to aid others through the development of your engineering capabilities

Christian Ethics and Engineering

Take on complex ethical problems as you learn to practice engineering faithfully

Senior Design

Take on an engaging engineering project for a real client or complete realistic design problems

Experienced & Accomplished Faculty

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Geneva's Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission's General Criteria and Program Criteria for Engineering, General Engineering, Engineering Physics, and Engineering Science.

Engineering students at Geneva earn a BSE degree built around a core engineering curriculum that provides students with broad exposure to the field. Students will also choose a specific concentration by working with an advisor to decide which engineering discipline is right for them.

Engineering Program Educational Objectives

We recognize that our students and graduates make choices and commitments that we do not control. Nevertheless, we state our objectives on the assumption that our graduates stay in the engineering profession and make the choices and commitments that we encourage.

Objectives: Within five years of graduation, graduates of Geneva College’s Engineering program will:

  1. Be employed in the engineering profession and, with experience, assume increasing levels of responsibility.

  2. Obtain professional certifications and/or advanced degrees appropriate to their career path.

  3. Be active members of Christian churches and engaged in church leadership roles, Christian service, and/or community service appropriate to their gifts and opportunities.

Engineering Program ABET Student Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the engineering program, graduates will have achieved the following outcomes:

  1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
  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 and ethically 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 in social and professional spheres, using appropriate learning strategies.
  8. an understanding of the biblical concept of calling, particularly of the calling to be an engineer.
  9. an understanding of the relationship between science, technology, and a Christian worldview.

Engineering Enrollment and Graduation Data

Career Outcomes

What Employers Are Saying As engineers play an integral role in every industry, engineering majors quickly find employment across a variety of fields in the public and private sectors. Moreover, when you earn your general engineering degree, you have the opportunity to branch out into a specialization. This might mean solving problems related to infrastructure as a civil engineer or reducing pollution as an environmental engineer — the choice is yours.

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Record of graduates finding jobs within their field

100+ Years

of engineering at Geneva College

“Geneva’s engineering curriculum and classes gave me a curiosity about how things work, why things are built the way they are, and what happens when they are built differently.” Sam Spear ’91, PE, Senior Engineering Manager

Be Prepared for a Variety of Engineering Careers:

  • Project Manager
  • Product Engineer
  • Systems Engineer
  • Biomedical Engineer
  • Civil Design Engineer
  • Development Engineer
  • Computer Hardware Engineer
  • Environmental Design Engineer

Further Your Engineering Impact...

  • Graduate school
  • Work for companies like IBM, General Electric, and the U.S. Navy

Employers of our engineering graduates say that Geneva students demonstrate subject matter excellence and professional preparation, dependability and strong work ethic, and an exceptional ability to engage others constructively in workplace contexts.

Clubs & Affinity Groups

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American Society of Civil Engineers

Promoting student interaction with each other and members of the engineering profession

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Engineering Ambassadors

Become agents of change through leadership, conversations, presentations, and hands-on activities that explore how engineering impacts society

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Society of Women Engineers

SWE meets weekly throughout the semester for a variety of activities including speaker events, projects, study help sessions, and outreach events

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