The Educational Objectives for the Ocean Engineering Program are to graduate students who:
I. Gain employment as practicing professionals in the specialty areas within the field of ocean engineering including: underwater acoustics, ocean and coastal protection, coastal structures, marine structures, port-harbor, ocean modeling, coastal management, ocean environmental control, and ocean engineering design.
II. Work professionally and to pursue higher education in the field of ocean engineering.
Student Outcomes
The graduates of the Bachelor of Science program in Ocean Engineering will have:
a) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and basic engineering;
b) An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data;
c) 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;
d) An ability to function and corporation on multi-disciplinary teams, such as procurement of work, bidding versus quality-based selection processes, and the interactions of design and construction professionals in executing a project;
e) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems;
f) An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility;
g) An ability to communicate effectively (oral and writing);
h) The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context;
i) A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning;
j) A knowledge of contemporary issues;
k) An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice;
l) Knowledge and the skills to apply the principles of fluid and solid mechanics, dynamics, hydrostatics, probability and applied statistics to engineering problems;
m) Knowledge and the skills to apply the principles of oceanography, water waves, and underwater acoustics to engineering problems;
n) The ability to work in groups to perform engineering design at the system level, integrating multiple technical areas and addressing design optimization.