Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Aims and Objectives
The aims and objectives of the University of
Puerto Rico as pertaining to its Mayagüez
Campus, of which the College of Engineering
constitutes a major educational division, are
expressed in Section 12 of the amended
University Law, as follows:
"The principal function of the College of
Agriculture & Mechanic Arts at Mayagüez shall
be, without excluding other scientific and classic
studies and including military science, to teach
those branches of knowledge related to
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with the purpose
of encouraging the liberal and practical
education of the industrial classes. This is in
accordance with the provisions of the
congressional law known as the Second Morrill
Act as amended by Congress in 1907."
Following this educational directive, engineering
curricula have been designed to provide a firm
educational foundation upon which engineering
graduates can build social and professional
competence after leaving college and become
men and women of high value to modern
society.
The various engineering curricula are the result
of an intense study and a careful appraisal of the
present technological education, and of the
changing and diverse nature of the needs of
modern industry.
The engineering curricula, accordingly,
emphasizes the following:
1. A thorough and integrated mastery of both
basic and engineering sciences. This is obtained
through a subset of integrated courses in
mathematics, physics, mechanics and materials,
fluid mechanics, electricity, and
thermodynamics. These will provide the
scientific approach to the solution of problems
and the basic knowledge to support the
superstructure of specialization encountered in
engineering practice.
2. An integrated application of both basic and
engineering sciences to the analysis and design
of engineering systems. This is obtained during
the last two years of study through a series of
courses within the student's major field. In this
process of learning, the student acquires the
ability to think clearly and logically, to evaluate,
to discriminate, and to exercise originality and
resourcefulness to accomplish objectives.
3. A fairly comprehensive understanding of
human desires and aspirations, human
convictions, and human behavior under varying
circumstances. This is obtained through a series
of integrated courses in the humanities and
behavioral sciences, including history,
economics, literature, psychology, and the social
sciences. These are recognized as indispensable
to the proper education of engineers not only
because of their practical application in
industrial, business, and civic life, but also
because they provide a breadth of knowledge
that enriches a person's private life.
Student Chapters of Honorary and
Professional Societies
• American Chemical Society Student
Affiliate
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• American Society for Quality Control
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society of Heating,
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Engineers
• American Society of Mechanical
Engineering
• Asociación de Agrimensores de P.R.
• Asociación de Estudiantes de Ingeniería de
Computadoras
• Asociación de Estudiantes Graduados
Ingeniería Civil
• ALPHA PI MU Industrial Engineering
Honor Society
• Institute of Industrial Engineers
• Instituto de Ingenieros Civiles del C.I.A.P.R.
• Instituto de Ingenieros Electricistas y
Electrónicos
• Instituto de Ingenieros Mecánicos
• Instituto de Ingenieros Químicos
• National Engineering Honor Society TAU
BETA PI
• Sociedad de Ingenieros Manufactureros
• Sociedad de Ingenieros de Puerto Rico
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