SEAS Student Handbook 2020-2021

on a nationwide basis. Completion of an accredited program of study is usually the first
step toward a professional engineering license.
Advanced study in engineering at a graduate school sometimes presupposes the
completion of an accredited program of undergraduate study.
The following undergraduate programs are accredited by the EAC of ABET: Biomedical
Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Earth and Environmental
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
Policy on Degree Requirements
The Committee on Instruction and faculty of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering
and Applied Science review degree requirements and curricula matters each year,
and the Academic Bulletin reflects these faculty recommendations and curricular
changes in its yearly reprinting. School policy requires students to fulfill all general
degree requirements as stated in the Academic Bulletin of the first year of their
matriculation into the School. Students declare their major during the first semester of
their sophomore year. Requirements for the major or minor are in accordance with the
Academic Bulletin during the year in which the student declares the major or minor.
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