Engineering students are encouraged to take and pass the FE examination during their last semester in college, or the first year after graduation.
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The Honors College
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- The University of Arizona offers a unique Honors College. The program recognizes the abilities and achievements of high school graduates and offers a variety of special challenges and resources to encourage the full development of academic and interpersonal skills. This program is available to students who meet its entrance requirements. When you apply to the University, you automatically apply to the Honors Program. Notification of acceptance into the UA Honors Program will come in your University of Arizona acceptance letter from the Office of Admissions. If you are already a UA student, you must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better. Transfer students coming from a community college must have 3.70. Transfer students coming from a four-year institution must have a 3.70.
Honors is Enhanced Learning
The highly -motivated students in our engineering classes will design tomorrow's technologies and play key roles in solving the environmental and social problems facing his country. The honors program is directed at nurturing these outstanding students by providing challenging courses that offer opportunities for creative thought and deeper understanding of engineering principles.
What's In It for You?
As an honors student, you may enjoy privileges not always granted to other undergraduates - specially designed classes and individual attention from professors. Many of these classes are smaller and more stimulating than traditional ones. You have access to honors computer lab in Kaibab-Huachuca Halls and the Engineering Building. You are eligible to live in the Honors residence halls (Yuma,Yavapai, and Kaibab-Huachuca), and have extended library privileges -- the same as graduate students. You can compete for honors research grants and scholarships, and enjoy access to personalized advising, and a wide range of enriching cultural activities. Your degree will note that you graduated with honors, a distinction that will remain with you throughout your career.
The Honors College Offers More
As an engineering honors student, you not only belong to the family of top students within your major, but you are part of the larger university-wide honors program as well. This makes you eligible for many other programs and privileges. You are encouraged to participate in the many academically enriching activities offered by the Honors College each semester, including the Honors Forum Luncheon Series. The Honors College also serves as a clearinghouse for some undergraduate research opportunities.
ENGR 196A, B: Your Start in Honors
In this two-semester freshman course, you learn about the kinds of skills engineers need, what the engineering work place is all about, and the work that various engineers do. It provides a firm basis for deciding what kind of engineer you want to be. Guest speakers from the campus and industry give you insights into the exciting and challenging projects that engineers tackle. Tours of campus engineering facilities - from the nuclear reactor to wind tunnels to the microelectronics clean room - provide an overview of the engineering facilities available on campus. The course also stimulates your creativity with written assignments, and it carries two units of honors credit (1 per semester).
ENGR 196A, B: Your Start in Honors
In this two-semester freshman course, you learn about the kinds of skills engineers need, what the engineering work place is all about, and the work that various engineers do. It provides a firm basis for deciding what kind of engineer you want to be. Guest speakers from the campus and industry give you insights into the exciting and challenging projects that engineers tackle. Tours of campus engineering facilities - from the nuclear reactor to wind tunnels to the microelectronics clean room - provide an overview of the engineering facilities available on campus. The course also stimulates your creativity with written assignments, and it carries two units of honors credit (1 per semester).
Meet the Research Challenge
Undergraduate research is your best opportunity to get "hands-on" experience in engineering before you graduate. It is often fun, sometimes frustrating, usually quite stimulating, and may lead to work that is published in scholarly journals. Research makes class work more interesting and relevant, and may allow you to earn money or receive credit while working in your major area of study. After you graduate, your research experience will broaden your opportunities in industry, and enlarge the pool of graduate schools from which you can choose.
We Focus on Engineering Design
Engineering design classes - in which you design systems, components and processes to solve real-life problems - qualify for honors credit because they require the kind of creativity and understanding typical of honors classes. Design class project reports often can provide the material needed for your honors thesis as well. This means you need only 14 more units in honors classes outside your required engineering courses to graduate with honors. Honors classes are offered in many areas such as math, chemistry, and the humanities.
A Special Program for Engineers
To graduate with honors, and an engineering degree, you must:
· Maintain a 3.5 GPA
· Complete a degree in one of the majors listed below. (This automatically supplies 16 of the 30 units needed for an honors degree.)
[ Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geological Engineering, Industrial Engineering
Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Optical Science & Engineering, Systems Engineering ]
· Submit a bound copy of your honors thesis to the Honors College. (Normally, the senior design project required by your major satisfies this thesis requirement.)
· Complete an additional 14 units of honors courses (or 9 units of honors courses if you enter as a junior or senior).
Honors is for all majors
Students in Environmental Hydrology, Engineering Math, and Engineering Physics can earn an honors degree by completing the general requirements by the Honors College.
