Engineering Studies embodies the Lafayette ideal of integrating engineering and the liberal arts.
Students with this interdisciplinary bachelor of arts degree are bridge builders between communities, translators across sectors, and future managers and leaders who understand engineering as a liberal art. Toward those ends, the program provides students with a technical background in engineering fundamentals paired with substantial coursework in humanities, social science, and the natural sciences that graduates often use for careers inside and beyond technical professions. Engineering Studies students appreciate that for technologies to work, complex cultural, political, economic, environmental, and technical dimensions all need to work together. The curriculum encourages big-picture systems thinking combined with a sociotechnical perspective that teaches students to see problems through a multi-faceted lens as varied as their personal interests, from economics and finance to art, architecture, sustainability, and more.
The Engineering Studies Program brings together the four divisions of campus—engineering, humanities, science, social sciences—for a truly liberal arts education.
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From research, to study abroad, to community involvement and more, there are many ways to augment your education experience.
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Engineering studies major tells President Hurd how the Dyer Center and Gateway Carer Center helped her find her passions and path to success at Lafayette…
Lafayette College Profs. Jenn Rossmann and Benjamin Cohen discuss how transcontinental railroad contributed to structural racism in Fast Company article…
Remy Oktay ’24 uses resourcefulness, sustainability, and imagination to convert a bus into a livable space.
The programs are grounded in Lafayette’s traditional strength in discipline-specific engineering and complemented by the College’s excellence in the liberal arts.
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