

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.
Learn more about the Engineering Studies programFrom research, to study abroad, to community involvement and more, there are many ways to augment your education experience.
Learn more about opportunities“My overall goal is to spark my students’ curiosity and give them the tools to follow that curiosity wherever it leads,” shared Prof. Sarah Appelhans…
“At Lafayette, we integrate arts and humanities, engineering, history, and science in ways that can be difficult to do at larger schools,” shared Benjamin…
As she discovers her passions as a first-gen student at Lafayette, Mariama Bah ’24 is redefining what the term means to her.
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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