Celebrating 50 years!
- Uniquely integrating engineering and the liberal arts, the Engineering Studies program has been preparing students to be broadly educated sociotechnical citizens since 1970. Learn more
Engineering Studies
Engineering Studies truly embodies the Lafayette ideal of integrating engineering and the liberal arts. The major 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 the engineering profession.
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. The degree empowers them to meet twenty-first century challenges with the understanding that for technologies to work, complex cultural, political, economic, environmental, and technical dimensions all need to fit together. Our curriculum thus encourages big-picture systems thinking, 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.
EGRS students double major
EGRS students study abroad
Program
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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Opportunities
From research, to study abroad, to community involvement and more, there are many ways to augment your education experience.
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Engineering Programs
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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Contact Information
Benjamin R. Cohen
Chair, Engineering Studies,
304 Acopian Engineering Center
304 Acopian Engineering Center