It doesn’t take an extensive internet search to discover that engineering has become one of the most rapidly and broadly expanding STEM fields.
Engineering has been on an upswing in recent years, birthing new applications, pursuits and solutions from within and beyond its traditional specialties.
That progress has intertwined with related advances in technologies that impact not only major industries but many areas of modern life.
Such trends are reflected by the emergence of new concentration areas in engineering studies and research training in higher education — including in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University.
For example, at ASU’s West Valley campus, the Fulton Schools is adding three new undergraduate degree programs that will prepare students to ride the wave of the engineering profession’s increasing opportunities.
The new programs include a Bachelor of Science in engineering science, with a focus on microelectronics, and a Bachelor of Science in engineering science, with a focus on business, offered by the new School of Integrated Engineering, part of the Fulton Schools.
There’s also a new Bachelor of Arts in computer science degree program, a joint venture of the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, part of the Fulton Schools, and ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.
“Our hope is that this Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science will offer increased flexibility for students who are on a less technical career path and provide additional options for those who live in the West Valley,” says Ross Maciejewski, director of the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence.
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