Seattle Pacific University Engineering Program
Mission, Goals, and Outcomes

Mission

Preparing engineers with a Christian worldview who are called to serve, equipped to lead and sent to engage the world with their lives and through the appropriate use of technology.


Goals

We believe that achievement and ongoing development of all of the engineering program goals are dependent upon a thorough understanding of the Christian worldview and its implications and relevance for the individual and their interaction with and service to humanity.  Hence our first goal is foundational to all of the rest.

  1. Our graduates will have a thorough understanding of the Christian worldview and its implications and relevance for humanity.

  2.  Our graduates will be competent in the core disciplines of engineering and progressing toward technical excellence.

  3. Our graduates will recognize the need for and have an ability to engage in lifelong learning.
  4. Our graduates will exhibit servant leadership skills.
  5. Our graduates will demonstrate a  knowledge of contemporary issues.
  6. Our graduates will understand and be sensitive to the impact of engineering solutions in a global/societal/community context.
  7. Our graduates will be prepared to be successful in a variety of postgraduate experiences which could include employment in industry, graduate school, missions, medicine and business.

Outcomes

  1. Graduates will demonstrate the necessary math, physics, and engineering skills to solve engineering problems.
  2. Graduates are able to program computers in a current programming language and are highly capable in using modern software and hardware engineering tools.
  3. Graduates are skillful in designing, conducting, and analyzing experiments.
  4. Graduates are able to understand a problem, design and analyze potential solutions and implement and test solutions.
  5. Graduates are able to analyze the successes and failures of a design experience.
  6. Graduates manage projects within time, resource and budgetary constraints.
  7. Graduates successfully lead and work in teams with diverse membership.
  8. Graduates know how to locate and access current information on the state-of-the-art in engineering disciplines.
  9. Graduates are reliable and responsible in meeting their commitments.
  10. Graduates apply their engineering knowledge to practical applications.
  11. Graduates demonstrate an ability to gather information on current events from a wide variety of sources ranging from traditional media to multi-cultural experiences.
  12. Graduates analyze the impact of their engineering decisions on the social and physical environment.
  13. Graduates effectively communicate technical information using a variety of techniques.
  14. Graduates answer oral questions quickly and concisely and are able to explain their thinking.
  15. Graduates are able to articulate Christian perspectives on personal, societal, technical, and theological issues.
     

Kevin Bolding                            September 19, 2004