ELITE Project

Welcome to the home page of a revolutionary project dedicated to Engineering with a LIberal and Technical Education (ELITE). In connection with this project, the University of Arizona is offering an innovative program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering. Please browse this page, call us or send us e-mail at ELITE@sie.arizona.edu to find out more about exciting opportunities for combining engineering and liberal arts education.

• Project Goals
• Why B.A. in Engineering ?
• Example Programs
• ELITE News
• 1997-98 ELITE Seminars
• 1998-99 ELITE Seminars
• New Version of  Schedule Planning Tools (Jan. 1999)
• Old Version of  Schedule Planning (August 1997)
• Project Team

Project Goals  Help undergraduate students combine liberal arts and engineering education Help prepare leaders with excellent communication skills.  Provide strong mentoring, advising and student placement.  Provide opportunities for faculty to collaborate across disciplines. Increase resources through research and industrial partnerships.  Improve visibility of the University.

Why Bachelor of Arts in Engineering?

The new Bachelor of Arts in Engineering will enable students at the University of Arizona to plan a course of study that reflects their interests in the arts, humanities, business or social sciences, and applications of engineering methods to these disciplines. By providing a well rounded education that combines the quantitative analytical approach of engineering with the societal and cultural dimensions of the traditional liberal arts, the ELITE program will prepare graduates who have the breadth of vision to lead this nation into the twenty-first century. The project will include an innovative seminar series that provides an in-depth examination of the social context within which engineering is carried out. Graduates of this program are expected to be involved in the service sector, with applications in banking, entertainment, finance, healthcare, public policy and many more.

What new doors will the new degree open?

The new degree is designed for the student to focus on some aspect of engineering and complement it with a liberal arts background that may be of interest to the student. On a campus with such a diversity of educational opportunities, the choice of focus and complementary areas are limited only by one's imagination. Some examples are given below.
 

Focus: Operations Research  Complementary: Finance  Focus: Transportation  Complementary: Planning  Focus: Software Systems  Complementary: Art  Focus: Artificial Intelligence  Complementary: Philosophy  Focus: Water Resources  Complementary: Policy Focus: Digital Systems  Complementary: Music  Focus: Image Processing  Complementary: Photography  And, many more ...

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Profile of the Team

The project team consists of Professors S. Sen, W.R. Ferrell, J.B. Goldberg, J.L. Higle, and
K.L. Head, all of the SIE Department, University of Arizona.

• Other Educational Innovation by Team Members
• Non-majors M.S. program (W.R. Ferrell, Anderson Award Co-receipient)
• CoEM Workshop for Women and Minorities (J.B. Goldberg)
• Development of Freshman Computer Lab. (J.B. Goldberg)
• NSF Tutorials on Stochastic Optimization (S. Sen and J.L. Higle)
• Dept. of Education (GAANN) Five-Year Fellowships (S. Sen is Co-PI)
• Publications by Team Members
• Over 100 research publications, 2 books and 3 edited volumes
• Research Funding of Team Members (Past 5 years)
• Over 1.3 million dollars of NSF funding
• Other sources include Department of Education, Federal Highway Administration, AT&T, Hughes and others.

Sen's Page