What is Integrated Engineering?
Earning a BS/BA in Engineering prepares students to tackle the world’s most complicated problems and help design a sustainable future. Integrated engineers see the world differently. Rather than focusing on one aspect of a problem, they understand the big picture. This requires not only a strong technical foundation across multiple areas of science and engineering, but also an understanding of the profound impact engineers have on society.
BS/BA
Dual Degree
5
Concentrations
ABET
Accreditation
147
Units (Hours)
Broad Technical Foundation
What do Integrated Engineers do?
As an integrated engineer, you will develop a broad technical foundation that prepares you for a range of engineering professions. You will also pursue coursework that gives you deep subject matter expertise in an area of your interest. We offer hands-on experience and career-building opportunities that will set you on a trajectory for success. Our unique curriculum not only exposes students to multiple areas across engineering, but also reinforces the ways in which synthesizing these skills is critical to the success of engineering projects.
Your Pathway to Success
See what it takes to be an integrated engineer
With effective and caring faculty who are invested in their students, small class sizes, a background in the liberal arts and a solid foundation of mathematical, computational, technical and hands-on skills, our graduates emerge from our nationally-ranked engineering program prepared with confidence and the technical prowess to launch their careers.
GENG 250 Integrated Approach to Energy
Students explore the fundamental operating principles underlying various types of power generation, examine the global energy landscape and consider contemporary sociotechnical challenges related to energy.
GENG 350 Engineering and Social Justice
Students will develop critical thinking skills to apply social justice issues to the context of engineering designs, systems and practices.
GENG 360 Experimental Engineering
Students are introduced to fundamental principles of data acquisition and instrumentation through hands-on experiments that reinforce the interdisciplinary nature of engineering problem solving.
Explore your concentration options
Develop Subject Matter Expertise
To complement your broad foundation, the integrated engineering curriculum includes a concentration area to provide you with expertise in a particular area of study. Students studying within the integrated engineering department may choose from the following concentrations:
Combined Master's in Engineering Sustainability and Health
For USD Engineering (Integrated) majors interested in pursuing a Master of Science in Engineering Sustainability and Health (MESH), there is an option that allows students to apply units to both their undergraduate degree and their graduate degree. Integrated engineering students can take up to six (6) units of MESH coursework (GENG 350 as equivalent to ESH 501 and 502) and apply those units to their undergraduate degree requirements. Additionally, students who apply to, and are accepted by, the MESH program can take an additional six (6) units of coursework in the MESH program and apply it to their undergraduate degree requirements. In both cases, those MESH units also apply to their MESH degree requirements.
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Become an Integrated Engineer
Our career professionals, advisors and faculty are here to help you navigate and access the multitude of resources you'll need to thrive academically. They'll help you map out the right path for you, from your first year through graduation — and beyond. For more information about the program or if you have any questions, we encourage you to contact us directly at IntEng@sandiego.edu.