Professionalism & Citizenship
Professionalism & Citizenship
Technical Communication
Freshman Professionalism & Citizenship Humanities
Instruction and practice in technical writing, oral presentations, graphical data communication, and formal engineering report preparation.
Ethics: Society & The Profession
Senior Professionalism & Citizenship Humanities
Investigates major moral philosophies and case studies across engineering, science, and business to evaluate the ethical codes governing the engineering profession.
Professional Presentations
Senior Professionalism & Citizenship Humanities
Prepares seniors to deliver polished, high-impact oral presentations of their thesis work to faculty, classmates, and distinguished industry guests.
Political Philosophy
Freshman Professionalism & Citizenship Humanities
Historical analysis of major Western political theorists from Plato to Burke, exploring justice, human nature, law, and the social contract.
Western Cultural Tradition I
Sophomore Professionalism & Citizenship Humanities
Traces the development of Classical and Romantic worldviews through literature, art, architecture, and music from antiquity to the 19th century.
Western Cultural Tradition II
Sophomore Professionalism & Citizenship Humanities
Examines late-nineteenth and twentieth-century Modernism through literature, visual arts, music, architecture, and film.
Humanities / Social Science Elective
Junior Professionalism & Citizenship Humanities
Elective course chosen from a specialized list of humanities and social science topics taught by full-time and expert visiting faculty.
Senior Seminar
Senior Professionalism & Citizenship Leadership & Career
Weekly seminars led by guest executives covering personal finance, real estate, entrepreneurship, business operations, and industry trends.
Monday & Zeien Lecture Series
Freshman Junior Senior Sophomore Professionalism & Citizenship Leadership & Campus Life
Mandatory weekly lectures and signature evening addresses featuring distinguished figures from industry, academia, government, and the arts.
Engineering Site Visits
Freshman Junior Senior Sophomore Professionalism & Citizenship Professional Experience
Inspection trips to regional shipyards, drydocks, manufacturing plants, and active commercial and naval vessels to connect theory to practice.
Winter Work Program
Freshman Junior Senior Sophomore Professionalism & Citizenship Professional Experience
Four required eight-week winter internships spanning shipyard trades, sea term cadet placement, and professional engineering office work.
Critical Thinking and Analysis
Junior Professionalism & Citizenship Humanities
Examines verbal and visual communication methods to evaluate source material, distinguish objective facts from false narratives, and form valid arguments.
