Examples of Programs

The LA&E degree program is designed to be flexible. However, LA&E must introduce the two cornerstones of engineering, engineering science and design, in a meaningful way, and it must also provide a substantive treatment of humanistic, social, and business factors related to engineering and technology. Table 1 presents three examples of how students might construct a program.

BA in Liberal & Engineering Studies

3 hypothetical Examples

15 Units	ECE Design Example	Energy and Environment Example	Engineering and Pre-Law Example
WPI General Education Institutional Requirements (5 Units)
1 H&A	HU&A of student’s choice	HI 1332	HI 2317
2 H&A	HU&A of student’s choice	HI 2324	EN/WR 2211
3 H&A	HU&A of student’s choice	HI 2331	EN/WR 3214
4 H&A	HU&A of student’s choice	HI 2334	EN/WR 3216
5 H&A	HU&A of student’s choice	HI 3331	RH 3112
6 H&A	Project	Project	Project
7 SS	SS	PSY 1402	SOC 1202
8 SS	SS	SS/ID 2050	GOV 1301
9 PE	PE	PE	PE
10 Free Elective	Free Elective	Free Elective	Free Elective
11 Free Elective	Free Elective	Free Elective	Free Elective
12 Free Elective	Free Elective	Free Elective	Free Elective
13 IQP	IQP	IQP	IQP
14 IQP	IQP	IQP	IQP
15 IQP	IQP	IQP	IQP
Mathematics and Science (3 Units)
16 Math & Science	MA 1021	MA 1021	MA 1021
17 Math & Science	MA 1022	MA 1022	MA 1022
18 Math & Science	MA 1024	MA 1024	MA 1024
19 Math & Science	MA 2051	MA 2051	MA 2051
20 Math & Science	MA 2611	MA 2611	MA 2611
21 Math & Science	CH 1010	CH 1010	CH 1010
22 Math & Science	PH 1110	CH 1020	BB 1035
23 Math & Science	PH 1120	PH 1110	PH 1110
24 Math & Science	BB 1001	PH 1120	PH 1120
Engineering Studies Cornerstone (3 Units)
Theme	ECE	Energy	Eng Science and Design
25 Engineering Sci/Des	ECE 2011	ES 3001	ES 1020
26 Engineering Sci/Des	ECE 2022	ES 3003	ES 1310
27 Engineering Sci/Des	ECE 2111	ES 3004	ES 2001
28 Engineering Sci/Des	ECE 2311	ES 2501	ES 2501
29 Engineering Sci/Des	ECE 2201	ECE 2011	ES 2502
30 Engineering Sci/Des	ECE 2801	ECE 2111	ES 2503
31 Engineering Sci/Des	ECE 2112	ECE 3501	ES 3003
32 Engineering Sci/Des	ECE 2799 (design)	ME 2300 (design)	ME 2300 (design)
33 Engineering Sci/Des	CS 1101	CS 1101	CS 1101
Liberal Studies Cornerstone (3 Units)
Theme	Social, Humanistic, Business Factors of Design	Environment and Policy	Pre Law
34 Liberal Studies	PY 2714 Ethics in the Professions	PY 2717 Phil.& Environ.	GOV 1303 American Pub. Policy
35 Liberal Studies	HI 1332 History of Technology	GOV 2311 Ev. Policy & Law	GOV 1310 Law, Courts, Politics
36 Liberal Studies	HI 3331 Topics in Society/Technology Studies	PSY 2405 EV Problems & Human Cognition	GOV 2313 Intellectual Property Law
37 Liberal Studies	STS 2208 Society-Technology Debate	GOV 2312 International EV Policy	GOV 2314 Cyberlaw and Policy
38 Liberal Studies	GOV 2302 Science and Technology Policy	HI 3333 American Tech. Development	GOV 2304 Govt. Decision making and Admin Law
39 Liberal Studies	STS 2209 Conflict and Cooperation in R&D Settings	GOV 2302 Science and Technology Policy	STS 2209 Conflict and Cooperation in R&D Settings
40 Liberal Studies	OIE 2850 Engineering Economics	OIE 2850 Engineering Economics	BUS 2950 Bus Law & Ethics
41 Liberal Studies	BUS 2950 Business Law and Ethics	BUS 2950 Business Law & Ethics	OIE 2850 Eng’g Economics
42 Liberal Studies	ETR 3910 Recognizing and Evaluating New Venture Opportunities	MIS 3720 Bus. Data Mgt	FIN 2250 Financial System of the US
MQP - aimed at confluence of engineering and liberal studies cornerstones (1 Unit)
43 MQP	MQP	MQP	MQP
44 MQP	MQP	MQP	MQP
45 MQP	MQP	MQP	MQP

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