Engineering PLUS – Flexibility!

The bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 is resulting in significant investments to strengthen American manufacturing of semiconductors and microelectronics. A selection of courses from electrical and computer engineering, materials science and engineering, physics and supply chain management will prepare you for a variety of careers in this expanding industry.

The Industrial Engineering Minor is a transdisciplinary collaboration between COBE and COEN designed to prepare students with the tools, skills, analytical, and managerial capabilities necessary for the design, optimization, and management of complex manufacturing, service and supply chain systems. Industrial Engineers focus on the increasing efficiency in a wide variety of industrial sectors and are specifically educated to be productivity and quality improvement specialists.

Do you dream of changing the shape of education for young people? The  Engineering Plus Secondary Education Degree offers you many educational options. It prepares you to become certified to teach in a 6-12 grade setting and sets the stage for graduate work in engineering education. See the approved curriculum plan for Secondary Education Engineering.

Engineers make a wide variety of contributions to our quality of life. Ensuring sustainable solutions to complex problems is an essential part of engineering in the 21st century. Coursework in Urban Studies, Environmental Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, and Public policy can provide a breadth of education that complements engineering work in renewable energy, sustainable materials, and environmental engineering.  Students might be interested in the Sustainability Minor or the Environmental Studies Minor.

Build on the strong foundation of an Engineering core with natural and physical sciences, sustainability, policy, communication, and community engagement to meet your unique career goals and interests.  Add to that Boise State’s Design Engineering courses and you have the formula to apply your knowledge to real solutions to environmental issues. Because environmental studies can take students in a wide variety of directions each requiring different pre-requisite courses, we recommend that you consult with us about your interests.  We’ll help you plan how to make your Environmental PLUS.

Innovation + human experience is what this field is all about.  Use your engineering foundation PLUS courses in design ethnography, engineering design, psychology, and others to position yourself in this growing creative field. UX designers traditionally worked in human-computer interaction, but this field has expanded into almost every industry. Learn more about UX and, if it sounds like something you’d like to know more about, let’s talk!

With a degree in Engineering Plus Robotics you can play a role in providing tremendous benefits for humanity. Robotics are increasingly being integrated into our everyday lives to increase human capacity in ways that have only a few years ago only existed in science-fiction. Robotics can help reduce human error, increase precision, increase safety, and more in a wide variety of industries and areas of our lives.

Cybersecurity is critical to all industries as well as government, health care and education. By combining a B.S. in Engineering with a cybersecurity minor and/or the cyber operations certificate students will be well prepared for a wide variety of positions and careers.

Engineering PLUS Business is a wise PLUS for students interested in moving into leadership or management roles as an engineer. Our plus option makes it possible for engineering students to earn a certificate in Business Bridge to Career or to complete the Harvard Business School’s Credential of Readiness through its collaboration with the Boise State College of Innovation and Design.

Did you know that engineering offers excellent preparation for careers in medicine? If you are interested in a graduate degree in the bio-mechanical field, becoming a Physician’s Assistant, working in orthopedics, or becoming a medical doctor, your Engineering PLUS degree is an excellent springboard. The recommended pre-requites for medical school admission and MCAT preparation mesh well with the Engineering Plus degree and prepare you for multiple medical pathways after its completion.

Imagine being part of the engineering design team that helped design a tactile emoticon embedded into the Braille system for people who cannot see or working with AI researchers to teach a computer how to interpret human emotions. These developments are happening NOW and people with a background in Engineering PLUS behavioral sciences such as psychology are at the center of these teams.