Evolution of Engineering and Public Policy Undergraduate Program at Carnegie Mellon University

摘要

The undergraduate program in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University is a unique additional major program for students earning a BS degree in a traditional engineering field. Started in 1969, the program continues today with the aim of expanding the skill set of traditional engineers to better address today's technological issues as they relate to society and policy. The premise of the undergraduate program in EPP is that engineering does not operate in a vacuum separate from society. The program has been educating engineers to broadly approach engineering problems, to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, and to consider non-technical perspectives, long before the characteristics of the "Engineer of 2020" was ever defined.