Admission
Requirements
Requirements for admission to the University are
described in the front of the Catalog. High school students
applying to the College of Engineering should have completed
trigonometry, physics, and chemistry. The college also uses aptitude
tests and high school records in its screening procedure.
Transfer students must have completed ENG 100, MATH
205 and 206/ 206L, PHYS 170/170L, and CHEM 161/ 161L and 162 or their
equivalents and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
College Requirements
Course work in each curriculum consists of a set of
required courses common to all engineering majors and additional courses
to satisfy departmental requirements. The courses required of all
engineering students, which also satisfies the General Education Core
requirements of the University, consist of the following:
Communications
ENG 100 Expository Writing (3)
Humanities
SP 251 Principles of Effective Public Speaking (3)
Two electives (3/3)
Social Sciences
ECON 120 Introduction to Economics or ECON
130 Principles of Economics (3)
Two electives (3/3)
World Civilizations
HIST 151 World Civilizations I (3)
HIST 152 World Civilizations II (3)
Quantitative and Logical Reasoning
MATH 205 Calculus I (4)
MATH 206 Calculus II (3)
MATH 206L Calculus Computer Lab (1)
MATH 231 Calculus III (3)
MATH 232 Calculus IV (3)
Natural Sciences
CHEM 161/161L, and 162 General Chemistry/Lab (3/1/3)
PHYS 170/170L General Physics I/Lab (4/1)
PHYS 272/272L General Physics II/Lab (3/1)
BS Degree Requirements
The undergraduate curricula are designed to be
completed in eight semesters, but many engineering students take
additional semesters or enroll in summer school to complete degree
requirements.
To receive a bachelor of science degree in
engineering, a student must adhere to the following:
1. Complete the course work for one of the engineering curricula, which
also satisfies all University requirements;
2. Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all registered credit hours; and
3. Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all upper division courses
(numbered 300-499) in mathematics, science, and engineering.
Major Requirements
See appropriate departments for specific major
requirements leading to a bachelors degree.
Other Requirements
Undergraduate engineering students are subject to the
policies of academic probation, suspension, and dismissal of the
University of Hawaii at Manoa as specified in the Catalog. In
addition, engineering students with either a cumulative GPA of less than
2.0 or an upper division GPA of less than 2.0 may be placed on
academic probation. The student must raise his or her cumulative and
upper division (if applicable) GPAs to
2.0 or higher by the end of the probationary semester. Grades of I or W
are not permitted during the probationary semester. Failure to meet any
of the above conditions may result in suspension or dismissal.
Engineering undergraduates may also be suspended when they fail to
achieve a cumulative GPA of at least 1.7 after attempting 24 credit
hours.
Students who are suspended must reapply for admission
to the Office of Admissions and Records within specified deadlines.
Students who do not take courses after being suspended for the required
one semester are eligible to be readmitted to the College of the
Engineering. Suspended students who attend another institution
(including other University of Hawaii system campuses) will be
considered transfer students when reapplying to the University and
must meet the transfer requirements of the College of the Engineering.
Graduate Programs
See appropriate department for specific description
and requirements.
Certificate Programs
Construction Engineering and Management Graduate
Certificate
A candidate for admission must have a bachelors
degree in engineering, architecture, or business administration. A GPA
of 3.0 is required for regular admission. The certificate program
requires 15 credit hours, of which 9 credit hours must be taken from
core graduate construction engineering offerings. The other 6 credits
can be taken from senior-level construction courses and a wide array of
related courses from civil engineering or other departments.
CE 375
Construction Materials and CE 472 Construction Management or equivalents
are mandatory requirements beyond the 15-credit-hour standard.
Applicable credits earned in the certificate program may be
transferred--upon approval of the graduate chair--to a masters degree
in civil engineering provided other requirements for graduate admission
are fulfilled.
Renewable Energy Engineering Graduate Certificate
The certificate program is designed for those students
pursuing advanced degrees in a traditional discipline who also seek to
develop interdisciplinary competence in renewable energy engineering.
Students completing the certificate requirements will gain a rigorous
understanding of the energy sciences, accompanied by an appreciation of
the complex economic and societal issues that surround the coming
transition to an energy economy based on renewable resources. |