Program Educational Objectives and Student Outcomes

Within this context, the program goal of the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department is to provide its students with a well-balanced, high-quality education that will:

  • permit them to practice environmental engineering at a professional level
  • prepare them for graduate study
  • promote life-long learning and continuing professional development
  • provide them with the skills and knowledge necessary to develop into active contributors to the economic and social vitality of the region

To accomplish this Program Goal, the CEE Department’s and ABET Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) are as follows:

  • Graduates, who wish to pursue professional employment, will obtain a position in Environmental Engineering or related engineering field, and will be successful in that position.
  • Graduates will pursue lifelong learning, professional development, and registration as appropriate for their employers.
  • Graduates will engage in service activities related to their profession.

The student outcomes for the BSE degree in environmental engineering at UMass Lowell are as follows:

At graduation students should possess:

  1. an ability to identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science and mathematics.
  2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors.
  3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
  4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental and societal contexts.
  5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks and meet objectives.
  6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
  7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.