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About Engineering Technology 

Introduction

Engineering and technical education have undergone considerable change in the last 25 years. The complexities of space exploration, nuclear power, communications systems, environmental control, information processing, transportation systems and manufacturing have demanded a great increase in the involvement of professional engineers in theoretical and analytical work. This has resulted in a much greater emphasis upon research and development, science and mathematics in traditional engineering curricula. At the same time, after the more complex devices and systems have been engineered, their design, development and operation require the sophisticated knowledge and skills of practitioners of what might be called the "applied engineering sciences." Programs dedicated to fulfilling this need have developed rapidly across the United States. The aim and content of these programs are distinctly different from professional engineering curricula.

To provide the appropriate distinction from both theoretical-professional engineers and from engineering technicians who are graduated from the two-year technical institutes, the designation "engineering technologist" is being used throughout the United States for the graduates of four-year applied engineering or "engineering technology" curricula.

The two-year community and technical college engineering technology programs in North Carolina and in many other states provide an excellent foundation for four-year baccalaureate engineering technology curricula. Students completing those programs of study leading to the Associate in Applied Science degree may be admitted as juniors in the BSET program at UNC Charlotte.  Students desiring to complete all four years of the BSET degree at UNC Charlotte must meet general requirements for admission to the University as freshmen.

UNC Charlotte offers four curricula leading to a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology (B.S.E.T.) Degree: Civil Engineering Technology (emphases on general Civil and Construction); Electrical Engineering Technology (emphases on Electronics and Computer Technology); Fire Safety Engineering Technology; and Mechanical Engineering Technology.  Civil Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, and Mechanical Engineering Technology are accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD, 21202.

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