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Engineering Pathway Who is this course for?
About the Engineering Pathway
The specialized Pre-Engineering and Engineering Pathways Program offered at Concordia College, New York provides a direct path to a top 20 Engineering school as well as to other prestigious Engineering schools in the US.
You will enroll for your degree in New York at Concordia College. During your time at Concordia, you will be following a carefully devised curriculum for mechanical or civil engineering. After 5 semesters, you will fulfill certain credit and grade point average requirements to transfer to Valparaiso University — ranked 18 nationally for engineering — to complete your degree.
Key Facts Integrating Liberal Arts in Engineering Studies
Start dates: Fall Semester
Together with a civil or mechanical engineering degree from the renowned Valparaiso University, students will also obtain an associate degree in Liberal Arts from Concordia College.
Locations offered:
Concordia College (Kings New York)
Admission: à Conditional: GPA 2.50, TOEFL iBT 20 or completion of UPP level 4 à Unconditional: GPA 2.50 and TOEFL iBT 74 or higher Length: 4.5 to 5 years to earn a bachelor’s degree in Engineering
As Liberal arts education cultivates critical thinking and communication skills, upon completing this rigorous curriculum, students will grow into professionals equipped with problem-identifying and solving abilities. Engineering Pathway Course Offerings at Concordia College l Computer programming I - Python l Intro to Structures l Technical Writing l Application in chemistry for engineering l Mechanics of Materials l Dynamics l Physics Experiment I l Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering l Differential Equations l Thermodynamics l Computer Aided Design (Autocad, l Physics II Electricity, Mag, and Optics Solid Works)
Guaranteed transfer to Valparaiso University Kings is delighted to offer international students a guaranteed, direct pathway to Valparaiso University for Engineering as a mechanical and civil engineering major. Students can spend their first two and a half years at Concordia College with the support of Kings advisors on site. Upon successful completion of these five semesters, they will then have the option to transfer to the Top 18 undergraduate engineering school. Quick Facts about Valparaiso Engineering à #18 in Best Undergraduate Engineering * à #13 in Mechanical Engineering * à #5 in Regional Universities Midwest à #5 (tie) in Best Undergraduate Teaching à More than 70 majors offered in 5 undergraduate colleges à Graduate school offering 40+ programs and 2 doctorate degrees à 310 full-time faculty à 88% hold Ph.D. or terminal degree in their field à 11:1 student-faculty ratio à 20 average class size à 100% of courses are taught by professors
à Average starting salary for Engineering students: $59,659 ** à Placement Rate for graduates: 97.3% ** à 97% of graduates are employed or enrolled in graduate school within 6 months of graduation à 85% of pre-med students are admitted to medical school à 50% of Valparaiso alumni hold at least one graduate degree à Alumni network numbers more than 60,000 à Featured employers: Accenture, Boeing, General Motors, Indiana Department of Transportation, Motorola, NASA, Toyota, Texas Instruments, Raytheon and Chrysler *
Ranking taken from US News & World Report 2019
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Based on 2016 to 2017 graduates
Guaranteed transfer requirements to Valparaiso University à Successfully complete the mathematics and general education courses outlined in the Combined Plan Curriculum Guide à Maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (including all Pre-Engineering Science and Mathematics prerequisites) à Provide two positive letters of recommendation, one from a science professor, the other from a mathematics professor