Source (2025): https://calstatela.curriculog.com/proposal:17631/form

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

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

Fit with the Institutional Mission or Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO) 

1- Knowledge Mastery of content and process of inquiry

The proposed changes to include additional elective courses (ME/EE/CS 3420, and ME 4400) all go directly to improving student mastery of mechanical engineering in their field of interest. The addition of these elective courses will improve student’s knowledge in the field of robotics with ME/EE/CS 3420, and in the field of machine and vehicle design with ME 4400. These elective courses will better prepare them to address modern engineering challenges and issues in their respective industries.

2. Proficiency: Intellectual skills

The new proposed elective will improve students’ engineering analysis and design skills through real-world design problems. These elective courses will strengthen the elective offer and will help students to form “concentrations” within specific areas of mechanical engineering (i.e., robotics and machine and vehicle desigin) to strengthen their skillsets and proficiency with specific areas of mechanical engineering.

3. Place and Community: Urban and global mission

The change proposed aims to better prepare students to address real-world engineering challenges that face our communities and global environment. Using real-world examples, students will be exposed to how their engineering decisions will impact society and how socially responsible engineering decisions are based on reliable engineering analysis knowledge and skills.

4. Transformation: Integrative learning:

The changes proposed will enhance students’ understanding of the world around them in the context of robotics and vehicle industries. The change will reinforce their sense of why the products put forth by engineers are designed the way they are and how their integrated knowledge and skills will better serve society by engineering reliable and sustainable solutions for a rapidly changing world.