A common first semester Some students enter college confident
that a specific engineering discipline is right for them. Other
students know they want to be engineers, but are uncertain which
discipline to pursue. Some, too, think they want to be
engineers, but don't know what being an engineer means.
Bucknell's curriculum is designed to meet the needs of all these
students. Every entering engineering student takes the same
courses in their first semester – calculus, physics, English
literature and composition, and Exploring Engineering. (Those
scoring well on Advanced Placement tests may receive credit for
some introductory courses.) Bucknell is proud of its Exploring
Engineering course. Team-taught by faculty from each department
in the College of Engineering, it is open to liberal arts
students as well as engineers. Lectures, design projects and
group activities instill a grasp of engineering problem-solving,
the profession as a whole, and the various disciplines. Chemical
engineers spend much of their firs