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The Engineering Graphics and Design Technology curriculum deals with design communication related to product and tooling activities of industry including documentation methods, graphic science, computer-aided design, industrial processes, and materials. Selection of approved electives allows tailoring the thrust of the program toward cast metals, plastics processing, ergonomics, or automotive systems.

The program prepares students to assume such leadership roles as product designers, documentation and standards supervisors, technical publication specialists, or administrators. They are prepared to enter a variety of jobs such as supervision, quality control, and marketing in manufacturing-related industries.

The educational objectives of the Engineering Graphics and Design Technology program are:

1. Produce job-ready graduates for careers benefiting from engineering design technology knowledge, skills, and abilities.
2. Enable student competency in deploying state-of-the-art systems for design, analysis, and documentation of robust solutions to industrial problems.
3. Gain an awareness of the challenges and rewards of engineering design technology as well as the need for professional ethics and social responsibility.
4. Involve manufacturing and industrial organizations in collaborative relationships to support engineering research and teaching.

(For up-to-date educational objectives and learning outcomes, see department web page at www.wmich.edu/ime)

Baccalaureate Writing Requirement 

Students who have chosen the Engineering Graphics and Design Technology curriculum will satisfy the Baccalaureate Writing Requirement by successfully completing IME 4910 Multidisciplinary Senior Proposal and IME 4920 Multidisciplinary Senior Project.

Requirements

Candidates for the Bachelor of Science degree must satisfy the following requirements in addition to University requirements stated elsewhere in this bulletin:

1. A grade point average of 2.0 or better must be earned in courses presented for graduation with ECE, MSE, and IME prefixes.
2. No more than two grades of “D” or “DC” in courses presented for graduation may be counted for graduation.
3. Complete the following program of 127 semester credit hours. The schedule below is an example of one leading to graduation in eight semesters, beginning in fall.
4. Prior to enrollment in 3000/4000-level courses, students must 1) place resume with Career and Student Employment Services; 2) complete the following courses with a grade of “C” or better: CHEM 1100 and 1110, ECE 1000, IME 1020, PHYS 1150, and MATH 1230 or 1710. These courses are indicated below.