Information for prospective students
What do you get with LSSU Engineering?
Get Affordability:
We have that "private university" atmosphere at a public university price. Approximately 75% of our full-time students receive financial aid.
Get individualized:
At LSSU, you're not a number. Get to know your professors in your engineering courses, where the average class size is 14.
Get robots:
LSSU is one of only two universities in the U.S. with a robotics specialization at the undergraduate level and a $1,000,000 robotics and automation lab.
Get knowledge and Experience:
We have lab activities in over 75% of our engineering courses. And you can choose from three options for your senior project experience: co-op, industrial, or applied research.
Get a job:
Our graduates have nearly 100% placement rate and high, competitive starting salaries, typically over $49,700.
Admission policies
Computer
Engineering , Electrical
Engineering and Mechanical
Engineering Departments
Policies for first-time college
students
(For those with 19 credits or
less of university or college coursework)
The academic background of the applicant
must demonstrate an ability to meet the requirements of an
engineering program at LSSU. For those students entering directly
from high school, admission to the engineering programs is
based on high school grade point average or ACT or SAT scores.
Either a high school GPA of 2.75
or above, an ACT composite score of 24 or above, or SAT score
of at least 1110 is required for admittance directly into
computer, electrical or mechanical engineering. Those students
with a high school GPA between 2.5 and 2.75 may be admitted
into computer, electrical or mechanical engineering if their
GPA in all English, mathematics, and science courses is at
least 2.75. Applicants not meeting this requirement but meeting
admission requirements for the University will be admitted
into the general engineering program.
To Transfer from General Engineering
to Engineering Degree of Choice
(For those wishing to select computer,
electrical or mechanical engineering)
Freshmen must attain a C or better
in freshman composition (ENGL110), C or better in pre-calculus
(MATH140), completion of all development requirements, and
overall GPA of 2.0.
Transfer Students
Policies
for Transfer Students and Transfer Courses
(For students applying with more
than 19 credits of university or college coursework)
A student who plans to attend another
college or university and transfer to LSSU should contact
the chair of the program that he/she plans to elect in the
School of Engineering and Technology. The chair will assist
the student in selecting courses that will transfer directly
into an LSSU program. Current LSSU students who wish to take
courses at another college or university for credit toward
an LSSU degree should obtain approval from their program chair.
Admission of Transfer Students
Official university or college transcript(s)
should be sent to the Registrar’s Office. The results of any
advanced placement or aptitude tests taken in high school
or college should also be sent to the Admissions office.
The academic background of the applicant
must demonstrate an ability to meet the requirements of an
engineering program at LSSU. A minimum GPA of 2.20 on all
college level coursework and eligibility to return to the
former college are required for admittance into an engineering
program. Students with grade point averages of less than 2.20
will be admitted into the general engineering program.
To Transfer from General Engineering
to Engineering Degree of Choice
(For those wishing to select computer,
electrical or mechanical engineering)
Transfer students may change after
completion of 15 credits of LSSU engineering curriculum coursework
including six (6) credits of engineering courses (CS, EE,
EG, EM, ME, or RS) with an overall GPA of 2.0.
Transfer of courses
For repeated courses, the grade for
the most recent course will be used. Generally, a chemistry
course, English composition courses, a computer course with
“C” as the preferred language, and some elective courses in
social sciences and humanities transfer into the engineering
programs. Mathematics courses in differential and integral
calculus, differential equations, probability and statistics,
along with calculus-based general physics also transfer into
the engineering programs. Sophomore engineering courses may
transfer directly into engineering programs if they have similar
content and prerequisites as LSSU engineering courses. The
appropriate chair, or dean, determines if a course is transferable
into an engineering program. Engineering chairs will be furnished
a copy of the student’s transcripts.
Student Organizations
LSSU currently has several student engineering and technology-related
student organizations.
ASME - American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
SAE - Society for Automotive Engineers
SME - Society of Manufacturing Engineers
SWE - Society of Women Engineers
Engineering Honor Society - membership is based on
academic standing.
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