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'''Integrated Engineering''' is a multi-diciplinary, design project based engineering degree program
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Integrated Engineering (IGEN) is intended to provide students with a broad [[engineering]] education. Students gain background in core disciplines such as: [[materials]], [[solid mechanics]], [[fluid mechanics]], and [[systems]] involving [[chemical]], [[electro-mechanical]], and [[biological]] components. At UBC, students have the freedom of choosing 18 credits of technical electives. This translates in to the student establishing a primary in one discipline and a secondary in another dicipline. The program has been fully accredited by the [[Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board]] and engineers are able to obtain a [[Professional Engineer]] Certificate.
==Origins==
Integrated Engineering originated at the [[University of Western Ontario]] (UWO) in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] and the [[Applied Science]] Faculty of the [[University of British Columbia]] (UBC) also began a degree program for Integrated Engineering in [[2000]].
Integrated Engineering was created in response to industry. For some time there has been a concern in Canada and in the [[United States]] that engineering graduates were not well-prepared for many of today's multi-diciplined and project-based workplace. Several committees have been formed to study this and have published some material. One Canadian study was done by the [[Canadian Academy of Engineering]] and two of its main conclusions were:
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* Engineering faculties should ensure that breadth of learning, beyond the technical aspects of the specialist engineering discipline, is a major thrust in engineering education.
* The engineering curriculum should emphasize problem-solving, design, and the development of the learning skills of their students.
==Design Projects==
Engineering design is emphasized through design project courses taken in each term. Most often the design projects directly involve knowledge gained in courses being taken by the student concurrently, but projects also require students to perform independent research and learning.
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