Program Mission & Educational Objectives
The Union College Mission
Union College, founded in 1795, is a scholarly community dedicated to shaping the future and to understanding the past. Faculty, staff, and administrators welcome diverse and talented students into our community, work closely with them to provide a broad and deep education, and guide them in finding and cultivating their passions. We do this with a wide range of disciplines and interdisciplinary programs in the liberal arts and engineering, as well as academic, athletic, cultural, and social activities, including opportunities to study abroad and to participate in undergraduate research and community service. We develop in our students the analytic and reflective abilities needed to become engaged, innovative, and ethical contributors to an increasingly diverse, global, and technologically complex society.
The Union College Engineering Mission Statement
To educate students for professional careers by giving them an understanding of engineering principles and a foundation in the liberal arts that will allow them to advance technology in a safe and environmentally sound manner. This is achieved by maintaining dynamic, flexible, high quality engineering programs, taught by faculty who inspire a commitment to life-long learning, so that students are prepared to be engaged, innovative, and ethical leaders in an increasingly diverse, global, and technologically complex society.
The Computer, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering Program Missions and Educational Objectives can be found at the links below:
Converging Technologies Mission Statement
Provide students with:
- The interdisciplinary knowledge to be informed citizens and leaders in an increasingly complex technological world,
- The opportunity to experience research and discovery in new leading-edge fields.