EDITORIAL: Engineering Success

Revamping its curriculum,Revamping its curriculum,the School of EngineeringRevamping its curriculum,the School of Engineeringand Applied Sciences hasRevamping its curriculum,the School of Engineeringand Applied Sciences hasdemonstrated its commitmentRevamping its curriculum,the School of Engineeringand Applied Sciences hasdemonstrated its commitmentto undergraduate education.Revamping its curriculum,the School of Engineeringand Applied Sciences hasdemonstrated its commitmentto undergraduate education.___________________________ The Engineering School, attempting to make its classes more accessible to freshmen and non-majors, has recently demonstrated its commitment to educating students by restructuring its curriculum. For the first time, the school will allow freshmen to take classes that had formerly been limited to upperclassmen. This will provide an opportunity for younger students to challenge themselves earlier in their college careers and avoid forcing more advanced students to toil in basic classes they may not need to take. The new curriculum reveals the sensibility and prudence of Dean Gregory Farrington and his staff. The revamped curriculum also offers several new courses specifically aimed at underclassmen in the other three schools. This innovation will enable all undergraduates to receive a more well rounded education by providing access to material and information students may not have had the chance to experience if not for these changes. The restructuring illustrates a desire to improve the undergraduate experience and we commend the Engineering School for its efforts. Based on this dedication to the undergraduate, we hope that the school will go even one step further. Last year, the Wharton School joined forces with the College to allow Wharton undergraduates to minor in the College. We now encourage the Engineering School to offer a similar program to students from other undergraduate schools. Offering a minor in the Engineering School would allow students to more deeply explore topics in their field of interest. Introductory classes for non-Engineering students is an excellent first step, but providing the opportunity for even more in-depth study through a minor program could prove invaluable to a motivated student. We applaud Dean Farrington and his peers for their accomplishment. We hope they will now go above and beyond expectations.