Engineering Transfer Program 

Engineering and Engineering Technology

Engineers and engineering technicians are the people who move the world, the people who work with and expand our technology to solve the needs and technical problems of society. They have practical rewarding work for practical problems. They create solutions where none existed, they monitor the process, add information and apply knowledge and ability to manage the process. These are the technicians and engineers.

These technicians and engineers, no mater what is their field, may work in:

Research

Design

Manufacturing

Construction

Management

In all fields of Engineering & Technology engineers and engineering technicians are allied in creating and building the products of technology that have made life richer, safer, more comfortable, and more rewarding. Compared to some other professions the engineering and engineering technicians focus is on the positive, the solving of problems. Their focus is on the developments that permit and represent the advancements of civilization.

Engineers and technicians differ primarily in their amount of education and the focus that education permits. There are many people whose work is considered to be technical, but a technician generally identifies someone with two years of certified technical education beyond high school. Engineers require 4 or 5 years of a certified technical education beyond high school. The first two years of engineering education are covered in the engineering transfer program at Shasta College.

The Shasta College Engineering Department programs focus on Transfer Engineering and Engineering Technologies. The two programs relate naturally. In their careers the engineer and the technician work hand in hand, and that is the pattern at Shasta College.

Many engineering courses are shared so that the drafting or civil technician and the engineer have the advantage that they may develop an understanding, appreciation, and respect for each other before they begin their professions.

In many colleges these programs develop in isolation. The students in Shasta college’s joint programs have the second advantage of easily changing majors. Often tech students learn that they have a talent for study, math, etc and if they discover that they can manage the years of school, those students can easily make the program change to engineering. On the other hand some students in a strictly engineering program find they cannot continue, perhaps because of financial problems, or because of difficulties with math or certain courses, and these students drop the curriculum.

In a strictly engineering program these students often drop completely out of school into common or labor level jobs. At Shasta College these students often shift to the two-year technology programs and on to good potential careers.

The engineering and tech careers are focused on the positive aspects of our civilization. Some fields of endeavor have seamier sides and less favorable public respect. For example engineers and technicians don’t plan to destroy someone else’s bridges, this positive thrust tends to make the technical careers more satisfying

Engineers and technicians are at the heart of development and progress. Starting with analyzing certain problems of our culture, to developing preliminary and advanced plans to solve those problems, to managing development and production, to overseeing maintenance and continuity of service. These technical professionals may be found at the basis of most areas of our technology

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