A Graduate Engineering Program At A Liberal Arts College

Loyola College in Maryland is a small liberal arts college. In 1977, Loyola, then predominantly an undergraduate college, started a graduate program in Engineering. There existed at that time an undergraduate department in Engineering Science, Computer Science and Physics (ENSCAP). The goal of the undergraduate department was to provide a rigorous engineering program for students who also wanted to have a background in the liberal arts. It was our conviction then, as it is now, that engineers, in addition to being well trained in their disciplines, should also know how to write and speak and appreciate the classics. The graduate program originally was in the ENSCAP department. The goal of the graduate program was initially to provide quality graduate courses for engineers who were having difficulty keeping abreast of the changes in the world of electrical and computer engineering, changes brought about largely because of the rapid growth of the microelectronics industry.