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Program Overview

In September 2002, South Carolina State University, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW), received approval by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering to be awarded jointly by both universities.  This collaboration is the direct result of the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (DOE-NE) Program in Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics, which pairs minority institutions with institutions offering a nuclear engineering degree to increase the number minorities entering the field of nuclear engineering.  This new nuclear engineering degree is the first to be created in over a quarter-century and is the only undergraduate nuclear engineering program located at a Historically Black College/University (HBCU).  The program has been operational since 2000, beginning with 5 students, and we have recently had our first two graduates in August and December of 2006.  Both graduates are currently employed at the NRC and Savannah River National Laboratory.

 

Nuclear Engineering Mission

The mission of the Nuclear Engineering program which supports the mission of the University and the College is to produce engineers who are highly skilled, competent and well prepared in the fields of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, to enter professional careers in the public and private sectors and pursue degrees beyond the baccalaureate level in professional or graduate school.

          

In view of the aforesaid, the objectives of the Nuclear Engineering program are as follows:

 

         Program Educational Objectives

  1. To educate nuclear engineers who are highly sought after in nuclear and related fields.
  2. To educate nuclear engineers who can advance to graduate studies.
  3. To train graduates who have the communication and problem solving skills to succeed as professionals in any environment (as individuals in groups or in leadership positions).
  4. To produce graduates who are aware of the impact of their activities as engineers in the realm of ethical, environmental, societal, legal and global concerns.