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Engineering vs. Engineering Technology Majors: Choosing the Right Path

Explore the differences between Engineering and Engineering Technology majors, including career paths, degrees earned, accreditation, and employment prospects. Discover programs at SUNY Oswego in electrical and computer engineering, as well as software engineering. Get insights for high school students, career changers, and transfer students, along with information on campus clubs and activities.

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Engineering vs. Engineering Technology Majors: Choosing the Right Path

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  1. Bigger Problem - Solving: Engineering and Engineering Technology Majors

  2. Engineering or Engineering Technology?

  3. University at Albany ● Buffalo State College ● Alfred State ● Adirondack ●Binghamton ● Cortland ● Canton ● Fredonia ● Morrisville ● Genesee ● Environmental Science and Forestry ● Corning ● New Paltz ● Dutchess ● Cobleskill ● Stony Brook ● Farmingdale ● Oneonta ● Mohawk Valley ● University at Buffalo ● • Engineering & Engineering Technology Programs Maritime ● Tompkins Cortland ● Plattsburgh ● Ulster ● Onondaga ● Erie ● Finger Lakes ● SUNYIT ● Broome ● Hudson Valley ● Jamestown ● Oswego ● Jefferson ● Delhi ● Orange ● Niagara ● Monroe ● Nassau ● Suffolk ● Rockland ● Westchester ● Sullivan ●Fulton-Montgomery ● Columbia-Greene ● Schenectady ● NYS College of Ceramics

  4. Difference in Career Paths • Degree Earned • Career 4-year Engineering Program “Engineer” 4-year Engineering Tech Program “Engineering Technologist” 2-year Engineering Tech Program “Engineering Technician” Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)

  5. New York State and National Employment Prospects

  6. Meet our Campuses

  7. SUNY OSWEGO • Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), B.S. • Oswego’s newest major in an engineering field • State-of-the-art facilities and equipment • Teaching is conducted through combined lectures and laboratory experiments in specially designed studio classrooms • Curriculum: • Prepares students for work in high demand concentration areas including robotics, embedded systems, biomedical instrumentation, modern energy systems

  8. SUNY OSWEGO • Software Engineering, B.S. • First Software Engineering program in SUNY • Project-based curriculum • Faculty/student collaborations • Year-long capstone experience • Campus laboratory and instructional facilities support • Curriculum: • Systems-oriented course offers with embedded knowledge areas: design, construction, testing, maintenance, configuration management, engineering management, engineering process, tools, software quality assurance

  9. Questions What three pieces of advice would you give to a high school sophomore/junior interested in engineering? What related programs of study do you offer for students who change their engineering/engineering technology career path? What three pieces of advice would you offer to a transfer student interested in engineering/engineering technology? What engineering-related clubs and activities exist at your campus?

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