About

To expand and meet the needs of place bound students and working adults throughout Wisconsin, UW-Platteville in collaboration with the UW Colleges, will supplement UW Colleges courses with UW-Platteville engineering courses via a new delivery method of streaming media.

The program is designed so that students can earn a bachelor’s degree from UWP without ever leaving their local UW Colleges campus. Courses are delivered via state-of-the-art technology along with courseware management systems and face-to-face portable lab instruction.

How it works

Students get their first two years of general education classes at their participating UW Colleges campus, completing freshman and sophomore courses as well as pre-engineering core requirements.

Professional engineering courses are offered by UW-Platteville. They are recorded during an actual class setting, encoded and available to students via the internet. Students will be able to interact with their professor during his/her office hours by way of a video cam set up on the professor’s computer and at the participating UW College. Face-to-face lab instruction will be provided via a mobile lab and held in various locations. Schedules for laboratory activities will be provided each semester with the class timetable.

UWP engineering majors offered:

• Civil
• Electrical
• Engineering Physics
• Environmental
• Industrial
• Mechanical
• Software

Advantages

• Conveniece

  View classes any time of the day or night that you choose – from home, work, or while traveling. Labs will be held face-to-face with an instructor. Times will be determined when classes are scheduled.

• Credibility

  Earn an ABET accredited UW-Platteville engineering degree from an established and respected institution with a long history of engineering education.

• Affordability

  Students will pay the same tuition fees as students attending UW-Platteville. UW-Platteville offers a textbook rental system; this is another cost saving feature for students.

• Career Value

  Career opportunities for engineers are expected to increase 9 to 17% through 2014 according to the US Department of Labor. Salaries vary by specialty but are significantly higher than those of college graduates in other fields.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Which school awards the degree and is the program accredited?

  The degree is awarded by the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET) http://www.abet.org.

• Will technical college credits transfer into the program?

  A maximum of 30 credits of general education credits may transfer from a technical college program, depending on the particular courses taken. For further details, go to the Transfer Information System (TIS) at http://www.uwsa.edu/tis.

• Are there test-out options for people who have direct work experience in the engineering field?

  Yes, it is possible to obtain an equivalent for certain courses in the program by test-out options. Note: Credits are not awarded to students who test out of a course. A nominal fee based on a per credit rate will be charged.

• Will I need to take placement tests?

  All new students must take the placement tests for English and mathematics. Transfer, special and re-entry students must also take the tests if they have not successfully completed a previous university level English or math course.

• Does the program have internship or co-op placement services?

  Yes! There are intern/co-op opportunities available to qualified students who register with the UWP Career Center.

Accreditation

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville and UW Colleges are accredited by the Higher learning Commission and are members of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

UW-Platteville’s Engineering Programs are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.

Contact Us For More Information:

Your local UW College/ Student Serives Office

Contact Form or email Jennifer.foley@uwc.edu