Major in Mechanical Engineering, minor in psychology?

retiredfarmer
Fri, 31 Jul 2020 20:09:58 +0000

All WPI degrees, including all of the engineering degrees, require a second project in addition to the project in their major field. It is called the Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP). The IQP is equivalent to 18 semester hours of class and project work. The supporting coursework is selected to help address the students" selected problem and often focuses in the Social Sciences. In this example, the student does not need to take an overload, but may select appropriate psychology courses to address their chosen problem.

Prior to the pandemic, most of these projects were finished at off campuses locations all over the world at no additional cost to the student. Prep classes are taken prior to leaving campus. These degree requirements are not likely to change. There are likely to be many more on campus projects during the Covid-19 pandemic. As an early participant in this process, the IQP I worked on focused on the application of economic analysis to environmental impact studies. No overload here for the student who wishes to use psychology. IQP project teams are often made up of students from different disciplines. The IQP is baked into our ABET accredited engineering programs.

For IQP examples see: https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/iqp/

For pre-med see: https://www.wpi.edu/academics/undergraduate/pre-professional/pre-health#prospective