Engineering College to Launch Online Degrees

Programs will focus on bioengineering, electrical engineering (power systems), environmental engineering systems (water), materials at the nanoscale and mechanical engineering

By Sean Nealon on April 9, 2015

The Bourns College of Engineering

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) The University of California, Riversides Bourns College of Engineering recently announced its partnership with Pearson to create a new online degree program in engineering, with specializations in bioengineering, electrical engineering (power systems), environmental engineering systems (water), materials at the nanoscale and mechanical engineering. The masters degree program is scheduled to be launched in the fall of 2015 and hopes to enroll over 600 new engineering students by 2020.

Pearsons online learning services will provide marketing, enrollment management, student support and retention services and help desk services. The collaboration allows the Bourns College of Engineering to extend its programs to working adults and other non-traditional students that may not have been able to attend an on-the-ground program. The new programs will help the college get one step closer to achieving its mission of producing engineers with the educational foundation and adaptive skills to rapidly serve evolving technology industries.

We are pleased to collaborate with Pearson to offer this online program enabling employed engineers and scientists to advance their technical training as well as sharpen their engineering management skills, said Reza Abbaschian, dean of the Bourns College of Engineering. We believe the degree program will benefit them, their employers and our industrial community.

The Bourns College of Engineering is dedicated to educating the next generation of engineering leaders to discover and apply groundbreaking solutions and innovations that improve the quality of life. The colleges graduate and undergraduate engineering programs rank among the top schools in the nation in U.S. News & World Report.

Todd Hitchcock, Pearsons senior vice president of online learning service said, We are thrilled to have been selected as the University of California, Riverside, Bourns College of Engineerings online degree program partner. The partnership is a perfect fit since the schools ideals are in line with that of Pearsons a devotion to student success and a commitment to personal, one-on-one student attention.

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