Welcome to SEDTAPP!
The School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs (SEDTAPP) delivers effective engineering education through active, collaborative, project-based, and professionally oriented classroom experiences. SEDTAPP offers a variety of programs that partner faculty, students, and industry in the study of real-life engineering problems.
- Engineering Design Program - This program teaches fundamental skills necessary for effective engineering. Courses are available at the undergraduate and graduate level. EDSGN 100, an introductory design course, and two certificates are offered through the program.
- ESDGN 100 Project Web site

- Engineering Design Certificate - Click here for printable brochure
- Engineering and Community Engagement Certificate - Click here for printable brochure
- ESDGN 100 Project Web site
- Engineering Leadership Development Minor - This minor teaches aspiring leaders how to harness their individual skills to become effective leaders. Emphasis is placed on service learning and working in the global economy.
- Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor - The Engineering Entrepreneurship (E-SHIP) minor teaches students of all majors how to develop their own technology-based businesses. E-SHIP students are trained in entrepreneurship (using creativity and innovation to start their own business) and intrapreneurship (using creativity and innovation in an existing corporation.)
- Engineering First-Year Seminars -These seminars introduce first-year students to faculty, peers, and the college experience through small, interactive classes. With sixty seminars to choose from, students engage in engineering while learning about college life.
- Engineering Technology - Engineering technology students use a hands-on approach to design, use, and maintain a wide variety of technical systems. Penn State's engineering technology program is the largest in the nation.
- Surveying Programs - SEDTAPP oversees the Surveying Engineering Technology and Surveying Engineering programs at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. The field often appeals to those who enjoy mathematics, technology, and working outdoors.
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