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.
  • 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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