THE NEWARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

The Newark College of Engineering instituted in 1919, is a development of the Newark Technical School founded in 1881 by the Board of Trade of Newark. The College is a public institution supported by both the City and the State and is governed by a Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor of the State of New Jersey. The Governor and the Mayor of Newark are ex-officio members.

The control and supervision of finances of the College is vested in the Board of Regents of the State of New Jersey.

The College is situated in the heart of Newark at High Street and Summit Place. The work of the institution is carried on in four buildings. The recitation halls are adequately equipped modern structures, particularly suited to requirements of an engineering college.

Located in the center of one of the most important industrial sections in the world, the opportunities for direct contact with industry are exceptionally good and co-operative relations have been established with some of the largest and best industries in this section.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Industry is asking today for young men of character and initiative who have been trained to leadership along the lines of commercial production. Men are in great demand who can step into positions of more or less influence and who can handle problems of manufacture as well as problems of design. The work of the production engineer of today is concerned with problems of labor and problems of money as well as with problems having to do with materials.

The Administration of the College believes that success in the field of engineering depends, today, upon certain fundamental factors which are best taught in direct contact with modern industry. The factors are:

(1) Character

(2) Initiative

(3) Hard work

(4) Understanding human relations

(5) A knowledge of fundamentals of applied science.

Early contact with the industries enables the student to get not only his academic work but also to learn at first-hand some very important and fundamental things about the operation of modern industry and about the functions of the modern engineer.

Beginning in the year 1940-41 two full semesters of academic work will be given to senior students. The co-operative work for students affected by this arrangement will be increased and it will be given during the summers following the Sophomore and Junior years. This work will take the place of the alternating schedule now in effect for seniors.

The summer cooperative work will have the same purpose as that heretofore given in the Senior year. It will serve as an industrial engineering laboratory where the men will work under commercial conditions, commercial standards and commercial criteria. The work given in industry under the supervision of the College will, however, be limited to those men who have shown maturity, accomplishment, and development in the first two years of their College work. It will be in the nature of a premium given those men who are likely to profit from it, along with other premiums in the way of scholarships, exemptions from examinations, etc. extended to an Honors Option group. It will be optional on the part of the student and limited by the College.

The college is particularly interested in the study of traits and characteristics which in individual cases interfere with the student’s development along industrial and professional lines. The student is given, therefore, a considerable amount of individual study and attention from this particular point of view.

COURSES

The College offers four-year courses in Industrial Chemistry, and in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, with an option in Aeronautical Engineering.

Much of the subject matter in these four courses is common to all of them. These common subjects represent the unity of the basic sciences and techniques of all branches of engineering.

The hours of instruction extend from 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Monday to Friday inclusive.

Opportunity is offered to a limited number of high school graduates to enter the College in February as freshmen. Students entering at that time may continue the work of the freshman year throughout the summer. Those who satisfactorily complete the work of the spring and summer terms may be admitted to the sophomore class in September of the same year.

Students other than those referred to in the above paragraph, who are desirous of taking work during the summer, should inquire at the College for information regarding courses to be given.

DEGREES

The Newark College of Engineering reports to and receives the right to grant degrees from the New Jersey State Board of Education.

All candidates for graduation who satisfactorily complete a regular course of study and the examinations required receive the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in the course pursued. The degree is certified by a diploma bearing the seal and signatures of officers of this institution.

The work of the Newark College of Engineering is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and by the American Council on Education.

The courses of this college are registered by The State Education Department of the University of the State of New York.

National professional engineering societies sponsor student branches at the College. The societies represented are:

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Society of Civil Engineers

American Institute of Electrical Engineers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Society for the Advancement of Management.

The specific academic requirements in the four courses are shown on the next following pages for students entering September 1937 and later.

Graduates of 1940 meet similar requirements as stated in earlier issues of this bulletin.

One Credit Hour is, generally, equivalent to one hour of attendance per week in class or lecture exercises, and is equivalent to two hours of attendance per week in laboratory exercises, during a semester.