Creating Trustworthy Engineers

"...An expansion of the Engineering Writing Program (EWP), the new program’s mission is to distinguish a USC Viterbi engineering education by connecting a student’s discipline with its societal impact across their undergraduate education, anchored in courses available to all students and in extra-curricular opportunities. The program also embraces a holistic approach to engineering education – grounded in the liberal arts, taught through innovative practice, cultivating character as an inherent ingredient to engineering education, integrated with USC Viterbi’s strong technical curriculum.  "We should be preparing students not only with outstanding technical competence, but also with character, which together with competence spells trust,” USC Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yortsos said.  “USC Viterbi aspires to create a model engineering education that accompanies outstanding technical competence with outstanding character, thus leading to the creation of trust, sorely needed in today’s world.” (USC, January 2022)