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Pre-engineering program set By Aleta Zak Of the EirwraM Until recently, anyone in terested in an engineering career either enrolled at Oregon State University or a scientific-technical program in some other school. Pre engineering students just didn’t come to the University. But beginning next fall, students planning to enter engineering school can attend the University to complete pre engineering requirements in science and mathematics. “We aren’t adding any new courses," says David Sokoloff, advising coordinator for the pre-engineering program and associate chairman of the physics department. “It’s just a matter of selecting the courses we already have." Most pre-engineering students take physics, calculus, computer science and other theory courses dur ing their first two or three years in college which gives them a solid background in science. After entering engineering school students take applied science courses in a specific professional field. Completing an engineering degree usually takes five years, Sokoloff says. The pre-engineering pro gram is designed for those who want to transfer to OSU or any other engineering school. This gives students who like the University and Eugene the option to attend school here, he says. The physics department is also planning to begin a special program in which a student would study physics at the University for three years, then transfer to the OSU engineering school. The stu dent would graduate with a bachelor’s degree in physics and a degree in a special engineering field. "This program will be uni que because there is only one other one like it in the state,” Sokoloff says. The physics department expects this pro gram to begin in the fall of 1984. University officials talked about beginning a pre engineering program last year, he says. “When we went to OSU and asked them if they would be interested in us starting a pro gram, the answer was a re sounding ‘yes!*’’ Sokoloff says. “OSU is overwhelmed with pre-engineering majors.” The University admissions office is currently sending ex planatory brochures to 3,000 high school students who ex pressed an interest in pre engineering during the Univer sity preview day earlier this year. Sokoloff says he has no idea how many students the pre-engineering program will attract next fall, but he is plan ning for 50 to 100 students. “It’s been very late in getting started,” he says. “We’re just now getting the word out that the program is here.” A shortage of engineers with degrees makes engineer ing a good career choice right now, Sokoloff says. “The need for engineers will not disap pear,” he says. Duplication Continued from Page 1 members travel back and forth between the two campuses. Are other education programs across the state necessary? “It would be a tremendous waste of resources to do away with them,” Harms says. Teachers trained in one area usually work in that area after graduation, he says. Training teachers at the regional schools ensures a sup ply of teachers for those school districts, Harms says. Students who completed their student teaching and applied for a certificate as of June 30, 1982, ranged from 86 at EOSC to 295 at WOSC. OSU had 277, PSU 230, SOSC 124 and the University 277, according to a chancellor’s office report. Cutting education programs at any state in stitution may not save money, says Diane Dunlap, assistant dean at the University educa tion school. If students transferred to another state system school, then the state still would have to spend a fixed amount per student. “It would decrease student access to the programs,” Dunlap says. “Right now the pro grams are placed strategically around the state. It would not solve a problem — it would create another one." A more radical solution has been suggested to cut some duplication — the state system could close Western Oregon State College. The state system carefully considered clos ing WOSC, Pierce says. But the state wouldn’t save much money if the faculty and students simply were shifted to another institution, he says. “Closure is not an issue,” says Dori Beeks, assistant to the WOSC president. “We do not see this college as a concentration of duplica tion of other colleges. “It is unfortunate the issue comes up," Beeks says. “It is irresponsible in the extreme.” Closure rumors may keep some students from attending the college, and others may decide to transfer, she says. WOSC also provides advantages to the community. “Western not only has an economic impact on our community, but also contributes to our quality of life in the area,” says Ed Stineff, Mon mouth/Independence Area Chamber of Com merce president. 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