About the Engineering Program

Anoka-Ramsey Community College

Department of Engineering

About the Engineering Department

The Engineering Department at Anoka-Ramsey strives to prepare students for a career in the engineering profession. The curriculum designed for transfer to a four-year university in order to obtain a Bachelor's Degree in engineering. The college is a teaching institution dedicated solely to educating its students. Students can expect to be enrolled in courses with smaller class sizes than what would typically be seen at four-year institutions. This provides for excellent student/instructor interaction, and allows the instructor to accurately assess a student’s performance on a regular basis.

Facilities

The Engineering Department at Anoka-Ramsey is located in the Science Building, constructed in 1998. This building maintains state-of-the-art facilities to promote an ideal learning atmosphere for its students. Classrooms for engineering courses have full multimedia capability. The electrical engineering lab is equipped with digital/analog circuit trainers to provide students with hands-on experience in relating concepts presented in class and their actual application. Computer facilities at the college utilize software packages such as Microsoft Office, Pro/ENGINEER, Pro/MECHANICA, Mathematica, Matlab, Mulitsim, as well as additional technical software packages.