UWF and NWFSC Expand Engineering Pathways with Four New Transfer Degree Programs
Pensacola, Fla. – The University of West Florida and Northwest Florida State College are expanding opportunities for students to pursue engineering careers in Northwest Florida through four new Specialized Associate in Arts Transfer, or SAAT, degree pathways that create a seamless route from associate-level coursework at NWFSC to bachelor’s degree completion through UWF. Approved by the Florida State Board of Education during its July 22 meeting in Orlando, the new pathways allow students to begin their engineering education at NWFSC’s Niceville campus and continue into UWF’s upper-division engineering programs at the joint NWFSC-UWF campus in Fort Walton Beach. The four newly approved SAAT programs include civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. “This partnership reflects what higher education should do – create opportunities that meet students where they are and prepare them for where they want to go,” UWF President Ma...