Catalog and Student Handbook 2008-2009

Courses leading to the Master of Business Administration; Master of Science in Management, Computer Science, and Engineering Science; Master of Science or Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering; and Master of Engineering in Computer and Systems Engineering are offered at the Southeastern Connecticut Site. Rensselaer has been serving students and corporations in southeastern Connecticut since 1977.

The Southeastern Connecticut Site is located at the Trails Corner Professional Center at 618 Poquonnock Road in Groton. All student services are available at the Administrative Office.

Cole Library Services
Both faculty and students are asked to refer to www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/library/groton.htm for an introduction to services provided by the Cole Library. Resources are available to Southeastern Connecticut students through the Cole Library Web site at: www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/library . The Southeastern Connecticut Site has twelve PCs and four Sun Workstations which allows students complete access to all databases in Hartford. Books borrowed from the Hartford collection are delivered to the Southeastern Connecticut Site by shuttle and students may pick them up at the Administrative Office. Contact the Cole Library for assistance at (860) 548-2490; (800) 433-4723, ext.2490; e-mail: lib-info@ewp.rpi.edu; or visit our home page: http://www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/library.

Technical and Information Services
The computing facilities at the Southeastern Connecticut Site have hardware and software resources consistent with those available in Hartford. Students have access to one computing classroom with eighteen PCs and a lab with one Sun workstation, two PCs, a printer, and network access. Each system has a myriad of software applications installed and is connected to the Hartford Campus local area network, providing access to the Internet as well as file and print services. The Southeastern Connecticut Site fileserver is a Sun Ultra Server with 100 GB of storage space.

Distributed Education and Multimedia
The distributed education facilities are designed to send and receive courses at the Southeastern Connecticut Site. Three interactive compressed video send and receive rooms with audio and video systems are available. One multimedia computer classroom is available for classes, which may also be configured for distributed education. Distributed Education and Multimedia staff assist with the technical and logistical aspects of these classes and provide audiovisual support.