Norwich University offers a unique learning environment in that both military cadets and traditional students attend classes and participate in school events and educational opportunities together. Programs offered at Norwich University range from Bachelor level programs in many different fields of studies up to ten different Master level programs offered through online degree formats. All in person or online courses are taught with the same academic quality and personalized approach to student learning. Faculty members are both professionals in their field of expertise as well as highly educated instructors, many holding the highest possible degrees in their respective fields. Class size is designed to be small, typically at a ratio of fourteen students per instructor, allowing personal interaction and a very direct teaching and learning environment. Online and in person classes are geared towards the learning and success of the individual student.
One of the largest programs of study at Norwich University is engineering. Taught through the David Crawford School of Engineering, the faculty members of these programs are true professionals in the various engineering fields. Almost eighty percent of the entire faculty hold doctorate degrees in their respective area of professional expertise. There are professionals teaching from civil, environmental, electrical, mechanical and computer engineering prospectives. Baccalaureate programs are taught on campus and the graduate level Master of Civil Engineering is taught in an online format. All courses focus on theoretical aspects of the various engineering areas as well as actual hands on and real world applications of the course information.
One of the many benefits of the Norwich University program in engineering is that it is based on a report by the American Society of Civil Engineers that outlined the necessary knowledge and skills that engineers entering the field would need to possess to be effective and skilled employees. Norwich has used this information for the basis of their programming goals and objectives, assuring students at both the Bachelor and Master level that they will have the skills needed for successful careers upon graduation. In addition the courses explore other aspects of working in the engineering field including basic and advanced project management, general business management and communication and team building skills and attitudes.