SEAM is a collaborative program between the College of Engineering and the Gatton College of Business that accepts both engineering and business applicants. The program offers cross-functional classes and activities that complement a student’s chosen major. Ultimately this produces a pool of entrepreneurial-minded individuals and attractive, unique talent for potential employers nationwide.
Graduates of Lewis Honors College/SEAM are more marketable to industries since they enjoy exposure to best business practices and visit with successful industry representatives.
Engineering SEAM graduates obtain a business background without an MBA. However, SEAM is a feeder program for the University of Kentucky’s BS/MBA program. Business graduates have the knowledge and experience gained from four years of teaming up with technology-minded individuals.
SEAM first-year students majoring in engineering or computer science have the opportunity to live in the Engineering Living Learning Community. SEAM first-year students majoring in business have the opportunity to live in the Lewis Honors College Living and Learning Community. This community provides activities dedicated to the various disciplines found in an engineering enterprise, tutoring and mentoring by upper-class students and Interactions with faculty and staff from both colleges.
To be eligible for SEAM participation, high school seniors should be planning to major in engineering or business. Applicants must have at least a 3.5 unweighted GPA and a 28 composite ACT score (or SAT score of 1240 or higher). If you're a Test Optional applicant to the University, a 3.75 unweighted GPA is the minimum academic requirement to be considered for SEAM. In addition, we look closely at extracurricular activities to assess leadership and team skills and evidence of well-rounded individuals.
To apply to Lewis Honors College/SEAM, please begin the general UK application process. You will see a prompt to apply to Lewis Honors College within the application process. You will then have the option of reviewing and selecting specialized pathways, including SEAM.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Success; Professor
Center for Student Success Director of Advising and Engineering Student Services
*Students satisfying both Composition and Communication I and II with transfer courses or through alternative means are not required to complete CIS/WRD 112. Students with transfer courses satisfying only part of Composition and Communication I and II have the option to complete the remaining courses at UK or through CIS/WRD 112.
** Students will be offered to register for the accelerator 5-Day LEAN Systems Course offered on the UK campus.
†A total of 5 credit hours of Honors Experience credit is required. Options include Co-Op/Internship, Education Abroad or Research. Honors Experience credit can be completed during multiple semesters (including summer).
Fall – Technology: Blessing or Curse – This course explores the technology that has created the world in which we live. Our wealth, our economy, and the way we live each day have come about due to the emergence of technology over the centuries. The course will examine the relationship between technology and society; how technology influenced the development of society, how society influenced the development of technology, and how people in society view technology. Prereq: Acceptance into the SEAM Program.
Spring – Understanding Leadership – This one-hour seminar course introduces students to concepts and skills related to leadership and targets undergraduate students who hold or aspire to leadership positions across campus or in their careers. This seminar focuses on leadership — theories about leadership, instances of leadership, questions about what makes leaders successful or not, and in what contexts.
See Curriculum sheet for course completion options – Introduction to Lean Systems – The purpose of this course is to teach the basics of True Lean and demonstrate the development of the Just-in-Time production system. The course employs a mixture of in-class presentations, hands-on activities, and selected outside assignments. Working in teams, students will learn fundamental lean tools and concepts such as 5S, visual management and waste elimination and apply them in a table-top simulated factory setting. Each team’s factory will be guided through a series of prerequisite stages required to support a Just-in-Time production system. In addition, teams will be taught the basics of standardized work and apply 8-step problem solving to a real problem encountered in their factory. Students will earn a LEAN Student Certification upon completion of this course.
Spring – Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation – This course is designed to offer students a sound theoretical and practical understanding of entrepreneurship and the new venture creation process. Throughout this course, real cases and real entrepreneurs (i.e. Entrepreneur-Mentors—EMs) are used to complement the theoretical discussions on entrepreneurship.
Fall – A Marketing Perspective on Business Problems – This is a case-based course that asks students to place themselves in a manager type position and use the information that is available to make tough decisions that will impact a business/organization’s course of action. Students will review the basic concepts of marketing (the 4Ps) in an overview, but more importantly apply these principles in a variety of contexts to simulate a future in a managerial role in a company.
Spring – No class (open for possible Co-op, research or study abroad)
Fall – The Engineering Enterprise Project Management This course helps students understand how engineering and technology are managed. This course examines the role of project management, the environment in which it exists, the project life cycle, as well as the tools and techniques for assuring project success.
* Please visit the SEAM curriculum sheet to view additional honors courses required to complete the SEAM honors pathway.
