Engineering Sciences is a broad-based general engineering degree program. As such, it provides the graduate flexibility, breadth of technical knowledge, and communication skills so important in today's rapidly changing multidisciplinary and multicultural work environment. The student may opt for a BS in Engineering Sciences with an Emphasis on Engineering Management , Petroleum Engineering, or Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering by the appropriate choice of electives.

CSU Bakersfield offers a pre-engineering program. Pre-engineering students attend CSUB for 2-3 years then transfer to an engineering school where they complete the upper-division curriculum and where they will graduate with a degree in engineering. The CSUB pre-engineering program is a generic program, suitable for transfer to any engineering school and into any field of engineering. While transfer to other CSU schools are the most seamless, many CSUB students transfer to UC schools, to private schools, and to schools all over the country.