| The Engineering Fundamentals Department will primarily fill a service
role within the college of engineering by offering fundamental engineering
courses, mentoring students, and conducting various outreach activities.
Hallmarks of this department will include technology-rich, discovery-based
learning as well as an atmosphere where diversity in its broadest sense is
nurtured
The Department of Engineering Fundamentals at
Michigan Tech contributes much to both students who are uncertain of their
future in engineering and to those students who know what they want to do,
how they want to create.
Engineering Fundamentals at Michigan Tech acts
as a compass, guiding and leading students towards the engineering
discipline that best suits their strengths and preferences.
The trimester (three semester)
curriculum template adopted for Fall 2002 by Michigan Tech favors a
community learning approach to education in the College of Engineering,
whereby all entering students in engineering will share a common
first-year experience within various student "communities". Such
an approach to engineering will allow students to acquire hands-on
knowledge of engineering programs offered by Michigan Tech - in Biomedical
Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Geological Engineering and Sciences,
Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering - Engineering
Mechanics, and Mining Engineering.
Upon the conclusion of the first
year, it is expected that students of Engineering will be ready to make
their first and most important career decision - stating with certainty
and confidence, "my major is Engineering at Michigan Tech!" |
