Difference between revisions of "Perspectives on EG1004"

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The mission of the first-year engineering experience is to prepare students for their undergraduate experience, solve real-world multidisciplinary problems, and develop the professional skills needed to succeed in their careers. This will be accomplished through project-based learning in the General Engineering (EG) 1004 Introduction to Engineering and Design course. This course is central to the students-first initiative at NYU Tandon School of Engineering by offering project-based learning for practical engineering skills development in the first year. EG1004 is a gateway course to the rest of the curriculum and opportunities that students will have at Tandon and in their future careers. The EG faculty and teaching assistants represent a variety of disciplines and act as mentors for student projects and professional development.

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-Our world is becoming ever more complex. It is no longer possible to cope by relying on expertise from a single discipline. First-year students in engineering schools must come aboard the "speeding train of runaway information overload" and be able to sort out what is and is not relevant. They must be able to work in multidisciplinary teams and be able to present their activities to peers as well as supervisors. To address these issues, the NYU Tandon School of Engineering offers EG1004 Introduction to Engineering and Design. The course provides students an overall perspective on engineering as well as useful tools and methods that will be highly valuable to them in the years to come.
+The mission of the first-year engineering experience is to prepare students for their undergraduate experience, solve real-world multidisciplinary problems, and develop the professional skills needed to succeed in their careers. This will be accomplished through project-based learning in the General Engineering (EG) 1004 Introduction to Engineering and Design course. This course is central to the students-first initiative at NYU Tandon School of Engineering by offering project-based learning for practical engineering skills development in the first year. EG1004 is a gateway course to the rest of the curriculum and opportunities that students will have at Tandon and in their future careers. The EG faculty and teaching assistants represent a variety of disciplines and act as mentors for student projects and professional development.
-EG1004 has evolved from its original form which was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Gateway Coalition nearly thirty years ago. Many faculty members, teaching assistants, and students have contributed to this evolution and made it a better course. Intrinsic to the continuous change is one of this course's unique features: teaching assistants that are recruited from the pool of former students. Students know all too well what is troubling them, and when they get a chance, as TAs, to improve a perceived problem area, they jump on it!
-This course by its very nature has to be dynamic. It must reflect what is happening in the real world that is changing each day. Current students benefit from improvements made in previous years. Your comments will help make this course even better for future students.
-Jack Bringardner<br />
-Director of General Engineering and Industry Assistant Professor<br />
-Assistant Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs<br />
-NYU Tandon School of Engineering
-July 2021
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