DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CORNERSTONE COURSE: ENGINEERING OPPORTUNITES.

In response to the vision presented in the Engineer of 2020 Project, many engineering educators are redesigning courses and curriculum to provide students with opportunities to conceive, design, and implement engineering solutions to complex global issues. This paper describes the development and assessment of a redesigned first year cornerstone course called Engineering Opportunities. The motivation for the course redesign was to both be a pathway into the engineering community and to equip students for success in both the classroom and the engineering profession. The course is built on a learner-centered platform that is intended to create an inclusive environment for first year students to successfully transition from high school to college. The course content covers human-centered design, systems thinking, professionalism and ethics. The intention of this approach is to provide a high-impact educational experience within the first year for engineering students so that they can engage in opportunities to become acclimated with the process of self-guided deep learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]