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EGMT 230 Introduction to Global Engineering 2.0 Credits

This course introduces the student to a broad range of contemporary issues (economic, political and cultural) that engineers face in meeting the challenges of globalization. This is a discussion focused course and is intended to expose the engineers to concepts and challenges facing today’s global engineers. Topics include understanding globalization, communicating across cultures, peace engineering, and developmental engineering. Students in this course will also be asked what it means to be an engineer today and to understand their role and potential for impact. The course will feature guest speakers and students will engage in various case study analysis.

College/Department: College of Engineering
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

EGMT 295 Survey of Mentorship 1.0 Credit

This course is the first in the leadership development course sequence, which is part of the Peer Mentor program. This course sequence is designed to develop and enhance the leadership skills among engineering students, emphasizing communication among peer groups and other undergraduate students. As the first course in the sequence, it is focused on the mentor-mentee relationship as it relates to leadership development. Students in this class will be assigned freshman mentees with whom they will be working during the fall term.

College/Department: College of Engineering
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

EGMT 296 Survey of Leadership 1.0 Credit

EGMT 296: Survey of Leadership is the second course in the leadership development course sequence which is part of the Peer Mentor program. This course sequence is designed to develop and enhance the leadership skills among engineering students, emphasizing communication among peer groups and other undergraduate students. As the second course in the sequence, EGMT 296: Survey of Leadership builds upon the foundational leadership concepts of trust, communication, and mentorship covered in EGMT 295: Survey of Mentorship. The course also focuses on self-awareness, team dynamics, and emotional intelligence, which is the ability of a person to adapt his or her leadership style based on situational needs.

College/Department: College of Engineering
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

EGMT 340 Introduction to the Orbital Perspective 3.0 Credits

Living on the International Space Station is a powerful, transformative experience that can change one’s views on our planet and the problems we collectively face. Based upon Astronaut Ron Garan’s experiences in space, this course focuses on the importance and possibilities of global collaboration and innovation in creating a better world. Students will learn what it is like to work with a diverse group of people in an environment only a handful of human beings have ever known. Students will also learn to apply the orbital perspective here at home, embracing new partnerships and processes to promote peace and combat hunger, thirst, poverty, and environmental destruction. This course is a call to action for each of us to care for the most important space station of all: planet Earth.

College/Department: College of Engineering
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

EGMT 345 Introduction to Peacebuilding for Engineers 3.0 Credits

Developed in partnership with professional peacebuilders from the PeaceTech Lab and USIP’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in Washington DC, this course introduces engineering students to the concepts and skills practiced in the field of international peacebuilding and conflict transformation. This course provides students with first-hand accounts of peacebuilders describing the challenges and opportunities in their work, short presentations outlining key theories and concepts that guide that work, and opportunities to think about how this knowledge, skills, and attitudes can be applied to real-life peacebuilding dilemmas.

College/Department: College of Engineering
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

EGMT 350 Conflict Management for Engineers 3.0 Credits

As the pace of science and technology innovation increases, so too does the role of engineers in solving some of the world’s toughest challenges. The prevention of violent conflict and the pursuit of a sustainable peace is just such a challenge. Developed in partnership with professional peacebuilders from the PeaceTech Lab and the US Institute of Peace’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in Washington DC, this course introduces engineering students to the concepts and skills they will need in order to use technology expertise in service of conflict-affected communities. This course provides students with an introduction to the theory and practice of conflict analysis, strategic peacebuilding, and negotiation.

College/Department: College of Engineering
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

EGMT 404 [WI] Introduction to Engineering Management Communications 3.0 Credits

Excellence in design is as important to managerial communications as it is for any engineering endeavor. By applying this concept to the challenges that new engineering managers face, the course encourages engineers to aspire to professional competence in writing and speaking as they prepare for management. This helps them in both marketing their job skills and publishing and promoting innovative ideas and solutions. Students learn the rhetoric of managerial communication to affect workplace behavior on multiple levels, effect profitable technological and business outcomes, and promote the success of new products and systems. The basic skills of composition and grammar are also stressed: developing and organizing content, building effective reporting formats, and editing to achieve style and correctness.

College/Department: College of Engineering
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

EGMT 462 Introduction to Engineering Management 3.0 Credits

Introduces the general theory of management, including the processes of planning, organizing, assembling resources, supervising, and controlling.

College/Department: College of Engineering
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if classification is Junior or Senior.

EGMT 465 Introduction to Systems Engineering 3.0 Credits

Determining technical requirements for engineering systems and planning technical product design and requirements. Analyzing the functionality, interoperability, and sustainability of new engineering systems. Integrating disparate engineering components for overall system optimization. Planning for testing and evaluation of engineering systems to evaluate conformance with technical requirements. Planning optimized organizational structure for execution of complex engineering programs.

College/Department: College of Engineering
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if classification is Junior or Senior.

EGMT 470 Engineering Leadership Capstone 2.0 Credits

This course aims to improve students’ leadership, problem solving, and communications skills through mentorship, scholarship, and civic engagement. It requires students to utilize the skills developed through their degree programs to solve a problem in the local community. Students will then present their solution to the relevant parties at the end of the term.

College/Department: College of Engineering
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: (EGMT 295 [Min Grade: D] and EGMT 296 [Min Grade: D]) or (ORGB 320 [Min Grade: D] and EGMT 404 [Min Grade: D] and EGMT 462 [Min Grade: D])

EGMT I199 Independent Study in EGMT 0.0-12.0 Credits

Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.