Administrative experience
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Director of General Engineering
The Director of General Engineering was a recently created position largely to represent and manage the General Engineering programs including the Bachelor's degree in Engineering, a minor in General Engineering, and a new minor, Technical Innovation, Design Thinking, and the Entrepreneurial Mindset. The primary duties of the position are described below and more information about the program can be found below or from the General Engineering website.
Manage curricular programming for General Engineering (ENGR) major and minor along with our new Technical Innovation, Design Thinking, and the Entrepreneurial Mindset minor
Advise General Engineering major and minors students as well as the undeclared engineering students
Schedule and staff all ENGR courses as well as hire TAs for these courses
Review, evaluate, and hire faculty for General Engineering coursework
Manage budget for ENGR
Create academic content of our Summer Engineering Seminar (SES) and Spring Engineering Education Days (SEEDs) programs, including introductory overviews, design projects, and workshops
Review and revise undergraduate bulletin content for ENGR
Participate in Chairs & Deans meetings as part of the leadership team for the School of Engineering
Represent General Engineering department as part of Surge and STEM planning for the new Sobrato Campus for Innovation and Discovery
Serve General Engineering or Undeclared engineering students for summer orientation programming
Our newly minted trifold brochure about our General Engineering programs! See full pdf file (for SCU employees)
B.S. General Engineering
General Engineering is a degree program designed for those interested in a career involving engineering knowledge but with more flexibility than a specific engineering discipline. Rather, this modern, project-based, engineering curriculum spans many areas of engineering to create adaptable engineers with practical skills. Students will acquire the ability to work as members of a team towards successful attainment of a common goal, as well as develop their oral and written communication skills. The program culminates in a year-long multidisciplinary senior design course sequence consisting of a project based largely on student interest and faculty input.
YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS PROGRAM IF…
You have an interest in various different engineering disciplines and would like to diversify your skill set as much as possible
You are passionate about the engineering design and innovation
You want to concentrate your studies on a non-typical discipline in engineering (humanitarian engineering, entrepreneurship and engineering, etc.)
You wish to further your engineering knowledge as it relates to engineering’s impact on society and your specific learning pursuits.
Engineers – Are you interested in exploring technical innovation beyond the Design Thinking Pathway? Are you interested in developing skills that will help you apply your engineering degree so that you can effectively create real impact through the creation of value and improved circumstances for others? Are you interested in complementing your major with courses and activities relating to technical innovation, business, law, and the world of design? Are you interested in learning concepts that are critical to success in start-ups, large companies, social enterprises, and even civic organizations?
If so, consider selecting this new Minor created especially for engineers and implemented in a way that allows every engineer to fit its requirements into their four year program. This Minor includes requirements in the areas
Product Innovation and Prototyping
Business and Commercialization
Design Thinking and Entrepreneurial Fundamentals
Students are also required to complete an experiential project putting these concepts into practice as well as participation in two elective activities. Multiple OPTIONS are available for each of these requirements, affording students a great deal of flexibility in completing the Minor. Currently, the Minor offers an optional BioInnovation and Design track to provide students with an opportunity to focus their study of innovation and design/entrepreneurial thinking to medical and healthcare applications.
Portfolium digital roadmap of one example minor requirement