First-Year Engineering CoRe Experience

Learn

The academic portion of the First-year Engineering CoRe Experience is the Cornerstone Engineering Program. It consists of two courses that introduce students to the team design process and analytical tools used in the engineering profession. Throughout both courses, students generate written reports and oral presentations, with significant feedback from undergraduate mentors, graduate teaching assistants, and the academic staff. Especially for the design course, the projects are open-ended and completed by interdisciplinary teams, leading to creative, divergent solutions to engineering problems.

EGR 100: Introduction to Engineering Design

An important part of the CoRe Experience is the academic program. EGR 100, Introduction to Engineering Design, is a required course for all incoming first-year engineering students. These students are introduced to the engineering profession and the engineering design process through team-based, interdisciplinary design projects and report writing.

EGR 102: Introduction to Engineering Modeling

An Introduction to Engineering Modeling is a dynamic and essential course for aspiring engineers. This course is specifically designed to provide students with a strong foundation in the vital concepts and techniques of mathematical modeling used in the engineering field. In the labs and lecture, students explore topics such as linear and nonlinear systems, optimization techniques, numerical methods, and computer simulations through engaging hands-on projects.

Tutoring

First-year engineering students may take advantage of free tutoring offered at our center in C211 Wonders Hall. Our students find CoRe tutoring to be beneficial to their academic success. CoRe tutors are undergraduate engineering students with excellent academic records.

Tutoring is offered Sunday through Thursday evenings, 6pm to 10pm, and typically begins the third week of the semester running through the week before final exams. Students have the opportunity to attend regular tutoring sessions, as well as mid-term and final exam review sessions, in the following subjects:

• PHY 183 Physics I
• PHY 184 Physics II
• MTH 103 College Algebra (includes MTH 103A and MTH 103B)
• MTH 114 Trigonometry
• MTH 116 College Algebra and Trigonometry
• MTH 132 Calculus I
• MTH 133 Calculus II
• MTH 234 Calculus III
• MTH 235 Differential Equations
• CEM 141/151 General Chemistry

Succeed

Professional Development

The CoRe Experience benefits from a strong connection to industry, giving students insight on engineering in the “real world”. Building connections with our corporate partners helps CoRe students visualize the impact they can make in their careers. Our partners also support “theme floors” that teach students about 21-st century engineering practice while providing collaborative spaces where students can work and play together.

Co-ops and Careers

The Career Center: Experience Engineering Careers
Engineering students benefit from the many resources offered by The Center, the college's co-op and careers office. Students are prepared to network with engineering recruiters interested in hiring interns and co-ops and are taught how to build professional resumes, prepare for career workshops and job fairs, and get the most out of experiential education opportunities. Review our Destination Report for information on graduate employment outcomes.

Early Engineering Advising

Perhaps the most valuable resource we provide current students is our academic advisors. We recommend meeting with an academic advisor each semester to check progress toward your degree and get valuable insight and information on your academic and life goals. The College of Engineering employs academic advising professionals with advanced degrees in counseling, education, university administration and related fields. Our academic advisors are available to help you plan an academic program that meets your educational and professional goals and to provide you with information you need to make wise educational and personal decisions. Advisors help current students explore engineering majors and career options and direct them to important campus resources for assistance with test-taking, study skills, career planning and much more.

Visit our Student Resources page for undergraduate students

Engage

Each year students arrive to campus looking to explore all that the College of Engineering has to offer. The excitement of developing new skills, becoming an engineer, meeting new friends, joining a student organization and more, fill the air of the South Neighborhood. This excitement is very contagious and must not be extinguished! CoRe has the enormous task of grabbing the attention of over 1900+ incoming Spartan engineering students fast, and sustaining their engagement throughout the entire academic year. Through advanced planning, college and corporate partnerships we are able to be successful in our mission. It is always an honor to serve the students and to play a small role in their transformative learning experiences.

Peer Leaders

Peer leaders CoRe peer leaders are upper-level engineering students who live among CoRe students and serve as role models for success as engineering students. Through relationship building and group activities, Peer Leaders create a strong, connected support network that fosters academic, professional, and personal success for CoRe students.

Peer Leaders assist with the organization of academic, professional and social events for our students to attend, as well as perform weekly door-to-door check-ins with our students in the First-Year Living Learning Community. Throughout the academic year students attend community events created to help them grow as an engineering major, connect with the campus community, and learn more about the professional world of engineering from faculty members and engineers currently in the workforce. In 2023, CoRe expanded programming services to include the residential settings of engineering students outside the South Neighborhood.

Other Ways to Engage

• Explore ideas, energy, purpose and possibilities with Campus Life
• Check out over 1,000 Registered Student Organizations
• Learn about our commitment to Inclusive Excellence