This presentation describes a proposal to the reThink PSU initiative at Portland State University.

1. Engineering Pathways Project
Opening doors for the curious

8. Engineering: It’s fun once you get it
“engineering has the highest
rate of persistence and the
lowest rate of inward migration”
Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education
http://www.engr.washington.edu/caee/CAEE_Briefs_PDFs/
PersistenceEngagementandMigration_Ohland_JEE08.pdf

9. Engineering: It’s fun once you get it
“engineering has the highest
rate of persistence and the
lowest rate of inward migration”
Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education
http://www.engr.washington.edu/caee/CAEE_Briefs_PDFs/
PersistenceEngagementandMigration_Ohland_JEE08.pdf

10. We will build a pre-engineering pathway
to serve at least three types of students
PSU students
curious about
engineering

11. We will build a pre-engineering pathway
to serve at least three types of students
PSU students Students wanting to
curious about enroll in engineering
engineering classes, but not
quite ready for math
and computing

12. We will build a pre-engineering pathway
to serve at least three types of students
PSU students Students wanting to High school
curious about enroll in engineering students
engineering classes, but not considering
quite ready for math STEM
and computing

13. Engineering has a highly structured
curriculum for developing mastery

14. Pre-engineering pathway helps the
curious and the less-well-prepared

15. Pre-engineering pathway helps the
curious and the less-well-prepared
A broad overview for the curious
A gentle introduction for the unprepared
A path to the next step: freshman engineering

16. Pre-engineering pathway helps the
curious and the less-well-prepared
Hybrid courses with week night and weekend
laboratories to maximize flexibility
Active learning: fabricate and test prototypes

18. Reframing courses to make new paths
Technology projects motivate the study of
math and science: lead with the fun!
ROOC for Oregonians and beyond

19. ROOC: Regional Open Online Course
with flexible weekend labs at PSU
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20. A pathway at the junior year will increase
admission opportunities to the upper division

21. A pathway at the junior year will increase
admission opportunities to the upper division
Competency-based assessment for some lower
division course work
Self-paced study supported by conventional and
hybrid lecture format

22. Freshman and junior level pathways will
broaden access and introduce engineering

23. Technology: not just
for engineers