Are you considering a career in engineering? Are you curious about how cutting-edge science is used by engineers to make our lives better?

This online pre college course challenges students to apply engineering concepts and principles as they learn how to address both theoretical and real-world problems. Among the challenges you will investigate:

• The demand for energy is expected to grow 30% by 2030. What role can engineers play in developing renewable energy sources?
• In what ways can engineers help solve some of the most pressing medical challenges, including the national shortage of organs for transplantation?
• What is nanotechnology and how is it being used to develop the materials to bring the concept of an elevator to space into reality?

Build your skills and prepare for success in college:

• Interpret data and use mathematics and science to solve complex engineering problems.
• Evaluate problems and their solutions within economic, manufacturing, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, and sustainability constraints.
• Practice effective communication and problem solving while also learning how to work in teams.
• Analyze engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental and social contexts.

How you will learn:

• Team design projects
• Individual and group problem-solving labs
• Self-paced online training modules and self-check quizzes
• Online instructor-led discussion groups
• Readings and graded writing assignments

Is this Brown University pre college course right for you?

Students who have completed Algebra 1 are best prepared to participate in this pre college course. This course also includes basic concepts from Trigonometry. Supporting materials will be provided, but an understanding of these concepts is suggested prior to enrollment.

The majority of your course time will be spent completing interactive self-study programs, participating in virtual activities with your student group, or in communication with your classmates and instructors.

Course duration and weekly assignments:

Fall and Spring pre college courses are 6 weeks long, and require approximately 5 hours per week to complete coursework and assignments. The Summer course is an intensive 3 week long program and requires approximately 10 hours per week.

Additional course books and supplies: No additional books are required for this course.

Technical requirements for this online course:

• All coursework must be submitted in .doc or .pdf format
• High speed internet access
• Headphones or speakers
• Adobe Flash Player v10
• DVD player (TV or computer)
• Browser requirements:
  • Windows 2000 or later with Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher or Firefox 2.0 or later
  • Mac OS 10 with Firefox and Safari
  • iPads are not supported as all courses require the use of Flash and iOS (the iPad operating system) does not support Flash

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