McCormick Highlights
The undergraduate engineering degree programs in McCormick provide a wide range of options and opportunities for students. These highlights involve:
Curriculum
Extra-Curricular Activities
Research Opportunities
Curriculum
The degree programs of McCormick are quite flexible to allow a variety of combinations and accents. There are several special programs which can merge with the standard curriculum. These include the Business Enterprise (formerly Business Basics) Certificate, International Engineering Experience Certificate, and the Cooperative Engineering Education Program.
The first year curriculum - known as Engineering First® - is a common set of coursework for all engineering majors. Therefore, there is not pressure to immediately need to know which major you would like to pursue.
The Engineering First® curriculum sets up a solid engineering foundation and helps students early on find out more about engineering and how to deal with studying an interdisciplinary subject.
Depending on how a student structures his or her coursework, a full 25% of the courses used to earn the engineering degree can be outside of math, science and engineering. Through the Social Science / Humanities Theme requirement, a student builds a theme consisting of 7 courses. This, along with 5 unrestricted electives, may allow a student to complete the requirements for a major in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences in addition to their McCormick degree in four years.
Extra-Curricular Activities
There are over 20 student groups affliated with McCormick. (There are also hundreds of other university-wide groups and organizations that McCormick students can join.) The McCormick groups bring together students with common interests, career goals or backgrounds. In addition to providing social and academic programs, these groups provide opportunities for leadership through executive board positions. Tanglible experience in program planning, fundraising, and public relations build skills that can help in the job search.
Several of our student groups focus on design and allow students the opportunity to design and build projects ranging from an autonomous robot for head-to-head challenge to a solar powered car that is raced across the country.
Research Opportunities
Undergraduate students have the potential to get involved in faculty research projects. Many faculty members have undergraduates as a part of their research team. Some students will connect with a faculty member and inquire about joining the team. Other students will remain in Evanston for the summer and work in a professor's lab gaining experience as well as earning money.
While it is rare, there have been previous McCormick students who have been co-authors with faculty on journal articles stemming from research they did as undergraduates.
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