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The purpose of the freshman leadership course, "Self
Management and Leadership Principles," is to build the MEP freshman class
into a strong academic and personally supportive community in order to help
students manage the difficult transition from high school to college.
Academic skill-building, engineering career awareness, diversity, self
management, and leadership skills are the main components of the course. All MEP
freshmen and transfer students on MEP scholarships are required to enroll for
both the fall and spring semesters. Students earn a total of three hours
of credit. An important advantage is that the MEP staff has ready access to the
students throughout the first year and are able to intervene on a timely basis
if problems arise.
Students participating in the Freshman Leadership Course
MEP students completed numerous assignments such as interviewing a CU professor
and a professional engineer, compiling a resume, and conducting a week-long
exercise on time-management. Students also gave class presentations and assisted
with MEP outreach activities such as visits to high schools including Boulder
HS, Fairview HS, Centaurus HS, Montbello HS, and Northglenn HS.
Throughout the course a number of guest speakers led special sessions to help
MEP students learn about the engineering profession, industry futures, and the
value of diversity in the global economy. Speakers included MEP alumni such as
Dan Hernandez and Aldo Sandoval. Several CU faculty and staff also served as
guest speakers including former Dean Ross Corotis, Vice Chancellor Robert
Schnabel, Jack Faber of CU/NASA Space Grant College, Professor Larry Carlson of
Mechanical Engineering and the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory,
Professor Igor Gamow of Chemical Engineering, Professors Michael Mozer and
Clarence "Skip" Ellis from Computer Science, Professor Bill Miller of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor Hy Brown of Civil Engineering,
Professor Mark Edwards from Environmental Engineering, Professor Jana Milford
from Mechanical Engineering and Professor Ken Ortega from CU at Denver. This
year’s class also made an industry field trip to the Ball Aerospace facilities
in Boulder. Most importantly, by meeting weekly, the class helped new MEP
students grow into a cohesive, mutually supportive team.
Please click on "Syllabus" below to see the fall 2002 syllabus for
GEEN 1510!
Academic Clustering (including Tutoring and Counseling)
MEP students enrolled in "gateway" classes including Calculus I and
II, Chemistry, and Physics I and II, were clustered into common lecture and
recitation sections. Clustering MEP students into the same lecture and
recitation sections helps overcome the sense of ethnic isolation that many
minority students experience in large institutions, and it provides a natural
opportunity for MEP students to network together and form study groups.
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