Expected Student Outcomes

Undergraduate

Students graduating with the Mortenson Center Global Engineering Minor or enrolled in the Global Engineering Residential Academic Program will be able to demonstrate the following: 

Expectation of Competence (apply)

• Students will be able to analyze the historical and contemporary context of global inequalities and global development poverty alleviation policies, programs, institutions, and social movements. 

• Students will be able to identify and apply relevant engineering skills toward global development.

• Students will have an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.

Expectation of Exposure (remember, understand)

• Students will be able to recognize and explain technical interventions designed to support global development. 

• Students will be able to explain important dimensions of professional field readiness. 

• Students will be able to recognize cultural differences and illustrate skills to collaborate across cultures. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain methods for programmatic impact evaluation. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain social entrepreneurship applied in global development. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain qualitative and quantitative data collection analysis within a global development application. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain the professional field of Global Health. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain the professional field of Development Economics. 

Graduate Certificate

Students graduating with the Mortenson Center Graduate Certificate in Global Engineering (online or on campus): 

Expectation of Competence (apply)

• Students will be able to analyze the historical and contemporary context of global inequalities and global development poverty alleviation policies, programs, institutions, and social movements. 

• Students will be able to identify and apply relevant engineering skills toward global development.

• Students will be able to implement qualitative and quantitative data collection analysis within a global development application. 

• Students will have an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.

• Students will be able to apply technical interventions designed to support global development. 

• Students will be able to apply important dimensions of professional field readiness. 

• Students will be able to recognize cultural differences and apply skills to collaborate across cultures. 

• Students will be able to apply methods for programmatic impact evaluation. 

Expectation of Exposure (remember, understand)

• Students will be able to identify and explain social entrepreneurship applied in global development. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain the professional field of Global Health. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain the professional field of Development Economics. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain systems thinking methods and approaches. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain project management skills and methods. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain security, public policy, governance and rights-based approaches to global development. 

Professional Master's Degree

Students graduating with the Professional Master's in Global Engineering or Global Environmental Engineering will be able to demonstrate the following: 

Expectation of Mastery (analyze, evaluate, create)

• Students will be able to analyze the historical and contemporary context of global inequalities and global development poverty alleviation policies, programs, institutions, and social movements. 

• Students will be able to identify and apply relevant engineering skills toward global development.

• Students will be able to apply systems thinking methods and approaches. 

• Students will be able to apply project management skills and methods. 

• Students will have an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.

Expectation of Competence (apply)

• Students will be able to apply technical interventions designed to support global development. 

• Students will be able to implement qualitative and quantitative data collection analysis within a global development application. 

• Students will be able to recognize cultural differences and apply skills to collaborate across cultures. 

• Students will be able to apply methods for programmatic impact evaluation. 

Expectation of Exposure (remember, understand)

• Students will be able to identify and explain social entrepreneurship applied in global development. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain the professional field of Global Health. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain the professional field of Development Economics. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain systems thinking methods and approaches. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain project management skills and methods. 

• Students will be able to identify and explain security, public policy, governance and rights-based approaches to global development.