## **ENGG 100 - Success in Engineering**

**Subject & Number:** ENGG 100

**Title:** Success in Engineering

**Course Career** Graduate

**Units**: 1

**Approved Hours:** 0.75-0.75-0

**Fee index:** 3

**Faculty:** Engineering

**Department:**

**Typically Offered:** Either term

### **Calendar Description**

An introduction to the Faculty of Engineering, the engineering
profession, the skills required for academic success, and the
fundamentals of leadership: study and life skills; time management and
goal setting; interpersonal skills; career planning; engineering and
society including elements of ethics, equity, concepts of sustainable
development, environmental stewardship, public safety, *and the impact
of engineering on Indigenous peoples and communities*.

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### Course Objectives & General Content

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### **Learning outcomes**

- Create a resume and a cover letter

- Know about university and engineering academic regulations; the
  university\'s student code of conduct and APEGA code of ethics; and,
  program accreditation matters

- Recognize the value of academic integrity and impact of cheating and
  plagiarism

- Use proper citations in all works

- Recognize the responsibilities of an engineer towards society,
  others\' health and safety, the environment and place of business

- Recognize and appreciate the importance of mental health and
  self-care, and apply concepts to themselves and others

- Recognize and appreciate the importance and responsibilities of an
  engineer with respect to inclusivity in society and the work
  environment

- Have increased knowledge of the definitions of sexual assault and
  violence, and of available resources at the U of A Sexual Assault
  Centre

- Undertake and complete a simple design project

### **Graduate Attributes**

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### Required Material

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### **Module Plan**

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| Module | Lecture                                        | Seminar | Lab |
+--------+------------------------------------------------+---------+-----+
| 1      | • Course introduction                          |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • ENGG 100 instructional team                  |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Why this course?                             |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Syllabus overview                            |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • eClass tour                                  |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • ENGG 100 Mentorship Program                  |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Engineering Students' Society (ESS)          |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | presentation                                   |         |     |
+--------+------------------------------------------------+---------+-----+
| 2      | • Faculty Regulations                          |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Academic Integrity                           |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Program admissions                           |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Calculating Your GPA                         |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Academic integrity and the code of           |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | student behaviour                              |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Discipline selection process                 |         |     |
+--------+------------------------------------------------+---------+-----+
| 3      | • Academic skills                              |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Time management                              |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Exam strategies                              |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Online learning (ASC Module)                 |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Metacognition                                |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Project management skills for                |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | academia                                       |         |     |
+--------+------------------------------------------------+---------+-----+
| 4      | • What does well-being look like?              |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Self-Care and sleep                          |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • On-campus resources                          |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Resilience & recovering from failure         |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Happiness                                    |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Getting involved                             |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Interpersonal skills                         |         |     |
+--------+------------------------------------------------+---------+-----+
| 5      | • Coop and Work Experience                     |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Improving your resume                        |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Designing Your Life                          |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Graduate attributes                          |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Engineering research and academia            |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • APEGA                                        |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Safety and risk management                   |         |     |
+--------+------------------------------------------------+---------+-----+
| 6      | • Responsibility and ethics                    |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Environmental sustainability and             |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | stewardship                                    |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Community engagement                         |         |     |
|        |                                                |         |     |
|        | • Equity, diversity, and inclusion             |         |     |
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