Expected Student Outcomes

Expected Student Outcomes

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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:Ìý

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.Ìý

  • 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.Ìý

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Graduate Certificate

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

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.Ìý

  • 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.Ìý

  • 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.Ìý

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

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

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

Expectation of Exposure (remember, understand)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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:Ìý

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.Ìý

  • 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.Ìý

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

  • 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.Ìý

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

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

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

Expectation of Exposure (remember, understand)

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

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

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

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

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

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