First Year Engineering Curriculum At Youngstown State University

The first year engineering curriculum at Youngstown State University is a two-semester sequence of courses taken by qualified first year students of all engineering majors. This sequence was started about five years ago and has undergone yearly evaluation and fine-tuning as we try to get the best possible experience for our engineering freshman. This paper outlines the evolution to our current course make-up including the elements we feel are positive and beneficial to the program as well as those that did not facilitate the success of our program. It also specifies, in more detail, the current structure of the freshman engineering program at Youngstown State University.