Undergraduate Minor in Engineering Education
The Engineering Education Minor is designed to provide opportunities to students seeking to expand their knowledge around the science of teaching and learning for engineers. This relatively new discipline is positioned to created unique learning experiences for engineering graduates who are contemplating continuing on (or eventually returning) to graduate school with a goal of ultimately becoming faculty members in the collegiate ranks.
This undergraduate minor will allow this group of students to have an introduction to the required preparation including the development of teaching skills to become successful in this emerging field. In addition, this minor is well-suited for engineering students who are considering non-traditional engineering careers such as technical sales, the development and implementation of educational technology as well as the creation of educational training and programming specifically for the commercial environment.
Admission
Students applying to the minor must have an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0. Application for admission to any University minor program is available via MyPack Portal for current NC State undergraduate students. Students can use the self-service Change of Degree Application (CODA) portal to add a minor to their degree plan.
Certification
The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from their undergraduate degree program. Certification should be completed no later than during the registration period for the student’s final semester as an undergraduate student at NC State.
Curriculum
The minor requires a minimum of 15 credit hours with 3 credit hours from a required core and 12 credit hours from a list of advised electives.
| Required Course | 3 | |
| EED 401/501 | Teaching Undergraduate Engineers | |
| Elective Courses | 12 | |
| EED 502 | Engineering Education: Content, Assessment, and Pedagogy | |
| EED 509 | Field Experiences in Engineering Education | |
| EED 595 | Societal Foundations for Engineering Education | |
| EED 414/515 | Ethics for Engineering Education | |
| TED 530 | Foundations for Teaching Technology | |
| TED 558 | Teaching Creative Problem Solving | |
| EDP 304 | Educational Psychology | |
| EDP 504 | Advanced Educational Psychology | |
| EAC | Instructional Strategies in Advanced Higher Education | |
| *Or other approved, advised elective | ||
| Total | 15 |