Online Engineering Grand Challenges
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Overview
Are you excited about new technologies that impact every facet of our lives? Are you concerned about the many problems, big or small, faced by our communities on planet earth, and want to help? This course is for you! This course will provide you with opportunities to explore the global challenges facing society, and to learn about how engineers are making an effort to address these challenges. It will serve as a first step to prepare you to become a well rounded Engineer who is ready to tackle these challenges.
You will hear from experts in many engineering fields talking about the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges for Engineering and their groundbreaking research that is impacting communities of all sizes across the globe. Through this course, you will be equipped with an Entrepreneurial Mindset that complements the technical engineering skill set and drives innovation. The entrepreneurial mindset focuses on exercising your curiosity about the surrounding world in order to identify opportunities, make connections, and create real value for society.
This course is also an active introduction to developing an interdisciplinary systems perspective, a new way of thinking and problem solving that is important to address these challenges. Through discussions and activities, you will actively explore how engineering solutions and technologies can be affected by and impact various aspects of society including economics, politics, environment, culture, and human behavior.
What you'll learn
- Develop an interdisciplinary understanding of the global engineering Grand Challenges that human societies face in the 21st century
- Describe the NAE Grand Challenges themes, and learn about ongoing research in all Grand Challenge theme areas
- Identify opportunities to create added value in the Grand Challenge areas, and apply customer focused design and an entrepreneurial mindset to conceptualize a potential future solution
- Interpret why (and in what ways) a technology or design solution adds value from multiple perspectives (technological, sociocultural, economic, environmental, global, etc.), and describe a design solution in terms of its societal value (as well as its technical features and function)
- Demonstrate an awareness of societal issues (e.g. sociocultural, political, economic, environmental) that influence and/or constrain engineering solutions
Exams and grading
40%
Projects (2)
20%
ePortfolio
25%
Activities (15)
15%
Graded Discussions
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Accelerated College Courses (ACC) are freshman-level courses developed by ASU faculty and can count towards a variety of majors from engineering to business. Through this program, students can earn transferable ASU credit from anywhere in the world. All credits earned will apply to ASU and any accepting university. Courses are taken online and open to everyone, from High school leaners to high school leavers to adult leaners. No application fee, transcript or SAT, TOEFL, IELTS required to start the program.
Video lectures, readings, projects, graded activities, discussions, an ePortfolio, and optional live meetings with the instructor
Yes. This course appears on your transcript identically to how it appears on the transcript of an enrolled ASU student who has taken the course on one of ASU’s campuses. Course attendance dates will be listed on your transcript. A self paced course will appear on your transcript in the session you complete the course.
This course satisfies 3 credit hours toward the Social-Behavioral Sciences (SB) General Studies requirement at Arizona State University. This course is also a required component of the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars Program at ASU. It is strongly encouraged that you consult with your institution of choice to determine how these credits will be applied to their degree requirements prior to transferring your credit.
Typically you can take this from the 11th grade or after completing your 12th. No SAT, TOEFL or IELTS is required to take this course.
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Students can transfer their credits to the school of their choice and save over $20,000 on their way to a bachelor’s degree vs. the national average 4-year tuition. (Source: IES/NCES Digest 2021 Table 330.10)
Or students can opt to take one course at a time at $125 per college credit
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For AC, all students age 14 or older with at least a high school diploma, SSCE, or equivalent are eligible to apply.
For our courses and certificates, you must be 14 or older and willing to commit yourself academically to enroll.
Students in any of our programs should be ready for the academic rigor of college-level coursework. Be sure to pick the right program for your ability, time commitment, and long-term goals.
Yes, you’ll be able to complete courses anywhere in the universe with Wi-Fi and a laptop or desktop computer. Check the technical requirement page for what you will need to be able to participate in any of our courses.
We work with trusted partners to ensure you get real, accredited credit for the courses and degree programs you take with us. Plus, we offer support in transferring credits to your next institution if you’d like. Lextorah-earned college credits have successfully transferred to hundreds of institutions, including Harvard, NYU, and many more.
For courses taken as part of the accelerated program, you’ll receive 3 credits per course from Arizona State University, among the top 10% highest quality colleges in the US and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (Source: College Factual).
The cost is $375 per course, for now. We’re committed to keeping costs low for students, but can’t guarantee this introductory price forever. Don’t miss this chance to learn the world’s best online courses for 80% less than the average college course
We recommend that you dedicate 15-20 hours a week to complete the course with flying colours.
Required credit hours: Learners under 22 complete 24 credit hours, and those 22 or older only need to complete 12 credit hours with a 2.75 GPA or higher.
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You’ll meet the aptitude requirements for general university admission when you complete your required courses with a 2.75 GPA or higher. If you’re under 22, you’ll need to complete 24 credit hours, if you’re 22 or older you’ll only need to complete 12 credit hours. If you have submitted an application and all required materials to ASU, you’ll be eligible for admission.
Please note, learners cannot earn admission while still enrolled in high school
If you are not interested in pursuing your studies at ASU, no problem! You’ll have a transcript you can provide to any university that accepts ASU credits.