In the largest transformation of student experience in 61 years, McMaster's Faculty of Engineering has introduced changes to its undergraduate curriculum, re-imagined its classrooms and emphasized experiential learning all to prepare engineers of the future to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
Called The Pivot, the $15-million initiative is a new approach to engineering education that will help ensure graduates are resilient, calculated risk-takers who are intellectually curious and unfazed by failure.
Changing the curriculum
The curriculum change to the general first-year program integrates four courses into one seamless, project-based learning experience in which students will complete a project-based course in every year through to their final year capstone course.
