Leadership of International Virtual Engineering Teams

Catalog description

ENGR 422 provides students with the opportunity to develop intercultural engineering collaboration skills. The course focuses on developing leadership competence in cross-cultural teaming through a virtual learning environment. Students will team with students from other countries on completing a project with socially relevant solutions. Students will work virtually with students from other institutions outside the US to complete a project throughout the semester. Students completing this course will: Acquire and apply a theoretical foundation in appropriate engineering design across cultural and international boundaries; Discuss contemporary international engineering development, ethics, and project leadership principles as they relate to intercultural communication in engineering teams; Demonstrate engineering project collaboration and leadership skills in the context of virtual cross-cultural interdisciplinary teams; Assess business and leadership skills displayed by others and critically evaluate current international events and assigned reading material. Students will be evaluated on these learning objectives through a variety of methods such as presentation of a semester long team project, critiques and reflection of relevant literature, papers, and peers reviews. This course is part of the international track within the engineering leadership development minor.