Using writing to meet the needs of freshmen

Freshman engineering students have a number of writing assignments during the first year that are designed to meet the instructional objectives of the academic, advising, and library programs at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Engineering. The two semester writing projects are the result of a collaboration between the Freshman Program, Freshman Advising, and the Engineering Library that creates a student centered learning environment to help freshmen learn how to use communication software packages, develop research skills, make informed decisions about their future educational and career goals in engineering and help discover what engineering is.