»First-Year Foundations: Grand Challenges Initiatives (100B)
FFC 100B – Grand Challenges Initiative: Grand Challenges in Science and Technology
The GCI is a unique two-year project that is part of the curriculum for all incoming
first-year students in Fowler School of Engineering and Schmid College of Science
and Technology majors. You’ll work with a small team of 4-6 fellow students and a research mentor to take on one
of our most pressing problems, from reversing climate change to improving data security
to developing new health technology—and many more.
Can we predict critical medical conditions before they occur? How do we stem the loss
of biodiversity? What is the role of artificial intelligence in creating a safer future?
Solving these “grand challenges” will require breakthroughs that leverage innovative
thinking across disciplines. In this course, small teams of students work together
to understand a current challenge facing society, propose a potential solution, and
effectively communicate what they have learned.
- FFC 100B-01 (Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00-11:15 a.m.)-Professor Cassendra Maya
