First Year Engineering Expectations
What is First Year Engineering? First Year Engineering, also called FYE, is often confusing to incoming freshman or future Boilermakers. As I was applying to Purdue, I did not know what FYE was or how it was different from other college engineering programs. In this Blog, I hope to show you what FYE looks like for most students and the courses involved. First Year Engineering is a program where you can figure out which type of engineering you want to study. You will not select the discipline of engineering that you are doing until the end of your freshman year. First Year Engineering courses allow you to learn the fundamentals of engineering before you jump into specialized engineering courses. Instead of being unfamiliar with an engineering program before you come to college, Purdue allows students to have time to get a sense of what to expect. You also learn about the different engineering programs. College can be stressful especially in the beginning, so it is nice to kno