This course is designed to explore issues in engineering and college academics for American Indian students in the College of Engineering. These are the primary objectives of the DOC seminar:

• Increase awareness of academic and campus support, and further develop skills for college success.
• Provide an area for peer networking, social support, mentoring opportunities, and contact with the COE and DOC programs.
• Expose students to successful American Indian engineers to discuss barriers in education, social and professional environments.
• Help students discover and evaluate career options and choices and develop a network of professional opportunities.

Key topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Goal setting, study skills, time and stress management
• Writing and reading skills
• Professional Student Engineering Chapter information
• Internships, job opportunities in Montana and nationally
• Engineering majors and specifics about each program
• Mentoring activities/opportunities with upper division students
• COE research-Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, Transportation, Biofilm, and Computer Science
• Guest speakers from industry, corporations, COE alumni, tribally owned firms

Sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation - Engineering Schools of the West Initiative

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