Yes. I'm a sophomore (class of 2010) and my schedule would look familiar to any other engineering student. The courses mentioned in the article are in addition to other requirements you would expect, such as a slew of more specific engineering courses, math courses and science labs. All of the courses tend to be more project based, but we're still taught the right way to do things. I think the best example of how things are run is the Foundations of Business and Entrepreneurship class. Students form groups and launch their own businesses over the semester, but the professors also spend plenty of course time teaching accounting, how to write business plans, how to work with investors and so on. Many of the engineering courses work under a similar model.
Slashdot Mirror
All of those (including Biology) are required courses at Olin, actually.
Yes. I'm a sophomore (class of 2010) and my schedule would look familiar to any other engineering student. The courses mentioned in the article are in addition to other requirements you would expect, such as a slew of more specific engineering courses, math courses and science labs. All of the courses tend to be more project based, but we're still taught the right way to do things. I think the best example of how things are run is the Foundations of Business and Entrepreneurship class. Students form groups and launch their own businesses over the semester, but the professors also spend plenty of course time teaching accounting, how to write business plans, how to work with investors and so on. Many of the engineering courses work under a similar model.