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Virginia Tech

MSE-2884: Materials Engineering Professional Development I

Description: Topics on professional, communications, and leadership skills in entering the engineering workplace; building and presenting qualifications for professional development; expanding the professional network; and ethical, diversity, inclusion, and equity in the engineering workplace. Career gap analysis, team dynamics, resumes, job interviews, cover letters, scholarship essays, personal statements, professional development portfolios, case studies, poster presentations. Pre: Sophomore standing in the MSE major.

Pathways: 1A Discourse Advanced, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 1 credit

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: MSE-3884

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 27

Average GPA: 3.72 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 70.48%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.06%

Christine C Burgoyne202382.9%10.3%3.6%0.9%2.2%0.1%3.6814
Marie C Paretti200772.6%24.5%2.3%0.6%0.0%0.0%3.664
Kelly Scarff201783.9%16.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.841
Jonathan M Adams201984.9%9.4%2.7%0.4%2.6%0.0%3.703
Rachel K Corell201692.6%5.2%1.4%0.7%0.0%0.0%3.853
Allison B Hutchison201687.5%10.0%0.0%2.5%0.0%0.0%3.771
Kayla B Mcnabb201595.3%4.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.901

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