The Engineering Institute
The Engineering Institute at Central Catholic offers a curriculum of hands-on, teamwork-oriented coursework to students considering an engineering career after high school.
About the Program:
What is engineering? What do engineers do? Is the engineering field a good fit for me? The goal of the Engineering Institute at
Central Catholic (EICC) is to provide students with opportunities, through a combination of coursework, resources, and outside of
the classroom experiences, to answer these questions and allow them to make informed decisions about pursuing an engineering
career.
EICC students will be engaged in an intellectually challenging, hands-on, and relevant curriculum with coursework and experiences designed to foster creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, and communication to give them exposure to engineering careers and prepare them for entry into a college engineering program.
Who Should Apply?
The EICC will be open to all 9th-grade students who are, or think they might be, interested in an engineering career. Students who have a diversity of skills, interests, backgrounds, and abilities and who are interested in math and science, hands-on learning, creative problem solving, and working together in teams are encouraged to apply. EICC students should have completed Honors or Advanced Geometry or will be enrolled in Honors or Advanced Geometry as a sophomore.
Curriculum and Components
Students accepted into the EICC will be part of a cohort that will complete the curricular requirements of the three-year program. EICC students will take a one-semester engineering course each of their sophomore, junior, and senior years. The focus of the senior year engineering class will be the completion of a capstone design project. EICC students are also required to take four years of math and science.
Along with the EICC coursework, students will be involved in outside-the-classroom experiences that include guest speakers,
seminars, field trips, and collaboration with professional mentors.
