<p>This is a one-credit course that is supposedly mandatory for engineering students who did not attend the summer orientation. On my schedule, I have this "class" on Monday. It seems like it's a one time only thing; you just go there once, and you're done. Is it true, or do I have to attend the orientation lecture every week all through out the first semester?</p>
<p>You get a whole credit for a class with one session? Wish I could’ve skipped orientation. It was useless.</p>
<p>No, that’s my question here.</p>
<p>Sixflags, is it listed as Eng Orientation Lect? If so, that isn’t because you didn’t do orientation in the summer. It’s a pass/fail class where each week a different field of engineering comes in and discusses their specialty (one week you’ll have an ECE rep come in, another week a packaging engineering rep, etc.) The only way attendance is taken is you print out a sheet from online, write your name on it, fill out the sheet and hand it in at the end of the lecture. You don’t even need to do the activity on the sheet, just put your name on it and hand it in. I spent the whole semester in the back of the room surfing the web, handed in my sheet at the end of lecture, and got an easy Pass :P</p>
<p>Yes, it says “Eng Orientation Lect.” And thank you. So it goes on for a whole semester. Were the materials you learned interesting and thought provoking per se?</p>
<p>Much of the information presented could be found online. But they were presented mainly by professors from each department, so you got an idea of what each department is like. They told us about the sizes of their departments, class sizes, job offer statistics, etc. When you already know what type of engineering you want to be, it can be a waste of time, but it’s still insightful.</p>
<p>Does the engineering orientation lecture physically appear on your schedule. Right now all i have is Chem, Physics, Calc, expos, and sociology of sport. Isn’t there supposed to be intro to experimentation or something like that as well?</p>
<p>Intro to experimentation fills up really fast, so there may have not been enough room for you. You can easily take it in the spring semester. If Engineering orientation isn’t on your schedule, you haven’t been registered for it, possibly because it conflicts with your schedule or there is no room left. Engineering orientation can also be taken in the spring semester.</p>