<p>How much hands-on work/labs do Cockrell students get to participate in? For example, some colleges have a freshman robotics lab that is entirely hands-on. Does the Cockrell school have this type of opportunity?</p>
<p>My son reports that ChemE has very little hands on freshman year. Perhaps, junior year. He think Mechanical has hands on to learn how to use the shop when the time comes. EE has a lab which is hands on. I guess it depends on your area of concentration.</p>
<p>I am a freshmen civil engineering major, oh trust me, I wish I would stay in the class room more than go out and do survey in the hot sun or measuring the deflection of beams in the laboratory. In short, it depends on your major.</p>
<p>Electrical engineering students have an Intro to EE class (I am in it right now) that has a lab component which is fairly hands on (making circuits on breadboards, we did some soldering the other day, etc). The Intro to Computing involves programming in assembly but we program using a simulator for the “simple computer” we are meant to be controlling. So basically its a mix.
I have heard BME students have lab work in their Intro to BME class as well so I imagine that is hands on as well.</p>
<p>I have heard later on, things get even more hands on - at least for EE - and thats when classes get more interesting but also harder.</p>