Global Engineering and Science Minor

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Contact Information

Ivanhoe International Center
Surbeck Center Lower Level
(605) 394-6884
E-mail: International@sdsmt.edu

Program Information

Well prepared engineers and scientists must possess skills and attitudes needed for working on multidisciplinary teams that are increasingly multicultural and global in nature. Many engineers and scientists encounter projects in unfamiliar cultures and work on multinational/multicultural teams. The Minor in Global Engineering and Science provides cross cultural insight and experience that will increase the ability of engineers and scientists to work successfully on projects and teams in other countries and cultures. Students learn intercultural communication and teaming skills, and then complete a cross cultural design, research, or capstone project while working on multinational/multicultural teams, or by working on a project in a country or culture that is significantly different than their own. This minor will more fully prepare graduates as global professionals and provide evidence to employers of the ability to understand client expectations and unspoken priorities and select appropriate and indigenous technology.

Students from any discipline at the School of Mines may pursue the Minor in Global Engineering and Science by completing eighteen (18) credit hours of coursework as described below.

Students must complete the Global Engineering and Science Minor application form or Notification of Intent to Seek a Minor form, with appropriate signatures and turn it into the Registrar’s Office by the beginning of the first semester of the senior year. Students must complete a three (3) cross cultural design, research, or capstone activity (e.g., an approved design, science research, or capstone project; co-op; or engineering design, research, or capstone course in a foreign country or culture, including Native American reservations.) The design, research, or capstone activity must be pre-approved by the program coordinator and a technical advisor.

Cross-Cultural Engineering Design

Select three (3) credits from the list below:

CP 297/397/497 Cooperative Education Credits: 1 to 3
EXPL 285/385/485/585/685 Study Abroad Experiences Credits: 1 to 3
EXCH 487 Study Abroad Credits: (0-0) 0
EXCH 289 Student Exchange - International Credits: 0 to 18
EXCH 389 Student Exchange - International Credits: 0 to 16
EXCH 489 Student Exchange - International Credits: 0 to 18
CBE 463 Process Design and Economics for Chemical Engineering Credits: (2-1) 3
CBE 466 Capstone Design for Chemical Engineering Credits: (0-2) 2
CBE 487 Global and Contemporary Issues in Chemical Engineering Credits: (1-0) 1
CEE 489 Capstone Design Project Credits: (0-3) 3
GEOL 410 Field Geology Credits: (0-6) 6
ME 477 Mechanical Engineering Design I Credits: (0-2) 2
ME 479 Mechanical Systems Design II Credits: (0-2) 2
MEM 464 Mine Design and Feasibility Study Credits: (0-4) 4
PHYS 412 Advanced Design Projects I Credits: (0-3) 3
XXX 464 Capstone Design I Credits: 1 to 4
XXX 465 Capstone Design II Credits: 1 to 4
XXX 491 Independent Study Credits: 1 to 3
XXX 498 Undergraduate Research/Scholarship Credits: 3 to 12

Cross-Cultural Teamwork and Project Management

Students will be required to select six (6) credits from the list below to improve cross-cultural teamwork or project management. Two or more different prefixes are required.

CEE 474/574 Construction Engineering and Management Credits: (3-0) 3
IENG 241L Introduction to Quality Methods and Teaming Credits: (0-2) 2
IENG 352 Creativity and Innovation Credits: (1-0) 1
IENG 366 Engineering Management Credits: (3-0) 3
MSL 201 Innovative Team Leadership Credits: (1-0) 1
PSYC 319 Teams and Team Building Credits: (3-0) 3
PSYC 331 Industrial and Organizational Psychology Credits: (3-0) 3

Cross-Cultural Understanding and Communication

Students will be required to select nine (9) elective credit hours that expand the understanding of human nature, social systems, cross cultural communication in, or engineering practices in a global context*

ANTH 210 Cultural Anthropology Credits: (3-0) 3
CBE 487 Global and Contemporary Issues in Chemical Engineering Credits: (1-0) 1 *
EXCH 289 Student Exchange - International Credits: 0 to 18
EXCH 389 Student Exchange - International Credits: 0 to 16
EXCH 489 Student Exchange - International Credits: 0 to 18
EXCH 487 Study Abroad Credits: (0-0) 0
EXPL 285/385/485/585/685 Study Abroad Experiences Credits: 1 to 3
GEOG 210 World Regional Geography Credits: (3-0) 3
GEOG 400 Cultural Geography Credits: (3-0) 3
POLS 250 Introduction to International Relations Credits: (3-0) 3
POLS 350 International Relations Credits: (3-0) 3
PSYC 461 Theories of Personality Credits: (3-0) 3
SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology Credits: (3-0) 3
XXX 101/102 Introductory Languages I and II Credits: 4-8 **

*Specialized courses being developed in conjunction with efforts to create study-abroad pathways within all undergraduate programs of study will be considered for inclusion as electives as they are developed (i.e., CBE 487, Global and Contemporary Issues in Chemical Engineering). Additional courses may be considered, including courses taken at other universities, with careful review by faculty.

**Intermediate or advanced language courses or language courses taken while studying abroad may be substituted for introductory language courses with approval of the program coordinator.