<p>Can any engineers comment on the “Introduction to Engineering” (ENGIR) courses?</p>
<p>I’m interested in doing either “Computing in the Arts,” “Biomaterials for the Skeletal System,” or “Computation, Information, and Intelligence.”</p>
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<p>I’m doing bioengineering and might go into a carrier in the field of biomedical engineering. However I’m also very interested in most of the other ENGRI courses. Which should I choose?</p>
<p>My roommate took computing in the arts his freshman year and loved it. If Baily is teaching the course, go for it, he’s a very good professor. The class is fairly laid back and you are not expected to be a hardcore programmer (although if you are he allows plenty of opportunities to show what you can do, because some of the projects are open ended). My roommate was a com sci major, so he enjoyed the computing part of the class…but he said there were also people who’s projects reflected more artistic ability, and less programming skills who did really well in the class. I remember him telling me that that is the favorite class he’s taken.</p>
<p>The biomaterials class sparks my interest, as a BEE major, but I’m not sure who teaches it, nor do I know anyone that took the class.</p>
<p>I took 172 my freshman year and ended up TAing for it last semester. It was probably my favorite course at Cornell and it was what convinced me to affiliate with CS.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard from BEE friends, biomaterials is one of the more boring ENGRIs just because there isn’t as much hands on stuff as some other classes like lasers. Even so, if it interests you then go for it, none of them are really bad.</p>
<p>If you’re thinking about taking ENGRI in the spring, consider ENGRI 127: introduction to engineering entrepreneurship. I didn’t go to class after the second week and still got an A.</p>