<p>As a former practicing engineer who went through the traditional (old for NU) curriculum, I honestly believe what NU has now is far better than what I had before. Actually I did my freshmen year at WashU but it would have been the same just about everywhere else, including NU at that time. There’s usually hardly any engineering, let alone real engineering design, in the first year in most other schools today. </p>
<p>[Engineering</a> First - EA1: Home](<a href=“http://ea1.mccormick.northwestern.edu/home/]Engineering”>http://ea1.mccormick.northwestern.edu/home/) shows the sample syllabus/course materials for EA-1 (the first of the 4-course sequence)</p>