Developing a new Engineering Technologist career pathway from First-Year Engineering

Successfully completing an engineering degree often requires at least four or five years of intense study by students, and many these students start their programs with a limited sense what engineer is does. During journey, some gravitate towards blend practical application theoretical knowledge principles; some, for diverse reasons, may be unable to invest the time required degree. For technologist career, which focuses on implementation, more appropriate.
 Leveraging common first-year curriculum recently launched in British Columbia, Vancouver Island University has developed implemented new, generalist, Integrated Engineering Technologist diploma (ITED) that combines civil, mechanical, electrical principles, provides career pathway those who studies but choose not continue 
 This paper will focus development this new diploma, while subsequent evaluate its implementation.
 The three phases IETD were:1. Identifying key program graduate attributes,2. Developing structure delivery modes, and,3. Creating detailed course content. Within first phase, inventory desired skills was obtained through broadly distributed surveys, direct engagement industry, professional, government groups, evaluation future needs within profession. outline methods used collect data, process data into thematic collection higher order attributes. Through iterative consultation process, credential broad, non-specialized disciplinary found best meet identified gap need. second phase consisted engineering, technologist, technician practice. discusses cohort model ultimately chosen, highly modular approach instructor team. Each four-week module consists up courses run parallel, where individual learning topics are treated collectively strategically sequenced facilitate learning. A summative assessment evaluates end each module.
 In final on-going, specific content being developed, including lab-based field activities, classroom-based learning, project work. Examples work motivation provided.