Examining Demographic Patterns in First Year Engineering Students’ Career Readiness

This project will look at the career aspirations and confidence of engineering students in their first year of studies. The data to be analyzed comes from a survey of first year students collected as part of a co-op prepapration program. The data will be analysed to look for differences by gender, international and student status, and academic discipline. The results of this study will provide important information to inform co-op student preparation programs as well as the workplaces that are receiving students and will also provide a baseline for future studies that look at how aspirations and confidence change through student co-op experiences.

Faculty Supervisor:

Emily Moore;Philip Asare

Student:

Partner:

Ontario Society of Professional Engineers

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Real estate and rental and leasing

University:

University of Toronto

Program: