The National Academy of Engineering GCSP identifies the following five competencies that students must achieve to prepare to address the 14 global challenges.
- Talent Competency: mentored research/creative experience on a Grand Challenge-like topic
- Multidisciplinary Competency: understanding multidisciplinarity of engineering systems solutions developed through personal engagement
- Viable Business/Entrepreneurship Competency: understanding, preferably developed through experience, of the necessity of a viable business model for solution implementation
- Multicultural Competency: understanding different cultures, preferably through multicultural experiences, to ensure cultural acceptance of proposed engineering solutions
- Social Consciousness Competency: understanding that engineering solutions should primarily serve people and society reflecting social consciousness
Tulane’s GCSP requires students to complete 2 high, 2 medium, and 1 low for these competencies, as follows in the chart below.
Competency Chart -Updated titles