The Freshman Engineering Program is designed to prepare students for entry into the degrees offered by the College of Engineering. The first-year curriculum allows engineering students to take coursework that is common to every engineering degree in the College, allowing students flexibility in choosing engineering degrees without affecting the progress toward graduation. 

The Freshmen Engineering Program is designed to introduce students to the interdisciplinary aspects of engineering.  Engineering courses, mathematics, computing, and physics courses are integrated to prepare students to work in teams for solving aerospace-related problems that reach across the broad areas of engineering.