Projects that integrate engineering, physics, calculus, and English in the Arizona State University Foundation Coalition freshman program

The Foundation Coalition at Arizona State University, USA, has been offering a novel first-year program in engineering for the last three years. This program integrates coursework in English composition and rhetoric, calculus, freshman physics and introductory engineering concepts through student projects. The projects increase in complexity as the term progresses, to keep pace with students´ increasing knowledge of science and engineering. The purpose of this paper is to describe the projects, the process used to deliver them and their impact on the learning in this class