College Tours – Daily and Big Fridays throughout the Fall and Spring
The College of Engineering and Computing invites all prospective students to learn more about our program by attending a Big Friday program or daily college tour.
Outreach, K-12 Programs and Prospective Students
Project Lead the Way – All year
National alliance for pre-engineering programs involving middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in partnership with industry and professional organizations. Courses augment math and science courses now offered in our high schools; through PLTW, high school students can earn college credit for engineering courses taken in high school.
Enhanced Learning Experiences (ELE) – Fall and Spring
Current high school classes – preferably AP Science classes and Project Lead the Way classes – spend 4 hours (including a break for lunch) engaging in a topic specific, hands-on activity that will peak a student's interest in: the ELE topic, Engineering/Computing as a career path, and the College of Engineering and Computing at USC in general providing students a hands-on learning experience on a real college campus with real college students and real college professors.
Summer K-12 Opportunities
The College of Engineering and Computing hosts a variety of summer camps and experience programs for students in middle and high school.
Edison Lecture Series – annual, mid-October
The Edison Lecture Series is held on a yearly basis with the goal of the Lecture Series to introduce middle and high school students to applications and impacts of engineering and computing.
National Engineers Foundation Week (eWeek) – annual, third week of February
eWeek is the highlight of our College where we get to celebrate engineering and computer science during the third week of February with events that include daily seminars and our very popular Open House for K-12, where we open our doors to the general public to show our research and labs at an event which draws crowds of a thousand or more each year.