First Year Program Plan

1. Curriculum development (finished by the end of April)

   • Mandatory core course development

   • Electives for Fall 2007

   • i-teams – Spring 2007 - 3 Portuguese Faculty members (one from each university) attend the i-team course at MIT

   • Deliverables: Syllabus, Reading List / Materials, Teaching / Learning Methods, Faculty Staffing Plan, Assessment Tools

2. Steering Committee Meetings Monthly by video/teleconference In person in January (kick off, Lisbon) and April (Boston)

3. Student recruitment

   • Announcements starting October 2006; Interviews during February and March; Selection finished by 15 April 2007

   • Students arrive beginning of September 2007; Advanced Studies Program is implemented

4. Symposia and workshops

   • Kick-off Symposium (January 2007)

   • 2-day workshop on Innovation teams with local businesses (possible pilot project for Fall 2006)

   • The Business / Government interface in Biosciences and Engineering (early June 2007)

   • Leadership Development 4-day workshop offered (possible pilot project for Fall 2006)