Good engineers are skilled in both. Good engineering skills will help you realize your ideas, good creativity will allow you to combine different engineering skills to develop ideas in new areas. Check the on-line grade sheet. Should be posted soon. Not as a whole class, but I'll tell you about the Ford assembly plant tour which you can go to on your own.
Readings fill in a lot of information, particularly on formal graphic conventions.
You'll get a list of things you will be responsible for on the final exam. Possibly a small one before. Two or three in the Spring. More or less. For some, but not all of the quarter.