The complementary activities in the curriculum of the courses of engineering.

O objetivo deste texto ? apresentar, para os curr?culos de Engenharia, incluindo a respectiva carga hor?ria, m?nima e m?xima, por semestre, uma proposta de implementa??o de Atividades Complementares, cuja import?ncia, no cen?rio atual, se justifica pelas mudan?as de foco da organiza??o, que passa a se orientar por compet?ncias e habilidades, inovando as metodologias e o processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Embora nomeadas como complementares, contribuem para a forma??o generalista, cr?tica e reflexiva, aliada ? forma??o tecnicista, do engenheiro. Mesmo assim, percebe-se que n?o est?o efetivamente presentes nos Projetos Pol?tico-Pedag?gicos e nas Matrizes Curr?culares desses cursos. Espero, pois, com esta proposta, motivar a inser??o das Atividades Complementares como posssibilidade de interferir na mudan?a de pensamento e de abordagem pedag?gica nos cursos de Engenharia.The objective of this article is to present for the engineering curriculum, including the workload, minimum and maximum per semester, a proposal to implement complementary activities, whose importance in the current scenario, warranted by changes in focus of the organization, which shall be guided by competencies and skills, innovating methodologies and teaching-learning. Although named as complementary, contribute to the general education, critical and reflective, coupled with technical education for engineer. Even so, perceives that they are not actually present in the political-pedagogical projects and on curricular arrays of courses. I hope, with this proposal, motivating the inclusion of enrichment activities such as the possibility of an interfering change in thinking and approach in teaching engineering course