Title :
Enhancing the undergraduate engineering curriculum: a collaborative process
Author :
Uhran, John J. ; Batill, Stephen M.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a process of reviewing and taking action to enhance an undergraduate engineering curriculum. It presents a number of issues associated with defining and implementing change while being sensitive to practical constraints. It addresses issues of organization, goal setting, data gathering and consensus building. Since the process of encouraging change maybe more universally relevant than the specific elements of change, the goal of the paper is to outline a specific set of experiences which may be instructive for others.
Keywords :
engineering education; collaborative process; consensus building; data gathering; goal setting; organization; practical constraints; undergraduate engineering curriculum enhancement; Collaboration; Control engineering education; Control theory; Cybernetics; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Engineering education; Information theory; Knowledge engineering; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5643-8
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1999.840423