Attractive Universities: New Curricula in Natural Sciences and Engineering

Author

Elsner, Maria ; Natho, Nicole ; Jeschke, Sabina ; Pfeiffer, Olivier ; Schröder, Christian

fYear

2007

fDate

9-11 Nov. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Academic education of engineers and natural scientists has to be adapted to today\´s social and economic needs. One of the Galilea projects goals is to design and implement innovative study courses, which shall attract as many female as male students at Berlin University of Technology. In this article we describe the design and implementation of a new study course which tries to play a demonstrator role. The bachelor course of "natural sciences in the information society" was the first of the GALILEA courses to start in Winter Term 2007/08. The goals and innovations of this first new study course are illustrated in detail.

Keywords

educational courses; educational institutions; natural sciences; Berlin University of Technology; GALILEA courses; academic education; information society; natural sciences; study courses; Collaboration; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Engineering profession; Focusing; Information technology; Project management; Recruitment; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Meeting the Growing Demand for Engineers and Their Educators 2010-2020 International Summit, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1915-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1916-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MGDETE.2007.4760347

Filename

4760347