Title :
The freshman seminar for electrical engineering students at RIT
Author :
Madhu, Swaminathan
Author_Institution :
Rochester Inst. of Technol., NY, USA
Abstract :
The electrical engineering (EE) faculty at Rochester Institute of Technology decided to attack the problem of attrition by means of a one-credit course titled Freshman Seminar in EE. this course seeks to help freshmen get to know each other better by meeting them in small groups in order to build a mutually supporting environment that will help them succeed at the Institute. It is also designed to discuss the resources available at the Institute to help them. It is also seeks to present them with examples of engineering design done by seniors in the EE program and to improve their computer literacy, and to discuss the importance of time management
Keywords :
educational courses; electrical engineering education; Rochester Institute of Technology; computer literacy; electrical engineering students; freshman seminar; time management; Art; Contacts; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Employee welfare; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Seminars; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1993. Twenty-Third Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education: Renewing America's Technology', Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1482-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1993.405511
