On creating a multidisciplinary curricular paradigm

Author

Heil, Margaret R. ; Perett, S.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Abstract

This work-in-progress reports on the state of the multidisciplinary experiment currently being conducted at North Carolina State University (NC State) as a result of an Action Agenda award from the National Science Foundation. The three-year plan is to develop a cross disciplinary, multifunctional, lab-integrated series of courses in bioprocessing. This semester, the Action Agenda team of nine faculty and staff representing various disciplines at NC State guided multidisciplinary student teams through senior design projects. The students involved in the pilot study received customized instruction in professional writing, speaking, and teaming that they applied to multidisciplinary projects

Keywords

biomedical education; educational courses; student experiments; Action Agenda award; National Science Foundation; North Carolina State University; bioprocessing courses; capstone courses; cross-disciplinary courses; customized instruction; multidisciplinary student teams; multidisciplinary teams; multifunctional lab-integrated courses; professional speaking; professional writing; senior design experience; senior design projects; teaming; undergraduate chemical engineering education; Biological materials; Chemical engineering; Computer science; Education; Educational programs; Feedback; Pharmaceuticals; Professional communication; Programming; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6669-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2001.963697

Filename

963697