Fit4PracSis: A competence-, business- and science-orientated education approach for freshman students in interdisciplinary degree programs

Author

Mackensen, Elke ; Lurz, Claudia ; Reichert, Anja

Author_Institution

Dept. of Bus. Adm. & Ind. Eng., Univ. of Appl. Sci. Offenburg, Offenburg, Germany

fYear

2014

Firstpage

109

Lastpage

114

Abstract

This paper presents the competence-, business- and research-orientated education approach Fit4PracSis (= Fit for Practice and Sciences). Fit4PracSis is designed for freshman students in interdisciplinary engineering degree programs. It is an education concept, which is establishing a relationship to the future profession and scientific work during the introductory study phase. The freshman students will be early trained in important skills, which are necessary for the successful achievement of the final degree and the future business and research activities.

Keywords

engineering education; further education; Fit4PracSis approach; business activity; business-orientated education approach; competence-orientated education approach; education concept; freshman student; interdisciplinary engineering degree program; introductory study phase; research activity; science-orientated education approach; Conferences; Decision support systems; Education; business preperation; freshman motivation; interdisciplinarity; research preparation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Teaching, Assessment and Learning (TALE), 2014 International Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TALE.2014.7062598

Filename

7062598