Curriculum design using EBD methodology: Preliminary study of English education in Mid-west University of China

Due to the impact of globalization, more and more universities in China dedicate to improve the quality of undergraduate education in English studies. This paper presents such curriculum design, particularly give the emphasis on the universities in Mid-west China, where the economics and transportation facility are relatively less developed comparing to other regions. In contrast of the traditional curriculum design using the methodologies of social science, this research was conducted using an engineering design methodology, called Environment-Based Design (EBD). The EBD procedure allows to derive the solutions step-by-step based on a holistic environment analysis and thus an identification of major challenges.