Development of electroscience curriculum for Greenfield Coalition

This paper addresses the challenges associated with electroscience curriculum development for the Greenfield Coalition. The Greenfield Coalition for New manufacturing Education is a National Science Foundation-supported partnership of six diverse educational institutions, five top manufacturing companies, the Society of manufacturing Engineers and Focus: HOPE. Greenfield was chartered to develop and produce a new, innovative manufacturing technology and engineering curriculum. The development of the electroscience curriculum involves designing, developing and delivery to Focus: HOPE candidates. The curriculum should serve candidates in three degree programs: Associate degree (AS), Bachelor of Engineering degree (BE), and Bachelor of Engineering Technology degree (BET) programs. This presents unique challenges that have been addressed throughout the project. The other challenge is integrating physics with the principles of electrical engineering in one curriculum. The last and most difficult challenge is to develop the curriculum so that computer-based instruction (CBI) is the main source of instruction for students. The authors have therefore designed, developed and delivered a computer-based instructional (CBI) curriculum