Remote Delivery Of Ece/Cs Degree Education In China

The Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University (PSU) has begun to deliver undergraduate ECE and CS courses to students in Shanghai, China at the International Institute for Information, Science & Technology (IIIST) in an innovative experiment in international collaborative education. The courses consist of current lectures recorded in PSU classrooms, delivered with support materials by CD-ROM and Internet streaming, to students at the IIIST in Shanghai. All courses are taught in English by PSU faculty, with classroom assistance provided by local faculty drawn from Fudan and Shanghai JiaoTong Universities. IIIST provides classroom and administrative infrastructure, and collaborates with Fudan as well as Shanghai JiaoTong for most of the lower division non-technical program for the student. IIIST also provides instruction in English as a Second Language. Students who successfully complete the lower division program requirements can apply to become fully admitted to PSU at the junior year (upper division), and progress toward graduation from Portland State University. The program fosters faculty exchange between the two institutions, and presents computer science and engineering students enhanced opportunity for educational exchange and internships. An additional outcome of the program is that nearly all of the PSU ECE and CS undergraduate courses will be available online (or on CD) to students and other potential collaborators. The paper will provide details of the program’s organization, administration and industry collaborations, and discuss challenges and successes of the program to date.