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A New Model For Integrating Engineering Into the Liberal Education of Non‐Engineering Undergraduate Students
Author(s) -
Ettouney Osama M.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1994.tb00130.x
Subject(s) - capstone , engineering education , miami , plan (archaeology) , liberal education , engineering , engineering management , liberal arts education , mathematics education , higher education , computer science , psychology , political science , computer security , environmental science , archaeology , soil science , law , history
In this paper, I will discuss a new model that integrates engineering into the liberal education of all undergraduate students, regardless of their majors. The model was proposed in 1992 by the Manufacturing Engineering Department at Miami University and was approved as part of a new plan for liberal education for all students. The objective of the model is to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the engineering profession and design, including its links to technology and society. To achieve this objective, the new model includes: a 3 credit hour course, with lab, to learn about engineering and technology and their impact on society; a 3 course, 9 credit hour sequence to study, in‐depth, engineering methods and modeling; and a 3–4 credit hour, two‐course, senior capstone. The implementation of the model started in the Fall of 1993. A mechanism has been developed for assessing this model and its impact on students' learning and understanding of engineering, the classroom‐learning environment, and its ability to attract and retain women and minorities to engineering.