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A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America
Author(s) -
Todd Robert H.,
Magleby Spencer P.,
Sorensen Carl D.,
Swan Bret R.,
Anthony David K.
Publication year - 1995
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.2168-9830.1995.tb00163.x
Subject(s) - capstone , engineering education , presentation (obstetrics) , capstone course , medical education , engineering , engineering management , engineering ethics , medicine , computer science , algorithm , radiology
Senior project or Capstone‐type courses have existed at engineering schools for many years. Capstone courses provide student engineers the opportunity to solve real‐world engineering projects, and have been highly regarded as important learning activities. A survey of Capstone courses in engineering departments throughout North America was conducted in order to understand current practices in Capstone education. This study was conducted for presentation at the 1994 Advances in Capstone Education Conference, held at Brigham Young University, which brought together engineering educators interested in improving Capstone experiences. This conference was sponsored by ASEE, ASME, SME, and NSF. Response to the study was very high, with 360 departments from 173 schools responding to the survey. Survey results were categorized into five major areas of interest: Profile of the Respondents, Course Description Information, Faculty Involvement in Capstone Education, Project Information, and Industrial Involvement in Capstone Education. Graphs provide the results of responses to survey questions.