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Re‐Engineering the Undergraduate Building Construction Program for the 21st Century
Author(s) -
Auchey Flynn L.,
Mills Thomas H.,
Auchey Gloria J.
Publication year - 1998
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.2168-9830.1998.tb00324.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , adaptation (eye) , identity (music) , engineering , virginia tech , architecture , task (project management) , engineering education , engineering management , architectural engineering , mathematics education , computer science , pedagogy , sociology , systems engineering , psychology , art , physics , neuroscience , library science , acoustics , visual arts
This paper presents an integrative model developed this past year by the Building Construction (BC) Department at Virginia Tech (VT), designed to help each student master the competencies necessary to succeed in the 21st Century as a building constructor in a changing global market‐place. The curriculum described in this paper presents a dynamic, practical, applied academic model; balances the construction education concepts of practical experience based knowledge with academic inquiry; integrates people and communication skills with the pragmatic building construction skills; and provides a construction program that maintains a strong identity positioned between architecture and engineering. Strategically this task was accomplished by weaving vertical and horizontal integration into the BC curriculum at Virginia Tech. Results of this first year are presented, including lessons learned, external evaluations, and recommendations for adaptation.