A Collaborative Electrical Engineering Program Through Distance Education

This paper describes a Collaborative Electrical Engineering Program that has recently been implemented under a three-way agreement among University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), Salisbury University (SU), and University of Maryland College Park (UMCP). Under this agreement the students at UMES and SU campuses in a relatively remote location on the Eastern Shore of Maryland can obtain an ABET-accredited professional engineering degree from UMCP without having to relocate from the region. All of the first two years sequence of engineering courses is delivered live at UMES and SU by faculty members in the Mathematics, Physics/Natural Sciences, and Engineering Programs at the two campuses. Most of the junior and senior level classes are offered over interactive video network (IVN) by UMCP engineering faculty members to UMES and SU campuses for the students attending the Collaborative Program. All the laboratory courses and capstone designs are taught on-site at UMES.