Open AccessCASE STUDIES – A TOOL FOR LEARNING
Author(s) -
J. Graham,
David Kurz
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
proceedings of the ... ceea conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-5243
DOI - 10.24908/pceea.v0i0.4662
Subject(s) - accreditation , teamwork , subject (documents) , engineering management , undergraduate education , engineering , engineering education , computer science , engineering ethics , medical education , management , world wide web , economics , medicine
The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board requires broadly-based undergraduate programs that develop technical awareness, motivation, confidence, teamwork and life-long learning. These objectives can be reached in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses using projects based on case studies. The projects use published data and records of performance that students can reproduce using modern design tools and numerical analysis. The paper includes examples of projects in the subject area of geotechnical engineering. Case studies are becoming increasingly valuable as employers and licensing authorities move toward a combination of broadly-based undergraduate education and more specialized postgraduate or in-practice training.