Engineering in Society: A Broader Professional Curriculum

正在开发一个模型工程课程，以培养工程专业的学生进行创新的，对环境敏感的设计，有效的沟通，并改善参与社会的决策过程。该课程通过使用工程“设计序列”和文科“一致性区域”来开发文科和工程的连贯性和整合，这两者都从大一延伸到大四。每个序列中的课程都整合了其他领域的主题和观点，并通过使用开放式小组项目来发展批判性思维和沟通技能，这些项目具有重要的写作任务和与行业专业人士的互动。顶点课程，“顶点设计”和“社会中的技术”，整合了以前课程和其他领域的概念。受赠机构为该奖项提供了大量资金。

A model engineering curriculum is being developed to prepare engineering students for innovative, contextually-sensitive design, effective communication, and improved participation in society's decision-making processes. The curriculum develops coherence and integration of liberal arts and engineering through the use of an engineering "design sequence" and a liberal arts "area of coherence," both of which stretch from the Freshman to the Senior years. The courses in each sequence integrate topics and perspectives from the other area and develop critical thinking and communication skills through the use of open-ended group projects with significant writing assignments and interactions with industry professionals. Capstone courses, "Capstone Design" and "Technology in Society," integrate concepts from previous courses and the other area. The grantee institution is contributing significant funds to this award.