Engineering in Society: A Broader Professional Curriculum

目前正在开发一种工程课程范本，为工科学生进行创新、对环境敏感的设计、有效的沟通和更好地参与社会决策过程做好准备。该课程通过使用工程学“设计序列”和文科“连贯领域”来发展文科和工程学的连贯性和融合性，这两个领域都从一年级延伸到大四。每一系列的课程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和重要的写作作业以及与行业专业人士的互动来培养批判性思维和沟通技能。顶石课程，“顶石设计”和“社会中的技术”，融合了以前课程和其他领域的概念。接受资助的机构为这一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.