Engineering in Society: A Broader Professional Curriculum

一门模范工程课程正在开发中，旨在为工程专业的学生做好创新、环境敏感的设计、有效的沟通和更好地参与社会决策过程的准备。该课程通过使用工程“设计序列”和文科“连贯性区域”来发展文科和工程学的连贯性和整合，这两者都从大一延伸到大四。每个序列的课程整合了其他领域的主题和观点，并通过使用开放式的小组项目和重要的写作任务以及与行业专业人士的互动来培养批判性思维和沟通技巧。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。受资助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.