Development of an Accelerated Dual BS/MS Program in Bioengineering

为了在比传统课程更短的时间内提供先进的工程教育，PI建议创建一个加速教育轨道，以吸引最聪明的学生进入生物工程。 他们建议让他们在早期阶段参与研究项目，并为他们提供围绕队列环境建立的强化四年教育计划。完成该计划后，学生将获得生物工程双学士和硕士学位。该计划的一个关键要素是让学生在职业生涯早期开始个人硕士论文项目的工作（即，从相当于大二的时候开始）。该项目提供了一个框架，在此基础上，激励学生在课堂活动（及时学习的概念），并指导他们在选修课程的选择。为了使学生具备攻读硕士学位项目所需的技能，研讨会/讨论课程序列将涉及工程，临床，工业和科学投入，以帮助学生选择，设计和进行硕士研究项目。研讨会课程的一部分也致力于口头和书面介绍每个学生的研究进展。 这个加速计划的另一个基本特征是课程的综合性和集中性。

In response to the need for providing advanced engineering education in a shorter time period than is generally possible by traditional curricula, the PIs propose to create an accelerated educational track to attract the brightest students into bioengineering. They propose to get them involved in a research project at an early stage, and provide them with an intensive four-year educational program built around a cohort environment. Upon completion of the program, the students will receive dual BS and MS degrees in bioengineering.A key element of this program is to have students begin work on an individual Masters thesis project early in their careers (i.e., starting in the equivalent of their sophomore year). This project provides a framework upon which to motivate the students in their classroom activities (a concept of just-in-time learning) and to guide them in their selection of elective courses. To equip the students with the skills needed to pursue a Masters-level project, the seminar/discussion course sequence will involve engineering, clinical, industrial and scientific input to aid the student in the selection, design and conduct of a Masters research project. A portion of the seminar course is also devoted to oral and written presentations of each student's research progress. Another essential feature of this accelerated plan is the integrated and concentrated nature of the coursework.