Creation of an Introductory Engineering Course Based on Sooner City

工程-土木（54）在美国，第一年工程专业学生的保留率约为75%。留存率低的一个原因可能是工程学入门课程的无效性。设计不佳的入门课程不会吸引学生，也不会激励他们坚持完成繁重的数学和科学课程。该项目正在创建适应“更快城市”计划的土木和环境工程入门课程。“Sooner City”是一个虚拟城市，允许学生设计各种基础设施需求，如道路，建筑结构，地基，土坝等。“Sooner City”计划已开发用于整个课程环境的设计，因此将概念适应单一的入门课程似乎有希望保留。创建一个便携式的第一年“介绍土木与环境工程，（ICEE）”课程的基础上更快的城市计划。评估国际环境教育理事会课程在实现以下全球目标方面的成功：激发新生对工程学的兴趣; B.为新生提供对土木和环境工程专业广度的了解; c.积极影响大一土木和环境工程学生的保留。D.由于其可移植性、模块化和成本效益，在其他大学广泛采用。在网站上提供课程材料，以便利其他大学开设课程。在其他大学进行ICEE课程的Beta测试。

Engineering - Civil (54)Retention of first year engineering students is approximately 75% in the US. One reason for the low retention rate may be the ineffectiveness of the introductory engineering course. A poorly designed introductory course does not engage the students and does not motivate them to persevere through their heavy load of mathematics and science courses.The project is creating an introductory civil and environmental engineering course that adapts the "Sooner City" program. "Sooner City" is a virtual city that allows students to design a variety of infrastructure needs such as roadways, building structures, foundations, earthen dams, etc. "Sooner City" program had been developed to be used in a design across the curriculum environment, and thus adaptation of the concept to a single introductory course appears to be promising for retention.The project consists of:1. Creating a portable first year "Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering, (ICEE)" course based on the Sooner City program.2. Assessing the success of the ICEE course at meeting the following global objectives: a. Stimulating interest in engineering among freshmen; b. Providing freshmen with an understanding of the breadth of the civil and environmental engineering profession; c. Positively impacting retention of freshman civil and environmental engineering students. d. Widespread adoption at other universities as a result of its portability, modularity, and cost-effectiveness.3. Providing course materials on a web site to facilitate implementation of the course at other universities.4. Beta testing the ICEE course at other universities.