Implementation of a New Engineering Studies Program at Sweet Briar College

该项目将在斯威特·布莱尔学院开发一个工程研究项目，这是美国第二个针对女性的文科机构的此类项目。这一新的四年制在校项目是SBC目前在物理系的支持下，通过与四所合作大学合作提供的五年制项目的扩展。新的工程学课程将为学生提供以各种方式和水平学习工程学的机会。拟议项目的核心是建立一种双轨方法，以获得工程科学(ES)学士学位或综合工程与管理(IEM)学士学位。在学生必须在ES和IEM选项中做出选择之前，这两个专业都有一个早期课程。这种双轨方法将有助于鼓励女性探索工程学，因为她们知道自己可以选择文科或理科学位。该计划的另一个新方面是，满足普通教育要求的工程学入门课程和辅修工程学的课程将向所有学生提供。辅修工程学和主修理科的学生将增加他们在技术领域的就业机会，并促进他们进入工程学研究生课程。将辅修工程学与主修艺术、人文或社会科学的学生相结合，将获得比传统上主修这些领域的女性更高的“技术素养”。该提议的智力价值如下：1.该计划旨在为所有SBC学生提供学习工程学的机会。2.工程专业双轨制将鼓励更多女性攻读工程学，让她们可以灵活地选择工程学或以文科为基础的综合工程与管理学位。3.SBC将继续与合作大学合作，为学生提供工程专业的双学位选择。新计划将促进第二学位达到硕士水平。4.工程学课程的一个新用途将是通过通识教育课程向所有SBC学生提供工程学课程的子集，并设立工程学辅修a.进一步鼓励妇女尝试工程学b.促进SBC理科毕业生进入工程学研究生课程鼓励艺术、人文和社会科学领域的妇女获得一定程度的技术教育。5.新的工程研究方案以最先进的教学方法和模式为基础，形成了一个建立在跨学科课程整合和教员参与文化基础上的尖端方案，利用工程设计作为整个课程学习的背景。新的工程计划将有一个环境部分和一个研究项目要求。

This project will to develop an Engineering Studies Program at Sweet Briar College, only the second such program in the nation at a liberal arts institution for women. The new four-year, on campus program is an expansion of SBC's current engineering option offered under the auspices of the Physics Department through collaborative five-year programs with four partner universities. The new Engineering Studies Program will give students the opportunity to learn about engineering in a variety of ways and levels. The core of the proposed project is to establish a two-track approach leading to a B.S. degree in Engineering Science (ES) or a B.A. in Integrated Engineering and Management (IEM). The two majors share an early curriculum before a student must choose between the ES and IEM options. This two-track approach will help encourage women to explore engineering knowing that they can choose either a liberal arts- or science-based degree. Another novel aspect of the program is that both introductory engineering courses that satisfy general education requirements and an Engineering Studies minor will be offered to all students. Students combining the minor in engineering with a major in the sciences will increase their employment opportunities in technical fields and facilitate their acceptance into graduate engineering programs. Students combining the minor in engineering with a major in arts, humanities or social sciences will gain a substantially greater degree of "technical literacy" than is traditionally available to women majoring in these fields. The Intellectual Merits of the proposal are as follows: 1. The program is structured to give all SBC students the opportunity to learn about engineering. 2. The two-track engineering major approach will encourage more women to pursue engineering by allowing them the flexibility to choose an Engineering Science or a liberal arts-based Integrated Engineering and Management degree. 3. SBC will continue to offer students a dual-degree option in an engineering specialty with partner universities. The new program will facilitate the second degree to be at the master's level. 4. A novel use of the engineering curriculum will be the availability of a subset of engineering courses to all SBC students through general education courses, and the creation of an Engineering Science minor a. To further encourage women to experiment with engineering b. To facilitate the acceptance of SBC science graduates into graduate engineering programsc. To encourage women in the arts, humanities and social sciences to obtain a level of technical education. 5. The new Engineering Studies Program is based on state-of-the-art pedagogical approaches and models, resulting in a cutting-edge program built on a culture of cross-disciplinary course integration and faculty involvement which utilizes engineering design as a context for learning throughout the curriculum. The new engineering program will have an environmental component and a research project requirement.