Implementation of a New Engineering Studies Program at Sweet Briar College

斯威特布莱尔学院实施新的工程研究项目

• 批准号: 0343071
• 负责人: Hank Yochum
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Sweet Briar College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-10-01 至 2007-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0343071&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementation; New; Engineering; Studies; Program

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.

该项目将在Sweet Briar学院开发一个工程研究项目，这是全国第二个在女子文科院校开设的此类项目。新的四年制校园计划是SBC目前在物理系主持下通过与四所合作大学合作的五年制计划提供的工程选项的扩展。 新的工程研究计划将使学生有机会以各种方式和水平学习工程。拟议项目的核心是建立一个双轨办法，导致学士学位。工程科学（ES）学位或学士学位集成工程与管理（IEM） 这两个专业在学生必须在ES和IEM选项之间进行选择之前共享早期课程。 这种双轨制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。 该计划的另一个新颖的方面是，满足通识教育要求的入门工程课程和工程研究未成年人将提供给所有学生。将工程未成年人与科学专业相结合的学生将增加他们在技术领域的就业机会，并促进他们进入研究生工程课程。将工程辅修专业与艺术、人文或社会科学专业相结合的学生将获得比传统上主修这些领域的妇女更高程度的“技术素养”。 该建议的知识价值如下：1。 该计划的结构是让所有SBC学生有机会学习工程。2. 双轨工程专业的方法将鼓励更多的妇女追求工程，让他们灵活地选择工程科学或文科为基础的综合工程和管理学位。3. SBC将继续为学生提供与合作大学合作的工程专业双学位选择。新方案将促进第二学位达到硕士水平。4. 工程课程的新用途将是通过通识教育课程向所有SBC学生提供工程课程的子集，并创建工程科学未成年人。 进一步鼓励妇女尝试工程学B。 促进SBC科学毕业生进入研究生工程的接受 方案c. 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. 新的工程研究计划是基于国家的最先进的教学方法和模型，从而在跨学科课程整合和教师参与的文化，利用工程设计作为整个课程学习的背景下建立了一个尖端的计划。新的工程计划将有一个环境组成部分和研究项目的要求。