Workshop on Engineering Curriculum Change: How to Initiate, Manage and Assess Curriculum Revisions

将举办一次研讨会，重点介绍本科工程课程重大课程变更的启动、管理和评估过程。参与者将获得(1)在其他地方学到的经验教训和(2)如何在自己的学校实施课程改革的计划和指导。已经有许多论坛和研讨会为课程改革开出了处方，人们普遍认为，许多课程都需要进行实质性的改革。然而，改革工程课程被证明是困难的，除了现有课程的偶尔课程。这次研讨会的目的不是提出必要的改变，而是关注如何实现这样的改变：如何确保教员“接受”，如何评估预算影响，如何组织委员会等。将寻求广泛的工程学院的参与。讲习班将于1996年6月在卡内基梅隆大学举行，为讲习班编写并随后出版的书面材料将以书面形式和通过万维网提供。

A workshop focusing on the process for initiation, management and assessment of significant curriculum changes within undergraduate engineering programs will be presented. Participants will be provided with (1) lessons learned elsewhere and (2) plans and guidance for how to implement curriculum changes in their own schools. There have been numerous forums and workshops developing prescriptions for curriculum changes, and a general consensus has emerged that substantial changes are needed in many programs. However, reforming engineering curricula has proven difficult except for occasional courses with existing programs. This workshop is not intended to prescribe necessary changes, but to focus on how to achieve such changes: how to insure faculty "buy- in", how to assess budgetary impacts, how to organize committees, etc. Participation will be sought from a broad range of engineering schools. The workshop will be held at Carnegie Mellon University in June, 1996, and the written materials developed for the workshop and subsequently emerging will be available in written form and via the World Wide Web.