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Effectiveness of a Multi-Disciplinary First-Year Engineering Course

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Conference

2023 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Location

Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington

Publication Date

April 6, 2023

Start Date

April 6, 2023

End Date

April 7, 2023

DOI

10.18260/1-2--44774

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https://peer.asee.org/44774

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Abstract

Abstract Reviewed Presentation In Fall 2022, the University of Idaho began to offer a joint first-year engineering course to civil, mechanical, biological, and chemical engineering students. This course replaced the discipline-specific ones that had previously been offered. In this presentation, the lessons learned from this experience will be shared. The presentation will discuss how the course promoted engineering thinking and professional growth by focusing on topics that included learning activities to affirm selection of one’s major and stress identity formation as well as reinforce STEM knowledge and skills, hands-on curricular and co-curricular experiences that helped students find an academic “home” while engaged in authentic engineering performances, digital resources that included course management tools and computational proficiency needed in STEM disciplines, student-centered advising that validated personal background as well as career vision, and relationship-building that fostered friendships with peers, multiple instructors, student club members, and college student services staff.

(2023, April), Effectiveness of a Multi-Disciplinary First-Year Engineering Course Paper presented at 2023 ASEE PNW Section Conference, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington. 10.18260/1-2--44774

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