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Thinking about the Scheduling of the Introduction to Engineering Syllabus: Using a Just-in-Time Approach

Matthew W. Ohland, Benjamin L. Sill, Elizabeth R. Crockett General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634

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The Introduction to Engineering course at Clemson (1 semester hour) has undergone significant change in the past year to become Introduction to Engineering and Science. This paper describes how this significant change was managed in terms of the course schedule. The timing of various course components was carefully planned for maximum effectiveness. A description of the new course and the factors considered in its scheduling are discussed. The events affecting the timing of course topics is discussed, including registration dates, advising needs, and the coordination with other courses such chemistry and calculus.

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Clemson’s General Engineering program has coordinated the common first-year engineering curriculum since 1985. 1 A closer relationship with the sciences has developed as a result of a reorganization that created the College of Engineering and Science in 1995. 2 Most recently, this relationship led to the addition of introductory science content and perspective to the Introduction to Engineering course to create an Introduction to Engineering and Science course. 3 The course in this new format is required of all students in the General Engineering program, but is only recommended at this time for students who enter in a science major. It is hoped that this new course format will retain more students in technical majors—and thus still within the College—even if they leave engineering.

The addition of content and perspective from the sciences was the impetus behind a complete overhaul of the course content and schedule. The process of selecting content to be added or removed is described, but this is rarely transferable to other institutions—the reasons for including one course element over another vary too greatly and removing content can be a charged issue. What is transferable is the process by which the curriculum was ordered. Careful planning considered not only the logical internal order of the course content, but also factors external to the course, such as exams in mathematics and chemistry courses and registration for spring courses.

Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Sill, B. L., & Crockett, E. R., & Ohland, M. (2002, June), Thinking About The Scheduling Of The Introduction To Engineering Syllabus: Using A Just In Time Approach Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10109