Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The curriculum in most engineering programs includes some type of freshman level course designed to introduce new engineering students to the various engineering career fields open to them and to introduce these students to the different university resources available to help them make a successful transition to university life.Some programs expand the freshman engineering course to include topics such a teamwork, professionalism and ethics, and fundamentals of the engineering design process.Over the past four years the author has been responsible for teaching the introductory engineering course for students on the Missouri State University (MSU) campus who are participating in the Cooperative Engineering Program operated by Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T) in cooperation with MSU.During that time, a number of different ideas and topics have introduced in the course.Some were successful but others failed for a variety of reasons.This paper discusses both the successes and failures and offers suggestions for other teaching similar courses.
Source: ASEE Midwest Section Conference
Author: Robert I. Egbert
Institution: Missouri State University
Language: English
Subfield: Architecture
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4407698566