Year: 2015
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: A pilot, short-term study abroad program on active transportation was offered to upper level undergraduate students and graduate students, focusing on civil engineering majors.The course took students to the Netherlands and Germany after some introductory coursework at the home institution.There are opportunities, challenges and risks in developing and executing the course.Two opportunities include enabling the course leaders to develop international contacts and to introduce students to a specific topic that would otherwise be difficult to offer in a traditional engineering course curriculum.Challenges include balancing the time used for instruction with allowing time for students to independently experience the culture of the host county, minimizing costs, and scheduling the course to fit into a student's academic and the professional staff's schedules.Risks include maintaining the budget and prior knowledge of the host location.Finally, a survey was distributed to evaluate the impact of achieving the learning objectives for the course.The findings indicate that the course had an impact on student achievement of the learning outcomes.
DOI: 10.18260/p.23491
Author: Natalie Villwock-Witte
Institutions: Montana State University, Western Transportation Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2396887338