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Foundation Coalition Curricula
Two partner institutions in the Foundation Coalition
have substantially modified their engineering science curricula
using the conservation and accounting framework.
Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology
The Sophomore
Engineering Curriculum (SEC) is a required eight-course sequence
of engineering science and mathematics courses completed during
the sophomore year. The SEC covers dynamics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics,
electrical circuits, system dynamics, differential equations, matrix
algebra, and statistics.
Texas A&M University
The sophomore
engineering science sequence consists of five engineering science
courses. Each major selects courses from the sequence that will
be required for the major.
One-page Introductions
The following one-page introductions are available in PDF format.
Extensive Overview
The extended white paper describes
the conservation and accounting framework and various curricular
implementations that have offered using the framework.
Workshops
Foundation Coalition faculty members offer workshops that may be
hosted on your campus. The length of each workshop varies from two
hour to two days depending on the desired depth and degree of interactivity.
- Conservation and Accounting Framework: A Unified Approach to
Engineering Science
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Introduction
The conservation and accounting framework
for engineering science structures topics around several common
concepts to help students (1) grasp relationships between apparently
disparate concepts and (2) apply a common and powerful problem-solving
methodology for a wide range of physical situations. The basic concepts
introduced here have been used by the Foundation Coalition to create
innovative engineering science courses that cover statics, dynamics,
fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, mechanics of materials, circuits,
and system dynamics.
Some of the basic concepts are
Resources
To help other faculty members learn more
about the conservation and accounting framework and its curricular
implementations, the Foundation has prepared or is preparing the
following tools
- One-page Introductions - These compact
summaries help faculty members become quickly acquainted with
the essential elements of the frameworks and curricula that make
up the efforts to restructure engineering science curricula.
- Extensive overview - The extended white
paper describes the conservation and accounting framework and
various curricular implementations that have offered using the
framework.
- Workshops - Foundation Coalition faculty
members offer workshops that may be hosted on your campus. The
length of each workshop varies from two hour to two days depending
on the desired depth and degree of interactivity.
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