Challenges in offering engineering programs at a new campus
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Paper/Presentation Title | Challenges in offering engineering programs at a new campus |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Thorpe, David (Author), Swan, Taryn (Author) and Hannigan, Delphine (Author) |
Editors | Kestell, Colin, Grainger, Steven and Cheung, John |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2009) |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | Adelaide, Australia |
ISBN | 1876346590 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://aaee.com.au/conferences/AAEE2009/PDF/AUTHOR/AE090161.PDF |
Conference/Event | 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE 2009) |
Event Details | Rank B B B B B B B B B B |
Event Details | 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE 2009) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Delivery In person Event Date 06 to end of 09 Dec 2009 Event Location Adelaide, Australia |
Abstract | Engineering was first offered at the new Springfield campus of the University of Southern Queensland in 2007, with programs at both Associate Degree and Bachelor of Engineering Technology level, with a focus on Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Management. Several of the students come from low socio-economic backgrounds, with a number being the first in their family to study at University. Within this particular cohort there are a large percentage of mature aged students. The teaching of mathematics to these students has been problematic due to the fact that for many their last contact with mathematics was a considerable period of time before they commenced their University study. A number of the students also had a fairly low level of achievement in high school mathematics. In addition, the initial lack of laboratory facilities presented a range of challenges to developing vibrant engineering programs at the Springfield campus. In 2009 these challenges have now either been successfully overcome or are being actively addressed, with the next potential challenge being to further expand the engineering programs at the Campus. |
Keywords | engineering education |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Faculty of Sciences | |
Faculty of Engineering and Surveying |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9zz3y/challenges-in-offering-engineering-programs-at-a-new-campus
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