Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John H. Callewaert, University of Michigan; Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan; Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, University of Michigan; Kevin Cai Jiang, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

input from others, 4) learningfrom failure.Understanding the Purpose of the CourseAs this was the first time the course was offered, there were a few different understandings aboutwhat the course was about. Some students thought the course might prepare them with financialmanagement skills for after college, how to communicate in the workplace, or how to besuccessful in graduate school. As one mechanical engineering student noted: I don't remember this correctly, but when I signed up for the course, I think, the idea was that this would be a little bit more of like the skills for when you actually leave college. So, for example, ... like taxes or, you know … how would you communicate with people who are higher status