Collection

2004 GSW

Authors

Bonnie Boardman; Lynn Peterson

topics for the Introduction to Engineering lecture course is presented in Figure 2. Eachof the first five topics are delivered by a different member of the UTA faculty, several inmultiple weeks. The remaining topics consist of guest lectures by chosen professionals.GradingMidterm and final exams make up the majority of the graded work, but ten written assignmentsare worth 15% of the grade. Written assignments give the needed monitoring of student workthroughout the course, as well as providing a good chance for students to practice their writtencommunication skills. The written assignments are graded by either the faculty member or aGTA overseen by the faculty member responsible for the course.AttendanceA system was developed in which attendance