Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

achievement of skills by graduates and their employers.Graduates are apparently not as ill-prepared for the workplace as anecdotal comments fromemployers would suggest. This survey is part of a program of quality assurance measures andprovides useful information for curriculum design and revision.Key Word: Construction, Education, Employer, Student PerformanceIntroductionThe objective of many degree professional programs is to prepare students for the workplace.Students of professional studies programs have what can be regarded as an additional benefit orhurdle they expect to join a particular profession and have a clearly identified career path inreturn, employers often expect students of such courses to be instantly able to fee-earn.Academics

Conference Session

AEC Education: Instructional Strategies and Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

careers. 3. Service learning should be implemented in more courses at the institution. 4. The services that the students would provide were clearly articulated to me. 5. Overall student expertise was sufficient to fulfill the requirements of the service. 6. We benefited from the activities of the service learning students. 7. Participation in this project had economic benefits. 8. Participation in this project had valuable social benefits.The section that followed focused upon client personal reflections of theexperience and contained all closed questions set within the same 5 point Likertscale: Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree 1. I see myself as

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University; Anthony Mutai, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

courseworkAn undergraduate course offered to Construction Management students was introduced into thecurriculum in the fall semester 2007 in a bid to keep up with emerging industry trends and toequip students with practical problem solving skills that will make them not only competitive buteffective project leaders in their future careers. The class utilized the BIM curriculum providedby Graphisoft and is composed of both theory and studio components. Industry experts werealso invited to share their experiences on BIM with the students and provide insight into industrytrends.The class was taught using Vico construction solutions software including: GS Constructor 2007,GS Estimator 2007, and GS Control 2007. The Constructor 2007 is used to teach the

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Dupuis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Benjamin Thompson, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Lawrence Bank, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Herridge, Autodesk

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

. Hopefully, this will result in them having much more effective careers in the AECindustry in the future.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank all of the industry speakers who participated in the course duringthe spring 2007 and fall 2007 offerings. In addition, the support provided by the University ofWisconsin Facilities Planning and Management Department and Autodesk Inc was greatlyappreciated. Thanks also go to Professor Jeffrey Russell, Chair of the Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering, for enthusiastically supporting the introduction of the BIM course. Page 13.589.17References[1] Holness, G. V. R. (2006). “Future Direction