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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Dixon Y. Nielson

worthy of its’ “required” status.While most believed that being ethical and professional were valuable, they felt: The case studies were too generic, detached from reality, and of little value, The economics discussions were more detailed than they would ever need during their careers, These soft skill capabilities were of little value to them because they will never be in the position of being part of or having to resolve the type of ethical or professional dilemmas presented in class, and They will have a successful career by just being technically competent.Perhaps the most discouraging feedback was that a few students believed teaching anythingrelated to business in an engineering

Collection

2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth; Evan Bingham; Justin E. Weidman

engineering solutions in a global and social context.2Study abroad experiences have also been linked with helping students develop soft skills, such asflexibility, appreciation for diversity, open-mindedness, and being comfortable with internationaland global perspectives of engineering.3 Student feedback indicates that an internationalexperience becomes a pivotal point in their education, and indeed in their lives.4Although other construction related study abroad programs to China have been reported5,6, thisstudy abroad program was unique in that it directly integrated students from a constructionmanagement program with those from a civil engineering program. As such, the Chinamegaconstruction study abroad program became a single course in a multi