Conference Session

Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Myers, Ohio University; Ben Stuart, Ohio University-Athens

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

sticking to thedeveloped syllabus. Based on the published syllabus (see Appendix), course outcomes that werediminished in coverage included outcomes 2, 5, 9, 16, and 17 and a few that were eliminated asexplicit topics (although some representative ideals were included in discussion of other topics)included outcomes 8, 10, and 14. The first two classes were devoted to writing basics, including assignments onpunctuation, format, citation, and style (e.g. APA vs. MLA). The next four classes focused onthe Federal government structure and processes (e.g. how laws are made and enacted) and anadditional two classes were spent on State government operations. The following two classeswere focused on introductory topics for writing public policy

Conference Session

Public Policy in Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Adams, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rosalyn S. Hobson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

credit to veterans seeking to transfer totheir institution. 2 ACE has also offered the Guide for over 50 years to monitor learning acquiredthrough the military. 2 The Guide is an online tool used to summarize learning outcomes,methods of instruction, course length and offer credit recommendations for military courses,for all service branches. The Guide was initially developed to provide an evaluation structure tocounter the education community’s granting of credit to World War I veterans as a reward forlength of service. Today it serves as a resource for both service members and university officialsto present course credit equivalences for military training. Although the Guide is maintained by ACE, subject matter experts evaluate the