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Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Blake; kathleen marrs; Jeff Watt; Andrew Gavrin

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthis in my career?” This essay addresses these questions on an ongoing basis, helping studentsstay motivated. Puzzles act as the opposite “bookends” to the WarmUp exercises. Like WarmUps, puzzlesare delivered and answered via the WWW. However, where we use WarmUps to introduceindividual topics and subtopics, we use Puzzles to tie a group of topics together, and to connectthose topics to prior parts of the course. Puzzles are intended to be difficult even for the beststudents in the class. They often ask students to integrate course content with knowledge fromother courses, and they are

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Biswajit Ray

. Qualitative feedback from students is presentedbelow through their comments. 9 Liked working with software and hardware integration 9 Enjoyed working with partner 9 Applying classroom knowledge to real-world examples was interesting 9 Great to have specification-based project development experience 9 Very thorough, easy to follow LabVIEW programming exercises at the beginning of the semester got me a great start 9 Just getting to do a self-developed lab project was fun 9 Very interesting course……making me lean towards computer-based automation career 9 I found the course challenging and interesting ¾ Reliance on partner was a problem ¾ Writing lab reports was time consuming ¾ Include a little more structured learning

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jucain Butler

effectively enhance student learning and assessment of this learning.While the preliminary work for this proposal has been done for first year students at NotreDame, our interest is general and is intended to address: (a) Engineering student retention—which is a continuing problem at Notre Dame as well in the US in general—primarily byexciting students, at an early stage of their educational careers, about the creative as well as theanalytical nature of engineering and (b) enhance student learning by providing a wellintegrated package in which the web-based textual materials define the topic, carefully organizethe presentation, and give feedback to students and faculty through "quizzing", a powerfulsimulation package that allows students to

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Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Arvid Andersen

cooperation with local or foreign companies. We do reachout to industry to develop programmes of mutual interest. Projects are located in the technicalengineering areas with supporting wide-range activities including marketing and business.The focus is on the overall realisation process rather than on any specific science or skill. Inthis way our students are exposed to appropriate activities to value and appreciate diversity.This is recognized to be an important part of the career of the future engineer.IntroductionMore and more companies arrange seminars for employees to discuss their expectations offuture employer/employee relationship. The following text is a typical example of what isfrequently discussed at management level in international

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Design Through the Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Beaman; Philip Schmidt

students is also equipped for videoconferencing,and plans are in the works for similarly equipping a 100 seat lecture room. This will give usvideoconference capability ranging from small project groups to large classes.Development of a web-based student portfolio system: Media professionals in our FacultyInnovation Center, working with faculty and students, have developed a web-based electronicportfolio system which permits students to display the work they have done throughout theirproject-centered academic careers. The system consists of a preformatted template with a veryuser-friendly interface which allows students to easily create and update portfolios; it alsoincludes provisions to allow student control of access to portfolios. These

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Olivier de Weck

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Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; David Bigio; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

majors varied much less than thedifferences displayed within Table 5 for gender and ethnicity. This is not surprising since thestudents are in their first year, are in interdisciplinary teams, and have not differentiated their skillsand engineering approaches yet. Perhaps we can also tentatively assert that there is nopredetermined bias against team training by academic major at this early point in a student'sengineering career.5. DiscussionThis paper will conclude by making general observations about implementing team training intothe undergraduate engineering curriculum including obtaining faculty buy-in and "lessonslearned."9 The discussion is greatly assisted by a recent evaluation report written by our project'sexternal evaluator, Dr. Carol

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International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Rebecca Cors; Pat Eagan

recently, the Engineering Learning Center was established to foster effective student-centered teaching and learning within the College of Engineering. Major programs include the Teaching Improvement Program, a New Educator's Orientation Program, and a K-12 Outreach Program, as well as links with national programs like the annual, week-long Leadershape leadership training for selected students. As Engineering Learning Center programs developed in the 1990s, the College built an Engineering Centers Building to house it, along with the growing Technical Communications Certificate Program, Engineering Career Services Center, and a new Student Leadership Center. The Student Leadership Center will coordinate engineering

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mausumi Syamal; Gary Ybarra

well informed” about engineering. This statistic is the result of thefact that engineering is generally not introduced in either elementary or secondary education.Exposing elementary and middle school students to engineering concepts will increaseawareness of the general population and potentially lead to more children pursuing careers inengineering fields. This project introduces students at Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham,North Carolina, to mechanical engineering fundamentals throughout the course of a schoolyear. Our goal is to create an integrated curriculum accompanied by hands-on projects andweekly quizzes. Teaching is structured with weekly lectures accompanied by several interactivedemonstrations and experiments. Students are given

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bowen

Like many engineering schools, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlottehas had a continuing debate regarding the freshman engineering curricula. One of the issuesunder discussion is the need for computer programming in the curricula. Like facultyelsewhere5 nearly all faculty at UNC Charlotte believe that students need to learn early intheir academic career “basic” computer skills such as word processing, spreadsheet analysis, Page 8.184.1and data presentation. Likewise, many faculty favor the approach taken by other schools2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kelley; Mark Talbot; Jeffrey Starke; Michael Butkus

by the students. • Applicable to future careers as military officers. • Creativity is allowed. Students and faculty are also afforded the opportunity to revisit design flaws or concerns in the ensuing semester or guide the other group through their experience that might have resulted in failure of the design. This also provides an opportunity to evaluate and critique their peers resulting in a higher end learning experience. • Emphasizes the iterative nature of design. • Increases the project management skills of the students by providing them with the opportunity to coordinate within their group, with other groups, with clients, and with faculty. • Created a synergy as the students

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Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bret Van Poppel; Shad Reed

technical, as well asdevelopmental, course objectives.BACKGROUND The mission of the United States Military Academy (USMA) is “To educate, train, andinspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of charactercommitted to the values of Duty, Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a career as anofficer in the United States Army; and a lifetime of selfless service to the nation.”11 The AcademicProgram at USMA is designed to meet the intellectual demands of this mission statement. Theoverarching goal of the Academic Program is “to enable its graduates to anticipate and to respondeffectively to the uncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, and economicworld.”12 In order to achieve this goal

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EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Thompson

the management of technology. This is a long established practice,particularly in the training of doctoral students who will be studying the management of realengineering organizations, although it is underreported in the current periodical literature. Theusefulness of this technique to practicing engineers and engineering managers, as distinguishedfrom researchers, will be discussed as a basis for justifying its application to undergraduateengineering students who may have no present interest in a career in research. Particularattention will be given to two evolving areas: student choice of projects; student critiquing ofprojects.No justification is required for the choice of projects by the instructor; from experience, theinstructor can

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

group problem solving strategy. They should be able to recognize and contribute to therelationship of the engineering enterprise in the socio-economic context. The development of themotivation, knowledge base, and intellectual capability for career-long learning is important.Some of the approaches to enable students to learn how to “work smarter” are: 1. Interdisciplinary, vertically integrated real design projects 2. Collaboration with colleges of arts and sciences, business and medicine in curriculum development 3. Coupling between engineering technology & engineering programs that emphasize complementary and evolving roles in the workplace 4. Experiments in professional master’s degree 5

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lin; Richard Pfile

Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”groups of industry players for everyone’s benefit. These types of certifications are usuallycalled vendor neutral to indicate that they stress general knowledge as opposed to detailedknowledge of some particular vendor’s proprietary products or technologies.Below is a sample list of different certification programs that are readily found in most ofthe publications as well as advisements:Microsoft Certifications (MCP, MCSA, MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD, MCT, MOUS, MOUSMI)Novell Certifications (CNA, CNE, MCNE, CNI, CDE)Oracle Certifications (OCP)Cisco Career Certifications (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CCDA, CCDP)CompTIA Certifications (A+, Network+, i

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecelia Wigal

Execute/EvaluateFigure 2.0: Object Oriented Approach to Systems Modeling (adapted from Levis16)Need for Integrating Technical Communication with the Engineering CurriculumPracticing engineers, industry representatives, and ABET recognize the need for technicalcommunication instruction in the engineering curricula. Studies estimate that engineers spend aminimum of fifty percent of their time on some form of written or verbal communication.18However, many students see written and oral communication as largely unrelated to their futurejobs and/or career goals.19 Engineering students believe that engineering is understanding andbuilding something and does not include explaining and transferring knowledge, and thus, doesnot require rhetorical skills

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New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

reviewing formal technical data packages related to an engineering design. 4.2.Apply the broad range of technical tools and engineering sciences learned during the previous formal educationLevel 5: Synthesis 5.1.Be ready to begin a career as an engineer. 5.2.Synthesize the learning achieved from not only the formal classroom experiences, but also co-op work experiences, to form a solid foundation for subsequent professional development. 5.3.Be able to function in a multi-disciplinary environment. 5.4.Understand the importance of life-ling education. The learning objectives of the DPM class may be mapped against the ABET EC2000educational outcomes as indicated in Table 1. Each department in the college has

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Abdullah Abonamah; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

, Page 8.860.4students must satisfy the employer’s as well as faculty supervisor’s requirements. In their capstone Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 3project, they must take responsibility for completing a major project in their chosen field to thesatisfaction of their major program faculty. At the end of their internship, students make a finalreport in which they perform a reflection on their achievement of the learning outcomes and acritical review of their experience. This exercise may help students make better career decisionsupon

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tracy Camp; Laurie Smith King; Keith Miller; Barbara Moskal

decision would have a positive impact ontheir careers (iv and ix); The reverse was true for students. As was previously discussed,conflicting results between student and faculty outcomes may suggest that maturity andexperience may be important factors in determining the effects of computer ethics education.The causes of these differences span beyond the scope of this paper and are left for futureresearch.The final assessment instrument used was the Computer Ethics Content Assessment. Thisinstrument was specifically designed to measure goal #2, "To increase faculty and students'content knowledge in computer ethics", and to be consistent with Johnson's3 textbook. Bothparticipating faculty and students displayed an increase in their average score

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jiangqiao Lan; Donghai Xie

career creation, so as to uplift the comprehensive quality of fostered talents.Bibliography1. Joint Committee on Standards for Education (1994). The program evaluation standard 2nd ed. ThousandOaks, CA: Sage.2. Stufflebeam, D. L. (1991) Foundational Models for 21st Century Program Evaluation. (pp.1-5). Kalamazoo,MI: Western Michigan University, The Evaluation Center.3. Stark, J.S. (1989). Goals for Colleges and Course: A Missing Link in Assessing and Improving AcademicAchievement. District of Columbia, (ERIC No. EDO-HE-89-6)4. Student assessment of courses and faculty [On-line]. Available:5. Course Ratings as K-State. [On-ling]. Available: 6. Guide to Student Ratings at the University of

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Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis; Kenneth Gentili

integrate this class with the engineering graphics curriculum.Introducing the Gantt chart earlier could have helped the first team project.Rely on web and email even more for class communication, reducing need for handouts.Consider having past students give testimonials about the purpose of the course and thepersonal value in their academic careers. Page 8.582.12Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe TIDEE design process was well explained and thus there was no need forimprovement.It is important to form a

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Integrating HSS into the Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Wolverton; Janet Wolverton

and Instructional Modules,” Journal of Engineering Education, October.5 ABET. “Engineering Criteria 2000,” 3rd Edition., Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1998, available at http://www.abet.org/eac/EAC_99-00_Criteria.htm#EC20006 Smerdon, Ernest (2000). “An Action Agenda for Engineering Curriculum Innovation.” Presented at the 11 th IEEE-USA Biennial Careers Conference, November 2-3, San Jose, CA7 Herkert, Joseph R (2002). “Engineering Ethics Education Finally Reaches ‘Critical Mass’.” At http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/INST/dec97/ehtics.html.8 Frey, William J., Sanchez, Halley D., and Cruz, Jose A. (2002). “Ethics Across the Curriculum: An Effective Response to ABET 2000,” Proceedings of the

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Harris

Page 8.1101.5 may have to reduce their course expectations.“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” • Students are provided with opportunities to develop their laptop computer and software skills, and confidence in their abilities to use computers and software to accomplish meaningful work. Advantage: Student Career and life successes of many students will likely be partially dependent upon their abilities to productively use technology and upon their personal confidence, both of which may be potentially enhanced by course applications that require using previously

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Garth Thomas

benecessary.AssessmentOngoing assessment is performed to determine whether a learning outcome is important toprogram constituents. A broad survey was conducted of all of the departmental alumni sevenyears ago to set a baseline for ongoing assessment. One of the results of that survey was thatcomputing skills were very important in the workplace. Those that could use them effectively inachieving organizational goals progressed well in their careers. Subsequent surveys of alumni andemployers have supported those results. The department is well justified to emphasize effectivecomputing skills as a core outcome for the program.Assessment is also conducted to evaluate whether the students have substantially achieved alearning outcome. Primary feedback is obtained from

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

, core IT education at UNM offers excellent job and career opportunities for NewMexico students, especially minorities. In Fall 2001, out of 313 undergraduates enrolled in CS,31% were Hispanic, 4% were Asian, 3% were Afro-American, and 3% were Native American.For the same period, out of 114 undergraduates in CE, 36% were Hispanic, 12% were NativeAmerican, 4% were Asian, and 3% were Afro-American. Approximately 21% of undergraduatepopulation in CS and 20% in CE were women. The CS and CE departments have beensuccessful in recruitment of minorities; however, the same is not true for retention of minorities.Although data are not available, generally over 35% of minorities end up either dropping out ofUNM or switching their major from CS and CE to

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Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Lord

event, engineering students often bringfriends and family which provides a venue for social interaction among engineering faculty,staff, and students.Freshman EngineeringA freshman engineering student entering USD must enroll in ENGR5: Introduction toEngineering. The course includes students interested in Electrical, Industrial and Systems, andMechanical Engineering. The catalog description for the course isENGR5 Introduction to Engineering (3 credits)Introduction to the field of engineering. Exploration of problem solving using the engineeringdesign process in lecture and laboratory projects. Introduction to engineering tools includingspreadsheets and graphics. Intended for majors in engineering or those exploring careers inengineering.The

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Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Burtner

cooperative educationparticipant, was able to complete her senior design project while working as a co-op student forDelta Airlines in Atlanta, GA. After redesigning the placards for Delta's new fleet in 1996, hersupervisors asked her to redesign their cooperative education program. She was to ensure that thenew program incorporated proper orientation, training and career growth for co-op students. Thisincluded developing a mission statement, the objectives, the structure and implementation of thenew program. As the School of Engineering requires all engineering students to complete a two -term senior design sequence involving the design or redesign of a real project, Ms. Bollen was ableto use this assignment to complete her senior design requirement

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Lundstrom; Ram Chandran; Arnaldo Mazzei

600corporate affiliates. The Kettering Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department has an enrollment of Page 8.751.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education1300 students, one of the largest in the country. For the past 75 years, Kettering University andthe former GMI strive to provide its students with top quality class room instructions, state-of–the-art laboratory facilities and career oriented work-experience in industry.The corporate sponsors of Kettering students include US Army, Auto makers-General

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Reynolds; Macy Reynolds

in this study and other classes that the authors teach. Of course the real beneficiaries arethe students in these classes who are learning skills that they will transfer to the job. Betterunderstanding of their academic material and improved writing skills will lead to more confidentand competent career engineers.References[1] ABET website http://www.abet.org/images/Criteria/E1%2003-04%20EAC%20Criteria%2011-15-02.pdf. Page 9.[2] Beall, H. and John Trimbur. 1993. Writing in chemistry. College Teaching. 41:Issue2, 50-55.[3] Clark, David J. and Andrew Waywood. 1993. Probing the structure of mathematical writing.Educational Studies in Mathematics. 25(3):235.[4] Hyers, Albert. 2001. Predictable Achievement patter for student journals in

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International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Carney; Michael Nolan; James Lampe; Raymond Thompson

global blending occurring outside of the United States.Interconnected aviation business activities take place irrespective of the geographical location ofparticipants. Like all matters of human endeavor, familiarity through personal contact makesforeign operations both commonplace and welcome. Students will understand that in the airlineworld one is no longer a citizen of the country, but rather a citizen of the world.Outcomes and Benefits for the Aviation Technology DepartmentWhile it is obvious from the foregoing that the primary purpose of adding the globalizationcomponent to the curricula is to enhance the understanding and professional preparation of thestudents who will conduct their careers in an increasingly global marketplace, there are