Conference Session

Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Yongming Tang, Southeast University; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

students takethe same liberal arts requirements as all other students on campus. In most U.S. universities,engineering students take fewer liberal arts courses and thus have standard patterns of 4 years.At USD, about half of the students graduate in 4.5 years, one-quarter in four years (if they camein with advanced placement credit and took summer courses) and the other one-quarter in fiveyears (including students in the Navy Reserve Officer Training Core (NROTC) who haveadditional coursework requirements). The unique BS/BA reflects the USD EngineeringDepartment’s commitment to have students experience “extensive technical education and the Page