Conference Session

M2C: Learning by Design 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Asad Azemi, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine; Maria Jane Evans, Penn State Brandywine; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

thegap that exists between engineering programs expectations regarding soft skills, such as timemanagement and study skills, and the reality. Learning or mastering these skills are generallyleft to the student services, which our experience has shown not to be very successful.Moreover, an FYS would provide an ideal platform to talk about and practice teamwork andethics in a formal setup. Although, engineering design may be covered in other freshmanengineering courses, due to the importance of the subject we believe repetition is going to bebeneficial. We all the benefits that are associated with an FYS course, we believe a three-creditcourse format, rather than a one-credit format would be more valuable. This would providemore time to cover the