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Engineering Technology Curriculum Development using a Seven Step Backward Design Formalism

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Conference

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Columbus, Ohio

Publication Date

June 24, 2017

Start Date

June 24, 2017

End Date

June 28, 2017

Conference Session

ETD Curriculum

Tagged Division

Engineering Technology

Page Count

12

DOI

10.18260/1-2--28262

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https://peer.asee.org/28262

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1221

Paper Authors

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Soumitra Basu Fitchburg State University

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Soumitra Basu, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Technology at Fitchburg State University, Massachusetts.
Dr. Basu has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada, an Master's Degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Penn State, an Master's degree in Production Engineering from Jadavpur University, India, and a Bachelor's degree from BIT Mesra, India. His areas of interest are Green Manufacturing, Industrial Automation and Manufacturing Processes and Systems. Dr. Basu is a member of SME and ASME., and is a past Director of an Engineering Technology Program.

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Abstract

Abstract

Program curriculum development is a critical part of ensuring that universities fulfill their mission. This process can be done in a systematic manner. The paper presents a curriculum development model that uses quantitative tools to map the needs of students and industry to the academic programs offered by universities. The model is based on the 7 step Taba model. The first two steps, “Diagnosis of Needs” and “Formulation of objectives” are discussed in this paper, along with a case study. Quality function deployment and Analytic hierarchical Process tools enable a model that is responsive to change and provides a highly defined path to identifying and evaluating program learning objectives.

Basu, S. (2017, June), Engineering Technology Curriculum Development using a Seven Step Backward Design Formalism Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--28262

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