Jenkins, M. G., & Loscutoff, W. V., & Nguyen, T. (2012, June), Now More Than Ever: The Need for a Common Engineering Core Curriculum   Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21740

\bibitem{asee_peer_21740}
  Jenkins, M. G., \& Loscutoff, W. V., \& Nguyen, T. (2012, June), \emph{Now More Than Ever: The Need for a Common Engineering Core Curriculum }
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21740

Michael G. Jenkins P.E., Walter V. Loscutoff, and Thomas Nguyen.  "Now More Than Ever: The Need for a Common Engineering Core Curriculum ".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21740 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_21740}
  Michael G. Jenkins P.E., Walter V. Loscutoff, and Thomas Nguyen.
  "Now More Than Ever: The Need for a Common Engineering Core Curriculum ".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21740 Internet.  21 Dec, 2024

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AB  -                                                                                  Now More Than Ever:              The Need for a Common Engineering Core CurriculumFor decades, the hallmark of engineering educational programs was a “common corecurriculum” that provided all engineering students, regardless of engineering discipline, with afoundation of standard, lower-division courses in mathematics, science and engineeringtopics. Because these core courses (e.g., calculus, differential equations, physics, chemistry,drafting, freshman design, statics, dynamics, strength of materials, thermodynamics,programming, circuits, etc.) were common to all disciplines, students and institutions wereblessed with flexibility (i.e., faculty could teach a range of lower-division courses in addition tospecialized upper-division courses and students could spend the first two years finalizing theirchoice of major without jeopardizing academic progress) and portability (i.e., students couldtransfer credit for common core courses between community college pre-engineering programsand/or university lower/upper division programs). Over the past decade or so, increasingdivergence of lower-division requirements among different four-year institutions and among thedifferent fields of engineering, has led to fading of the common engineering core. This paperaddresses the factors that have led to the gradual erosion of the lower-division core curriculumand the effects that these curriculum changes have on students, faculty, and pre-engineeringprograms. In addition, the paper explores the implications on the future of the engineeringeducational system, the cost to taxpayers, and the system’s effectiveness at producing theengineers that are needed to ensure the viability of the engineering profession. The need for acommon engineering core curriculum is critical now more than ever.
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