A CDIO Curriculum Development for the Program of Civil Engineering

A CDIO Curriculum Development for the Program of Civil Engineering

G. Xiong, X. Lu (2007).  A CDIO Curriculum Development for the Program of Civil Engineering. 6.

A design-directed curriculum based on CDIO principles was proposed for the program of Civil Engineering (for class of 2006 and later). The proposed curriculum utilizes design projects as vehicles to integrate all courses. The main differences of the new curriculum from the original one are reported. A fishbone diagram was developed for better showing the features of the new curriculum with an emphasis on the design projects. The design projects specifications are introduced as well.It is indicated that the designed-directed CDIO curriculum puts students in a broad and active design environment where they learn and use engineering science, technology and non-engineering knowledge; exercise their communication, project management, leadership and other skills. All projects are designs based on group projects in order to cultivate team spirit.

Proceedings of the 3rd International CDIO Conference, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 11-14, 2007

Authors (New): 
Guangjing Xiong
Xiaohua Lu
Pages: 
6
Affiliations: 
Shantou University, China
Keywords: 
Civil Engineering
CDIO curriculum
design-directed
integrated project
Year: 
2007
Reference: 
CDIO Adoption Centre material “Appendix A. The CDIO Syllabus in Topical Form (v 4.2.3)”, www.CDIO.org: 
Ian Yellowley and Peihua Gu, “Design Directed Engineering Education”, Journal of Engineering Design and Innovation, Issue 1, 2005.: 
The CDIO Standards, www.CDIO.org: 
Xiaohua Lu and Zhulin Chen, Design and Conduct an Introductory Course under Current Chinese Context, Accepted by 3rd International CDIO conference.: 
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