Bridging the Gap Between General Education and Accredited Engineering Technology Fields

Authors

Jose Reyes Alamo, CUNY New York City College of TechnologyFollow
Yu Wang, CUNY New York City College of TechnologyFollow
Renata Budny, CUNY New York City College of TechnologyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-7-2017

Abstract

General Education is a very important aspect of higher education. It provides guidelines to variety of disciplines via Student Learning Goals (SLGs). Course coordination strategies help different disciplines in implementing General Education SLGs. Many disciplines, especially in science and engineering go through accreditation processes. For instance, Computer Engineering Technology, is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The disciplines that go through accreditation must comply with a set of standards. In the process of implementing Course Coordination in Computer Engineering Technology we noticed that several of these standards were similar to the General Education SLGs. This paper proposes an initiative to bridge the gap between General Education and Engineering Technology through Course Coordination, and creates a framework for other disciplines to use as a model.

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Reyes Alamo, J. M., & Wang, Y., & Budny, R. (2017, April), Bridging the Gap Between General Education and Accredited Engineering Technology Fields Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. https://peer.asee.org/29250 © 2017 American Society for Engineering Education.