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Curriculum integration in the freshman year at the University ofAlabama-foundation coalition program
Parker, J.
Cordes, D.
Laurie, C.
Hopenwasser, A.
Izatt, J.
Nikles, D.
Alabama Univ., AL;
This paper appears in: Frontiers in Education Conference, 1995. Proceedings., 1995
Publication Date: 1-4 Nov 1995
Volume: 2,
On page(s): 4a1.1-4a1.4 vol.2
Meeting Date: 11/01/1995 - 11/04/1995
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
ISBN: 0-7803-3022-6
References Cited: 2
INSPEC Accession Number: 5219265
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/FIE.1995.483161
Current Version Published: 2002-08-06
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The University of Alabama presented its first set of freshman year
courses as part of the NSF sponsored Foundation Coalition during the
1994-1995 academic year. The three major thrust areas of this coalition
are: curriculum integration; technology enabled education; and human
interface issues. The focus of the paper is on the integration aspects
of the freshman year engineering, mathematics, and sciences curriculum.
Most freshman level mathematics, chemistry, and physics courses are
taught in isolation from each other. Consequently, there is relatively
little interaction on the education level between engineering professors
and their colleagues in the math and science departments. As a result,
most engineering programs lose many students during the freshman year.
Our solution to this problem is an integrated set of courses for all
engineering majors in chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics,
which must be taken together. The authors were the instructors for the
initial offering of the courses mentioned above. The paper focuses on
several specific examples of curriculum integration that have been
attempted, along with observations about the success of the program. The
Foundation Coalition consists of the following: Arizona State
University, Maricopa Community College District, Rose Hulman Institute
of Technology, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University
Kingsville, Texas Women's University, The University of Alabama
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