Engineering curriculum versus industry needs-a case study

Author

Waks, Shlomo ; Frank, Moti

Author_Institution

Dept. of Educ. in Technol. & Sci., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

2000

fDate

8/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

349

Lastpage

352

Abstract

This article addresses the relations between the needs of industry and the curriculum for “communications systems” engineers. In a study described in the article, a survey to identify skills and knowledge to be acquired by communication engineering undergraduates has been carried out. Analysis of the findings shows that the field requires a system-wide perspective (“engineering systems thinking” capability), acquisition of basic project-management tools, familiarity with total quality management (TQM) issues, wider use of simulations and analyzes, learning of basic common standards of international standardization organizations and incorporation of advanced communications issues such as ATM and ISDN in the curriculum of undergraduate studies

Keywords

educational courses; quality management; teaching; telecommunication engineering education; telecommunication standards; ATM; ISDN; advanced communications issues; case study; communication engineering undergraduates; communications systems; engineering curriculum; industry needs; international standardization organizations; knowledge identification; project management tools; skills identification; total quality management; Analytical models; Computer aided software engineering; Educational programs; Educational technology; Engineering education; Industrial relations; Knowledge engineering; Mechanical engineering; Systems engineering and theory; Total quality management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.865213

Filename

865213