The Arizona tri-university Master of Engineering program

Author

Gonzalez-Landis, Kathleen ; Flikkema, Paul ; Johnson, Vern ; Palais, Joseph ; Penado, Ernesto ; Roedel, Ronald ; Shunk, Dan

Author_Institution

Arizona Tri-Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

6-9 Nov. 2002

Abstract

In collaboration, the three state universities in Arizona offer a Master of Engineering degree program designed to serve the advanced educational needs of employment-bound professionals and residential students. The resulting educational program serves a target population that is best described as technically sophisticated part-time students in full-time employment. Arizona´s MEng program offered 25 web courses during Spring 2002, 84 students are currently registered in the program, and 16 have graduated. These numbers are all expected to grow significantly during the coming few years. Available courses, programs of study, student demographics, and program highlights and challenges are described, as are the administrative structure and industrial partnership that support this collaborative educational program.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; distance learning; educational courses; engineering education; information resources; Arizona state universities; Arizona tri-university Master of Engineering program; administrative structure; advanced educational needs; collaborative educational program; educational program; employment-bound professionals; full-time employment; industrial partnership; program highlights; residential students; student demographics; technically sophisticated part-time students; web courses; Collaboration; Design engineering; Economies of scale; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Electronic learning; Employment; Engineering education; Resource management; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7444-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2002.1158681

Filename

1158681