Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7444-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2002.1158681
