BARBARA TURNBULL barbara.turnbull@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
An industry-inspired civil engineering curriculum
Turnbull, Barbara
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Abstract
This article describes the design of an undergraduate civil engineering curriculum that uses industry approaches to personal professional development and problem-based learning to educate the graduates that industry needs. The new curriculum is structured at a programme level, so that assessment and skills are matched and evaluation of professional skills from an early point in the degree is enabled. In contrast to traditional module-based assessment, programme-level assessment design also benefits coherence across the curriculum with reduced assessment loads of improved quality. This has allowed us to focus on educating students in their broad understanding and skills, which we believe will benefit their long-term employability and adaptability.
Citation
Turnbull, B. (2020). An industry-inspired civil engineering curriculum. Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, 173(2), 91-95. https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.19.00012
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 10, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 16, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2020-05 |
Deposit Date | Sep 11, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 1, 2019 |
Journal | Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering |
Print ISSN | 0965-089X |
Electronic ISSN | 1751-7672 |
Publisher | Thomas Telford |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 173 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 91-95 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.19.00012 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2604747 |
Publisher URL | https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jcien.19.00012 |
Contract Date | Sep 11, 2019 |
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