First Annual MeetingKingston, CanadaJune 6 - 9, 2005.ppt

First Annual Meeting Kingston, Canada June 6 - 9, 2005 Alumni/-ae Survey - Queen’s Kingston The CDIO based Survey as a useful Tool in the monitoring and evolution of the Curriculum in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department (MME) at Queen’s University, Canada Wyss, UP; Bryant, JTB; Kubrick, N; Mechefske, C; Oosthuizen, PH; Strong, D; Surgenor, BW Alumni/-ae Survey - Queen’s Kingston Outline Goals of the survey The template used in the alumni/-ae survey Who was surveyed? Selected results Initial changes to the curriculum Future changes to the curriculum Summary Alumni/-ae Survey - Queen’s Kingston Goals of the Survey To help in the modification of the Mechanical and Materials Engineering curriculum to ensure that it leads to the levels of proficiency for graduating engineers required by industry To assist in the review the curriculum with “hard” numbers in F/W 04/05 To assist in developing the CEAB submission in 2005 To act as a benchmark for future surveys To assist in benchmarking for the Mechanical and Materials Engineering program with those of other universities worldwide Alumni/-ae Survey - Queen’s Kingston The Survey The template used in the survey was developed from the Alumni/-ae survey undertaken by QUB The survey consists of the following: The name, year of graduation from Queen’s Kingston, and occupation of the respondent 1.0 Mathematics 2.0 Mechanical and Materials Engineering Sciences 3.0 Additional Core Subjects 4.0 Personal and Professional Skills and Attributes 5.0 Operating Systems in the Enterprise and Societal Context 6.0 Allocation of Teaching Time Alumni/-ae Survey - Queen’s Kingston Five Levels of Proficiency Concluded that the levels had to deviate from CDIO Survey due to difficult wording Felt that a clear rank system was more efficient and simpler Tested CDIO Survey with 15 faculty members, 30 graduate students, and 8 undergraduate students to obtain their opinion of the survey, before sending it o