Resumen de Management structure designed to facilitate changing engineering curricula
We have designed a management structure of an engineering program to facilitate innovation and change. Our focus is on the faulty and the tight coupling that occurs between faculty, professional disciplinary societies, accreditation, and curriculum. The concept of loosely coupling the design and management of an engineering program in relation to external stakeholders has resulted in approximately 20 different curricular options being offered during the program's 45-year history. Currently, the program has five options, one of which, precollege teacher preparation, is the first of its kind in the USA. A key to the success of this program has been the flexibility that results from having a loosely coupled system of faculty, management, accreditation, and curriculum. As engineering programs are being increasingly asked to accommodate changes given a changing global profession, schools must find ways to expedite this process. The management structure described exemplifies how programs may facilitate program changes.
