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A Study on the Effects of Accreditation on Curriculum in Engineering Education  

Cho, Sung-Hee (Center for Teaching and Learning, Kyung Hee University)
Kang, So-Yeon (Yonsei Center for the Innovation of Engineering Education)
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Journal of Engineering Education Research / v.15, no.4, 2012 , pp. 58-65 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of accreditation on curriculum in Korean engineering education. To analyze the curriculum, bulletins of three colleges accredited programs and three colleges non-accredited programs from 2002 to 2010 were compared. The conclusions of this study are as follows. First, the accreditation for engineering education has a considerable influence on curriculum by strengthening the concentration areas, setting general education directions to fit engineering needs, and reinforcing major and MSC(math, science and computer) subjects. Secondly, the accreditation for engineering education causes significant changes in the educational objectives and contents. Lastly, it has an indirect influence on the curricula of non-accredited programs, such as increasing the number of MSC credits and accepting engineering design courses. Thus, the process of curriculum improvement is revealed in more global standardized engineering curricula.
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Engineering Education; Accreditation; Curriculum;
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