The Project Management K'nexercise: Using Role Playing To Facilitate Learning About Design And Construction

The role-playing exercise is used in CE400A, a 1.0 credit-hour seminar course taken by all seniors in the ABET-accredited civil engineering program at the United States Military Academy, West Point. CE400A was developed three years ago, in response to the program director’s judgment that the civil engineering program lacked emphasis on professional practice issues. The course objectives, formulated to address this deficiency, are as follows: