Competency-based engineering design courses development

Henry Cogswell College (USA) has developed a set of competency-based engineering design curricula for technical (engineering, engineering technology and computer science) degree programs. These courses add more value to the graduates' educational experience and at the same time satisfy program and institutional accreditation requirements. At the core of these curricula is a common sophomore-level introduction to engineering design course and a capstone sequence of senior design projects. The objective of these courses is to teach students the engineering design process as well as the skills and competencies based on industry-identified skill standards. An extensive educational outcomes assessment plan is used to evaluate the effectiveness of the design curricula against their specified goals.