CONCEPTUALISING ENGINEERING SUBJECTS FOR WIDER PARTICIPATION

摘要

Faced with a decline in engineering undergraduate numbers, government policies encouraging wider participation, and a rapidly changing technological backdrop, we have been pioneering a new academic department in the areas of convergence between electronic engineering, computer science, information systems, and technology, and new media called "Communication Systems". This paper discusses the design of undergraduate degree courses that are structured, using an inverted curriculum and problem based learning techniques, to attract a wider audience than the traditional engineering or computer science subjects, demonstrating the success in recruiting students from low participation backgrounds.