Recruiting Graduate Students through an Introductory Nuclear Science and Engineering Course and a Newly Implemented Undergraduate Minor Program

摘要

Five years ago, an effort was undertaken in the Nuclear Engineering Graduate Program at The Ohio State University to re-invent the only undergraduate nuclear engineering course in the Program to make it a key recruiting tool for new graduate students. As this effort succeeded, it became apparent that additional success might be achieved if an undergraduate minor were established. Taking a little over one year from conception to University approval, the minor is now in place, effective Fall Quarter, 2002. This fall, we can measure the success of these efforts by the increasing enrollment trends in all Nuclear Engineering core courses. Currently, expressed interest in continuing with nuclear engineering studies and/or employment exceeds the original goals of 3 - 5% for the Introduction course efforts by more than a factor of two.