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Internationalizing the Engineering Curriculum

Internationalizing the Engineering Curriculum. Eric W. Johnson Dean, College of Engineering. Valparaiso University. Private Comprehensive Institution in Northwest Indiana (1 hour southeast of Chicago) Colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Nursing, Honors, Law

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Internationalizing the Engineering Curriculum

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  1. Internationalizing the Engineering Curriculum Eric W. Johnson Dean, College of Engineering

  2. Valparaiso University • Private Comprehensive Institution in Northwest Indiana (1 hour southeast of Chicago) • Colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Nursing, Honors, Law • Enrollment: 4,500 (72% Ugrad, 28% Grad) • College of Engineering • Exclusively undergraduate (Enrollment: 430) • 25 Faculty in three departments • Four Degrees (Civil, Electrical, Computer, Mechanical)

  3. Internationalization in the CoE • Wide-range of global opportunities for students • Short-term programs • Service-learning trips through capstone design course • Engineers with Borders student chapter • Semester programs • Study Centers in Reutlingen, Germany, Cambridge, England and Hangzhou, China • Valparaiso International Engineering Program (VEIP) • Five-year program (Engineering degree plus language major) • Year abroad with study and internship in native language • Currently in Germany, Spain, France and China • International student population at 12% and growing

  4. Internationalization Questions • How do we support financing both for student participation and curriculum internationalization? • Grants to faculty for short-term program development • Link summer short term trips to semester courses to relieve extra tuition needed by students • Need-based stipends for students to pay for study-abroad travel • What are useful program formats for curriculum internationalization? • Must include a variety of options (short, semester, internship) • Link programs to existing courses in curriculum • Internationalization must be explicitly spelled out in course/program learning objectives and strategic plan

  5. Internationalization Questions • How do we achieve internationalization at home? • University-level: International Student Integration Plan • Integration in the CoE • Academic Success Course (1-credit) • Mentoring program with domestic students • International tutors in the peer-tutoring center • Faculty development programs • Lessons Learned: • Develop relationships with institutions that have similar mission • Infrastructure must be in place at academic unit level for intentional international student integration

  6. International Student Integration Plan

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