Addressing student retention in engineering and engineering technology through the use of a multidisciplinary freshman course

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dean, Anthony ^a,b   Anthony, Bonita ^a   Vahala, Linda ^a,b,c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c ODU   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS;

BASIC DESIGN; ENGINEERING STUDENTS; MULTIDISCIPLINARY FRESHMAN COURSE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029065578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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