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Snapshot of Graduate Student Seminar Practices.
- Source :
- Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice; Apr2008, Vol. 134 Issue 2, p193-196, 4p, 10 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Civil engineering departments in the United States were surveyed to ascertain the range of practices for conducting seminars for graduate students. Two separate internet-based survey instruments were developed and utilized. One survey targeted department heads to determine if the responding program had a seminar for graduate students and, if so, details about the program. In the instance where a program did not have a graduate student seminar, the survey solicited reasons for the program choosing to cancel or not have one. A second survey was disseminated to graduate students. It was intended to gather opinions of students regarding their experience with the graduate student seminar. Forty eight civil engineering department heads and 231 graduate students responded. The consensus among respondents is that a graduate seminar can be a valuable part of the student experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SEMINARS
CIVIL engineering education
GRADUATE students
ACADEMIC departments
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10523928
- Volume :
- 134
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31295524
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2008)134:2(193)