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Continuous Improvement and Optimization of Curriculum System for Engineering Education Accreditation: A Questionnaire Survey on Achievement Degrees of Graduation Requirements

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  • Qiao Chen

    (College of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China)

  • Huiyong Yin

    (College of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China)

  • Jianguo Feng

    (College of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China)

  • Baoyi Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Metallogenic Prediction of Nonferrous Metals and Geological Environment Monitoring (Ministry of Education), School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)

Abstract

Engineering education accreditation represents the current trend in undergraduate reformation. Curriculum system improvement is an important way to realize the “innovation leading” of engineering education accreditation. However, there is little information detailing the improvement and optimization of the curriculum system for engineering education accreditation, and a method was tentatively developed based on evaluated achievement degrees of graduation requirements through a questionnaire survey in this work. The results show that a curriculum system guided by engineering education accreditation greatly improves graduation requirement achievement and students’ overall qualities. The graduation requirement achievement degree is largely influenced by the curriculum system and extracurricular science and technology activities, while it is not significantly correlated with students’ scores. Some measures are provided to optimize and improve the curriculum system, including adding additional curricula, converting the supporting index of the curriculum, strengthening the supporting degree of the curriculum, and guiding extracurricular scientific activity. Such measures are significant for increasing achievement degrees, reasonably balancing teaching resources and developing students’ comprehensive abilities. Moreover, the students’ scores cannot objectively reflect the graduation requirement achievement degree, and there exist some limitations to evaluating graduation requirement achievement degrees using course scores. Additionally, post-graduate environment factors, such as major-related work, technical work and further education, also affect graduation requirement achievement degrees.

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  • Qiao Chen & Huiyong Yin & Jianguo Feng & Baoyi Zhang, 2023. "Continuous Improvement and Optimization of Curriculum System for Engineering Education Accreditation: A Questionnaire Survey on Achievement Degrees of Graduation Requirements," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(21), pages 1-16, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:21:p:15271-:d:1267112
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    1. Ji Zhang & Han Yuan & Da Zhang & Yan Li & Ning Mei, 2023. "International Engineering Education Accreditation for Sustainable Career Development: A Comparative Study of Ship Engineering Curricula between China and UK," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-19, August.
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