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Article

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

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College of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
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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
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Sustainability 2023, 15(21), 15271; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115271
Submission received: 5 October 2023 / Revised: 19 October 2023 / Accepted: 24 October 2023 / Published: 25 October 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Engineering Education and Sustainable Development)

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.
Keywords: engineering education accreditation; graduation requirement; achievement degree; influencing factor; curriculum optimization engineering education accreditation; graduation requirement; achievement degree; influencing factor; curriculum optimization

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Chen, Q.; Yin, H.; Feng, J.; Zhang, B. Continuous Improvement and Optimization of Curriculum System for Engineering Education Accreditation: A Questionnaire Survey on Achievement Degrees of Graduation Requirements. Sustainability 2023, 15, 15271. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115271

AMA Style

Chen Q, Yin H, Feng J, Zhang B. Continuous Improvement and Optimization of Curriculum System for Engineering Education Accreditation: A Questionnaire Survey on Achievement Degrees of Graduation Requirements. Sustainability. 2023; 15(21):15271. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115271

Chicago/Turabian Style

Chen, Qiao, Huiyong Yin, Jianguo Feng, and Baoyi Zhang. 2023. "Continuous Improvement and Optimization of Curriculum System for Engineering Education Accreditation: A Questionnaire Survey on Achievement Degrees of Graduation Requirements" Sustainability 15, no. 21: 15271. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115271

APA Style

Chen, Q., Yin, H., Feng, J., & Zhang, B. (2023). Continuous Improvement and Optimization of Curriculum System for Engineering Education Accreditation: A Questionnaire Survey on Achievement Degrees of Graduation Requirements. Sustainability, 15(21), 15271. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115271

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