Teaching Information Engineering To Everyone
John A. Orr, David Cyganski, Richard F. Vaz
Abstract
The first offering of a course in "Information Engineering Across the Professions" is being held in the Spring semester of the 1996-97 academic year at WPI. This course is offered by the ECE Department, but is intended to be relevant for students from virtually all disciplines, and is specifically intended for students who are not majoring in electrical engineering. The authors have developed this course based on substantial interviews with faculty and students from across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including economics, English, history, chemistry, management, and biotechnology. This paper reports on the use of the World-Wide Web for preparation of course materials, and on lessons learned to date in developing and offering the new type of electrical engineering service course.