Difference between revisions of "Priorities:Florida Institute of Technology Student Priorities"
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== Tactic # 1: Create a pilot capstone design program incorporating college of engineering and college of business students == | == Tactic # 1: Create a pilot capstone design program incorporating college of engineering and college of business students == | ||
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| + | Senior Design is currently run by each individual major. Multidisciplinary projects exist far and few between, which is a disservice to the students as well as the university. We wish to eradicate the current major-specific senior design program and make cross-major projects more commonplace, if not required. This gives a more in-depth experience of a real industry project. | ||
== Tactic # 2: Amalgamize all individual departmental capstone courses into one overarching, univesity-wide capstone course == | == Tactic # 2: Amalgamize all individual departmental capstone courses into one overarching, univesity-wide capstone course == | ||
Revision as of 21:54, 22 October 2015
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Strategy # 1: Increase interdisciplinary collabration for student capstone projects
- 2.1 Tactic # 1: Create a pilot capstone design program incorporating college of engineering and college of business students
- 2.2 Tactic # 2: Amalgamize all individual departmental capstone courses into one overarching, univesity-wide capstone course
- 2.3 Tactic # 3: Get industry members to advise and sponsor the univeristy-wide capstone projects
- 3 Strategy # 2: Create awareness about existing facilities for Innovation and Entreprenuership
Overview
Florida Tech has also recently been names as one of the Top 50 Entrepreneurial Universities by Forbes, which is a testament to the purpose efforts undertaken in recent years to create a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. As a private institution, Florida Tech has a history of high-quality undergraduate engineering education. However, Florida Tech has yet to realize its entrepreneurial potential due to a lack of formal training and education in entrepreneurship of faculty, the administration, and students. Largely, only a few faculty initially spearheaded the entrepreneurial endeavors, but as with many culture-changing endeavors, the current champions seek to create a critical mass of followers, adopters, and co-implementers.
Strategy # 1: Increase interdisciplinary collabration for student capstone projects
Tactic # 1: Create a pilot capstone design program incorporating college of engineering and college of business students
Senior Design is currently run by each individual major. Multidisciplinary projects exist far and few between, which is a disservice to the students as well as the university. We wish to eradicate the current major-specific senior design program and make cross-major projects more commonplace, if not required. This gives a more in-depth experience of a real industry project.
