Towards Developing a Student-Centered Optimization Course Syllabus
Abstract
In this study, we aim at developing a student-centered syllabus for an optimization course, Mathematical Programming, offered to graduate students campus-wide at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. In particular, graduate students from diverse engineering and science programs enroll in this course and they typically have varying learning objectives based on their graduate research needs. As it is not possible to cover all optimization topics during one semester of study, the motivation of the student-centered syllabus development is to prepare a syllabus that covers basic topics and modify it so as to include topics and assignments individual to each student. Therefore, the students can attain their self-defined learning objectives as much as possible while instructordefined basic learning objectives are also covered. As a first step towards developing a student-centered syllabus, we conducted a survey among engineering faculty at the campus to learn what basic optimization topics and software tools the faculty want their students to learn. This study presents the results of this survey and discusses what are the next steps planned for outlining a method to prepare a student-centered syllabus for the Mathematical Programming course.
Recommended Citation
D. Konur, "Towards Developing a Student-Centered Optimization Course Syllabus," Proceedings of the 67th Annual Conference and Expo of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (2017, Pittsburgh, PA), pp. 476 - 481, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), May 2017.
Meeting Name
67th Annual Conference and Expo of the Institute of Industrial Engineers 2017 (2017: May 20-23, Pittsburgh, PA)
Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Keywords and Phrases
Curricula; Education; Engineers; Mathematical programming; Surveys; Teaching; Engineering faculty; Graduate students; Learning objectives; Missouris; Research needs; Science and Technology; Science programs; Syllabus; Students; Optimization course; Student-centered; Syllabus
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1-5108-4802-3
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 May 2017
Comments
This project is sponsored by the Center for Education Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI) located at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.