Module 1: General Education
The General Education Module, shown in the table below, consists of
eleven courses, for a total of thirty-two credit hours.
Module 1: General Education*
Course
Title
|
Course Number
|
Credit
Hours
|
Professional Component
|
Contact
Hours
|
Suggested
Semester
|
|
General Ed.
|
Other
|
|
Introduction to Philosophy
|
PHIL 102
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
1
|
Elementary Logic
|
PHIL 105
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
2
|
English Composition I
|
ENGL 101
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
1
|
English Composition II
|
ENGL 102
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
2
|
Oral Communication
|
SPCM 101
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
3
|
Intro to Microeconomics 1
|
ECON 240
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
3
|
Economic Systems
|
ECON 302I
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
4
|
Biology (Human Genetics) 2
|
BIOL 2023
|
2
|
2
|
|
2
|
1
|
Social Science
|
Elective 4
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
2
|
Integrative Studies 5
|
Elective 4
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
4
|
Fine Arts
|
Elective 4
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Credit hours
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
|
|
* To better illustrate the structure of the curricula, the
following color code will be used throughout this document: General Education
courses: red; College of Science courses: green; Engineering courses: blue.
1 Can be substituted with ECON 241 (Introduction to
Macroeconomics).
2 Can be substituted with PHSL 201 (Human
Physiology).
3 Could have been included in the Basic Sciences. However,
due to its introductory nature it is listed in the General Education Module.
4 From approved lists of courses that satisfy both
the University Core and the Educational Objectives of the program.
5 Must be selected from the group of
multicultural courses.
This Module has been designed by the Department in an effort to best
achieve the following objectives:
·
Meet the
relevant requirements of the EAC/ABET Engineering Criteria 2000.
·
Meet the
Educational Objectives of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
·
Meet the
Educational Objectives of the ECE programs.
The next Table shows the comparison between the
“Engineering Criteria 2000” requirements with regard to general education,
and the respective provisions in Module 1.
ECE Department
Undergraduate Curricula
|
EAC/ABET
- Engineering Criteria 2000
|
|
|
|
|
Module
1: General Education
Total number
of credit hours: 32
|
Number of credit
hours not specified
|
|
|
|
ECE Department
All Undergraduate Curricula
Topics
in General Education:
·
Macroeconomics
or Microeconomics
·
History
and Philosophy of Economic Systems
·
Philosophy
– Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics
·
Philosophy
– Logic
·
Social
Science Topics
·
Multicultural
Studies and Issues
·
Biology –
Human Genetics
·
Fine Arts
·
English
Composition
·
Speech
Communication
·
Technical
Writing
·
Technical
Presentation
·
Interviewing
Skills
·
Career
Planning
|
General
Criterion 4
For all
Engineering Programs
General
Education Component:
A General
Education component that complements the technical content of the
curriculum, consistent with the program and institutional objectives.
The
curriculum must culminate in a major design experience, incorporating
engineering standards and realistic constraints that include most of the
following considerations:
·
Economic
·
Environmental
·
Sustainability
·
Manufacturability
·
Ethical
·
Health
·
Safety
·
Social
·
Political
The
General Education component of the curriculum, therefore, must provide the
foundation necessary to address issues related to most of the
considerations above.
|
The General Education Module (by design) ensures that the
students are exposed to all the topics listed in the left-hand column. Thus,
the General Education component of the curriculum provides the students with
the background and the foundation necessary to address issues of engineering
design and practice related to the considerations specified by “EC 2000,”
right-hand column of the Table.
The next table shows the comparison between the
“Engineering Criteria 2000” requirements with regard to general education,
and the respective provisions in Module 1.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
General
Education Objectives
|
Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering
General Education Component
|
|
University Core Curriculum
|
Objectives
Impacted by General Education
|
|
The general education objectives of the University are
achieved through the “Core Curriculum,” which is required by all majors.
The Core Curriculum is pivotal to the University experience, and provides
the enriching foundation for students to be successful in their major, and
in life beyond the University.
|
·
To
provide Electrical and Computer Engineering majors with the knowledge, the
skills and the attributes necessary to successfully compete for quality
jobs in all functions of electrical and computer engineering employment,
ranging from research and development to sales and customer support.
·
To
provide Electrical and Computer Engineering majors with communication
skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
·
To
provide Electrical and Computer Engineering majors with the broad education
necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and
societal context.
|
|
University Core Curriculum
Goals
|
|
·
Expose students
to the universe of human knowledge.
·
Improve
communication literacy and skills.
·
Develop
student’s critical and analytical abilities.
·
Encourage
intellectual maturity.
·
Enhance
appreciation of diverse cultures & environments.
·
Prepare
students for ethical and responsible citizenship.
|
|
Core Curriculum Requirements
|
Module 1: General Education
|
Area
|
Hours
|
Area
|
Hours
|
Foundation Skills
|
12
|
Foundation Skills
|
3 + 9
|
|
·
Composition 1
·
Composition 2
·
Mathematics
·
Speech Communication
|
3
3
3
3
|
English 101
English 102
Mathematics 150
Speech Communication 101
|
3
3
3
3
|
|
Disciplinary Studies
|
23
|
Disciplinary Studies
|
6 + 17
|
|
·
Humanities 1
·
Humanities 2
·
Human Health
·
Science 1
·
Science 2
·
Social Science 1
·
Social Science 2
·
Fine Arts
|
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
|
Philosophy 102
Philosophy 105
Biology 202
Physics 205a
Physics 205b
Economics 240
Social Science Elective
Fine Arts Elective
|
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
|
|
Integrative Studies
|
6
|
Integrative Studies
|
6
|
|
·
Interdisciplinary
·
Multicultural
|
3
3
|
Economics 302I
Multicultural Elective
|
3
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total number of courses 14
|
41
|
Total number of courses 3
+11
|
9 + 32
|
|
|
|
|
Nine of the forty-one credit hours are assigned to the areas of Math and
Basic Sciences (three hours for Math and six hours for Basic Sciences). In the case of the ECE curricula, these
nine hours are satisfied by approved substitutions of the lower-level Math
and Basic Sciences courses of the Core Curriculum, with higher-level courses
required by the major in the respective areas (Mathematics 150, Physics 205a
and Physics 205b). The remaining
thirty-two hours correspond to courses selected from all other areas of
general education, in accordance with the requirements of the Core
Curriculum. The one-to-one correspondence between the requirements of the
University Core Curriculum and the specific courses in Module 1 of the ECE
curricula is shown in the Table above.
The next Table shows the correlation between the set of courses in
Module 1 and the Program Educational Objectives:
Module 1: General
Education – Relation to Program Educational Objectives.
Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Module 1: General
Education
General Education Courses / Program Educational
Objectives
Matrix
|
|
|
Courses
|
|
Ob-1
|
Ob-2
|
Ob-3
|
Ob-4
|
Ob-5
|
Ob-6
|
|
|
|
Biology 202
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
English 101
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
English
102
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Speech
Communication 101
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Economics
240
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Economics
302I
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Philosophy
102
|
|
|
|
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