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Importance of Interdisciplinary Courses in Engineering Education


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1 Mechanical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2 Instrumentation Technology, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
     

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Interdisciplinary courses are essential in aligning the students towards the current trend. It helps in reducing the gap between colleges and industries. It helps in crossing boundaries and creating something new. This work is a study into the necessity of Interdisciplinary Courses in the present engineering education. Efforts were put up to gather information from students pursuing their engineering degree all over India. Survey was conducted through questionnaires. The study was based on 3 criteria: awareness, necessity and evaluation of Interdisciplinary Courses. Majority of the surveytakers converged on the need of Interdisciplinary courses in the present engineering scenario.

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Interdisciplinary Courses, Survey, Engineering, Curriculum.
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Authors

M. B. Manju
Mechanical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
K. S. Nikhil
Mechanical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
D. Nishanth
Mechanical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
K. S. Sai Vignesh
Mechanical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
B. S. Anupama
Instrumentation Technology, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Madhav Murthy
Department of Mechanical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Abstract


Interdisciplinary courses are essential in aligning the students towards the current trend. It helps in reducing the gap between colleges and industries. It helps in crossing boundaries and creating something new. This work is a study into the necessity of Interdisciplinary Courses in the present engineering education. Efforts were put up to gather information from students pursuing their engineering degree all over India. Survey was conducted through questionnaires. The study was based on 3 criteria: awareness, necessity and evaluation of Interdisciplinary Courses. Majority of the surveytakers converged on the need of Interdisciplinary courses in the present engineering scenario.

Keywords


Interdisciplinary Courses, Survey, Engineering, Curriculum.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16920/jeet%2F2017%2Fv0i0%2F111739