Curriculum Development of Automobile Engineering Undergraduate Program at an Autonomous Institute

Abstract

Curriculum development for any educational program is one of the core academic processes. The success of the program largely depends on the design and effective implementation of the same. This work presents an effort made to develop curriculum of undergraduate program of Automobile Engineering at Rajarambapu Institute of Technology (RIT). It highlights the current status and challenges for curriculum development of a specialized program like Automobile Engineering which evolves under the umbrella of a basic branch like Mechanical Engineering. Outcomes based approach adopted for the task is described. Inputs derived from various relevant sources like curriculum bench marking exercise, panel discussions held during curriculum development workshop and Board of Studies (BoS), ten job profiles for automotive industry as perceived by Mary Barra,Chairperson and CEO of General Motors have been presented in the work. The transformations in the form of introduction of new courses or revision in course content, along with limitations of the effort are discussed. Similar approach, it is felt, could be adopted for curriculum development of other autonomous engineering programs.