Designing an Introductory Course for an Undergraduate Program

Designing an Introductory Course for an Undergraduate Program to Address Global Economic Development Challenges Erol Inelmen Bogaziçi University October 2007

Introduction As a consequence of these old fashioned programs, students feel dissatisfied and we see cases of very talented brains dropping out from engineering.

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Conclusion trying to create an environment where all the participants fill forming part of a team, the assessment of the performance is not easy task and subject to criticism

Acknowledgment We remain in debt to Prof. Ozer Arnas for his support in making this work possible.