Curriculum Design
The process of framing the curriculum starts with its design. While designing the curriculum, the industries and academic institutions carefully choose the components to be included. Generally, the Engineering Curriculum contains Basic Science Core Courses (30–40 credits) and Engineering Science Core Courses (30–40 credits) usually offered in first year of graduation. Professional Core Courses (60–80 credits) are generally offered from second to final years. Professional Elective Courses (20–30 credits) and Open Elective Courses (10–20 credits) are offered in third and final years.
Humanities and Social Science Core Courses (10–20 credits) are usually offered in final years. Industries contribute in deciding the courses to be offered in Professional Core and in Elective
Board of Studies
Usually Industry Representatives will participate in Board of Studies meeting conducted
by academic institutions. They will thoroughly scrutinize the Professional Core Courses.
Wherever upgradation is required to meet the current industry requirements, they will
suitably suggest and that will implemented in the curriculum after getting the approval
from Governing Council.
Curriculum Delivery
Once the needed Curriculum is designed, the next step is to deliver it effectively to the students. In this aspect, the industries collaborate in various ways with academic institutions.
Train The Trainer Workshops
As the electives are designed by Industry Experts, the academic faculty should be trained in those emerging areas to effectively train the students. In order to roll out the
electives successfully, industries used to conduct Train The Trainer workshops in Academic Campuses and their Development Premises with their own experts. The program duration would vary from three to five days. During these workshops, faculty will be given exhaustive training on practical components. Industries also certify the faculty who successfully complete the workshops. These workshops are also called as Faculty Development Programmes.
Industry Electives
The Autonomous and Deemed Universities have the flexibility to include Industry Electives as a part of their curriculum. Well known and popular industries design their own courses as per their needs and offer them as Electives to higher semester students. This is one of the finest and fruitful models working successfully. Students who opt for those electives will undergo training and qualify in the examination. Those students will be absorbed by respective industries. Industries used to develop the required courseware for the electives and usually upload in their respective Students Resources portals. Some industries have developed Video Instruction Led Tutors also by involving their subject matter experts. Delivered by subject matter experts, this training mode provides a near classroom experience including white boarding, lab exercises, student questions, and course materials. Also, they develop Course Slides, Facilitator Guides, Student Exercises, Case Studies and Lesson Plans. Some industries also develop Student Project Banks where the registered students can deposit artifacts related to their projects.
Industrial Visits
Industries encourage Students / Faculty to visit their Development Premises. These Industrial Visits give real time exposure to students as well as faculty. This helps the faculty to engage their classes lively by citing various real life examples.