Building Bridges in the First Two Years

Welcome! This is a new homepage for NSF-Sponsored Institute-Wide Reform Initiative at WPI. The main goal for the initiative is to develop flexible links between introductory courses that will help first-year students make connections between basic courses in mathematics, science, and engineering. We are developing a resource for all members of the WPI community. Some of the modules will include information on specific courses and ways to help students see connections between courses in their first two years at WPI.

What's New?

• Building Successful Bridges ---
  
  Judy Miller, Paul Davis, Mikhail Dimentberg, John Goulet, and Steve Pierson have created a document describing aspects of successful bridge projects.

Who is involved?

• Judy Miller, Biology and Biotechnology
• Arthur C. Heinricher, Mathematics
• Nicholas Kildahl, Chemistry
• Van Bluemel, Physics
• Paul W. Davis, Mathematics
• John Goulet, Mathematics
• George Phillies, Physics
• Konstantin Lurie, Mathematics
• Michael Dimentberg, Mechanical Engineering
• Rick Vaz, Electrical Engineering
• Valerie Crawford, Assessment Expert (Clark University)
• Susan Shorrock, Student
• Kevin Pease, Portfolio PLA

What's going on?

• Building Successful Bridges ---
  
  Judy Miller, Paul Davis, Mikhail Dimentberg, John Goulet, and Steve Pierson have created a document describing aspects of Successful Bridges
  
  
• Develop new project ideas ---
  
  Judy Miller and Nick Kildahl linking Biology and Chemistry
  John Goulet and George Phillies linking MA1023 (Calculus III) and PH1111 (Physics I)
  Konstantin Lurie and Michael Dimentberg bringing mechanics and mechanical engineering into Calculus IV and DIfferential Equations
  Van Bluemel and Rick Vaz linking physics and electrical engineering int he first year
  
  
• Develop a web site to collect bridge ideas
  Exactly what do you want to include on this web page?
  What are faculty going to find useful?
  What are students going to find useful?
  
  
• Learn more about existing projects at other institutions
  
  
• Clean up the existing projects and links

Linking First-Year Courses

WPI Math Courses in the First Year.

WPI Physics Courses in the First Year.

WPI Chemistry Courses in the First Year.

WPI Biology Courses in the First Year.

More WPI Courses in the First Year.

For a complete listing of WPI courses, visit the on-line catalogue

• WPI Faculty with Homepages
• An interesting list of first-order principles for college teachers.
• Bridge Projects at other schools

A few more Useful Links

• WPI Homepage
• WPI Faculty with Homepages
• Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
• WPI Help with HTML
• Web Page Construction Course Material
• Susan Shorrock's Homepage
• Portfolio Project Homepage

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