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Originally posted by M. Krass
Clarkson allows this, to an extent, in that the work done for their team can be applied toward the requirements of some majors. Why is Clarkson an exception?

Brief Aside:
Clarkson University emphasizes "Team, Project Based Learning" wherever possible. The FIRST robotics team falls under a program known as SPEED (Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design). Through this program, the members of our team are eligible for "Pass/Fail" Credit which can be applied toward a profesional elective later on. Members are also eligible for completing independant study projects, which yield, normal course credit.

The cool thing is... Senior year, all Clarkson Mechanical Engineers need to complete an "Integrated Design Project" working in a group. FIRST robotics qualifies as one of these projects. So we have 5 seniors who work on our robot design, and submit a large report based on the design and analysis as their capstone course for Mechanical Engineering.

I can't wait to be a senior, because when I take Integrated Design, FIRST will be my primary class!

I believe several other schools do similar things, but I'm not sure.


John.

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