<p>Beautiful work</p>
<p>[Cal</a> Poly Learn By Doing in Sony PMW-F3/F5/F55 User Group on Vimeo](<a href=“http://vimeo.com/groups/pmwf3/videos/72464864]Cal”>http://vimeo.com/groups/pmwf3/videos/72464864)</p>
<p>This is absolutely awesome and right on target. Thanks for posting it!</p>
<p>A few weeks ago a link was posted to various groups, Facebook etc. There were almost 15K views in a few days. For whatever reason that link was subsequently password protected. As far As I know this is the only accessible link still active. It’s an amazing video, very well done, breathtaking scenery, and it is in HD. Click the link to watch it full screen, it’s a compelling piece for Cal Poly. My two students tell me the love it there, they thank me for sending them. What’s not to like?</p>
<p>I am curious, though. What is sacrificed for the Learn By Doing? Like…is there less theory because more time’s allocated to application, or what? Does anybody have any articles or knowledge on the subject?</p>
<p>@Aarontpz
ME 2013-2015 Curriculum
<a href=“http://dots-util.calpoly.edu/downloads/curric/13-15.Mechanical%20Engineering.pdf[/url]”>http://dots-util.calpoly.edu/downloads/curric/13-15.Mechanical%20Engineering.pdf</a>
Units Required 198-201
FREE ELECTIVES 0
It takes most Engineers close to 5 years to get their 200 units.
That’s a LOT more work than I had to do to get my Engineering BS.
What do you find lacking?</p>
<p>It’s not what I find lacking. I just compared the flowcharts for EE at SLO and UCSB, and the curriculum for EE at UCLA, and I found them practically identical, which makes me wonder how SLO can cover (more or less, both UCLA and UCSB had two units of comp sci and a few other minor discrepancies) the same units and provide hands on experience…?</p>
<p>Theory is not lacking at all. In fact, they way Cal Poly does it is unique. They teach theory in class and then prove it in the lab. My kid generally spends more time in the lab then in lectures.</p>
<p>@Aarontpz
There are lots of good choices for bright engineering students, I’m sure you have seen the preliminary profile stats for the incoming Engineering Class of 2017. I know a few who elected SLO over UCB, UCLA & UCSD as well as the mid-tier UC’s. If you read the posts from March you will find that applicants who were not accepted to their choice of Engineering Dept.’s within SLO had backup options at Colorado School of Mines, Perdue and Georgia Tech among many other excellent schools. My two started their first quarter in a machine shop and welding class respectively, where did you find those classes in the UC flowcharts? A one unit welding class takes about as much lab time as the linear algebra class & homework taken the same quarter. I can tell you they have an appreciation for the skill & complexity of a good weld that very few UCLA grads have after several years in the workforce. The Engineering Communications instructor (also the Department Head) pointed out in the first drawing class that ‘more zeros after the decimal cost exponentially more $$$’. I regularly encounter design engineers in mid-level positions who have yet to get that message. SLO is not for every engineering student, though more seem to get in the application line every Fall Quarter. For those who make it, it seems to be satisfactory.</p>