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In this paper, we are proposing a curricular model, the Synthesis and Design Studio, to combat the tendency towards fragmented curricula. The approach proposed here attempts to negotiate the realities of fragmented curricula by providing an integrative learning component that exposes Environmental Engineering students to open-ended projects with the intent that students will develop an integrated understanding of their courses, lives, and professional futures. The pedagogical features and theoretical design of the Studios will be described. Project-led research was conducted, and results from this interpretive analysis of reflections and focus group transcripts are described to explore students’ accounts of both content-and meta-level integration as they participated in a Studio.  \nKeywords: integrated curricula, trans-disciplinary, studio  \nintrODUCtiOn  \nEducating creative and innovative engineers is widely recognized as critical in solving the current and future challenges facing society (ASCE 2004; ASEE 1994; Fortenberry 2006; Journal of  \nwinter 2013 1  \nadvances in engineering education  \nintegrating the engineering curriculum through the synthesis and  \n design studio  \nEngineering Education 2006; National Academy of Engineering 2004; Spinks, Silburn, and Birchall 2006; Friedman 2005; Duderstadt 2008) . In this world of complex and highly interconnected problems (National Science Board 2007), it is critical that every engineering student graduate with a well-rounded education that includes abilities ranging from engaging in complex thought, analysis, quantitative, and qualitative reasoning to communicating effectively (Felder et al. 2000; Wulf and Fischer 2002; National Academy of Engineering 2004, 2005; National Academy of Sciences 2007; ABET 2004) .  \nPart of achieving the aspirational goals of engineering education set out by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET 2004) is to provide breadth to undergraduate education. Unfortunately, in its implementation, this drive for breadth has often led to a general education curriculum with a set of disparate and unconnected courses, instead of an integrated experience (Olds and Miller 2004; Beane 1995) . This is fundamentally at odds with the interconnected nature of the knowledge future engineers require in order to be creative and innovative in approaching the above-mentioned challenges (Charyton and Merrill 2009) . In the Greater Expectations report, the Association of American Colleges and Universities recognizes the “fragmentation of the curriculum” as a significant “barrier to high quality”(2002) . Similarly, the Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University explains that “the freshman experience needs to be an intellectually integrated one, so that the student will not learn to think of the academic program asa set of disparate and unconnected requirements”(1998, 19) .  \nAs a possible avenue for overcoming this fragmentation of engineering students’ learning, we present and discuss a curriculum integration initiative at the University of Georgia within the Environmental Engineering undergraduate program. This curriculum integration initiative addresses integration at both a content level (integration of content across courses) and a meta-level (integration of metalearning and wa","cbCaikR5sQIEvHOK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikR5sQIEvHOK","pdf",2607095,33,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Curriculum fragmentation and the need for integration\n# Conceptual Framework and Background\n## Meta-level integrative learning through creativity and interdisciplinarity","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the paper address in engineering education curricula?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses how traditional engineering curricula tend to be fragmented, limiting content- and meta-level synthesis beyond certain design courses.\"},{\"question\":\"What model does the paper propose to improve integration?\",\"answer\":\"It proposes the Synthesis and Design Studio, an integrative learning component that exposes students to open-ended projects to support integrated understanding.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the impact of the Studio evaluated in the paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper reports project-led research and presents results from interpretive analysis of students’ reflections and focus group transcripts.\"}]","Integrating the Engineering Curriculum through the Synthesis and Design Studio | PDF",1792065613,83]