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Academic Advising Support Tool: An Optimization Approach, Spencer Loper
Academic Advising Support Tool: An Optimization Approach, Spencer Loper
Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
More than ever, a college education is necessary to remain competitive in the job market. Therefore, colleges are dedicating numerous resources to ensure student success. Nonetheless, one of the most important factors of student success is proper academic advising. Students at the University of Arkansas and more specifically within the department of Industrial Engineering department are fortunate to have access to fantastic advising. However, given the volume of students, academic advisors do not have the time to talk through the nuance of every student’s long-term academic plan. The department does provide an eight-semester plan; however, students who have deviated from …
Curriculum Optimization Via Activity-On-Node Network Modeling, Caroline Rhomberg
Curriculum Optimization Via Activity-On-Node Network Modeling, Caroline Rhomberg
Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
University degree plans must be carefully planned so that they allow students the best chance of succeeding. Although for the better, with the advancement of technology and its incorporation into the classroom, it can be argued that the complexity and difficulty of some long-established engineering core classes has changed. With this trend certain combinations of engineering courses have become unfavorable in terms of course withdrawal and fail rates stemming from the interaction of course challenges. A wealth of data has been collected on this topic and will be utilized in this project. As one can imagine, the probability of success …