Author(s)

YiJia Wang^1*, DongLing Liang², Jia Zhou², HuiCheng Hao³, JiQuan Wang³

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Engineering Management, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150036, Heilongjiang, China.

²College of Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150036, Heilongjiang, China.

³School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150036, Heilongjiang, China.

Corresponding Author

YiJia Wang

ABSTRACT

Against the backdrop of promoting the development of emerging engineering and liberal arts disciplines and implementing the fundamental task of moral education, the collaborative education model for interdisciplinary curriculum groups in management and engineering faces several challenges, including insufficient integration, limited faculty capacity, and inadequate alignment of teaching methods and evaluation mechanisms. In response, a systematic construction path is proposed: reconstructing the curriculum objectives system to establish a trinity framework of “value guidance–knowledge transmission–ability cultivation”, with clearly defined ideological and political education integration points; innovating teaching models through case-driven and scenario-based approaches to achieve organic integration and implicit permeation of educational values within professional curricula; strengthening faculty development by implementing a dual-instructor system to enhance teacher competencies and foster collaboration between professional course instructors and student mentors; and improving the evaluation mechanism by establishing a combined formative and value-added assessment system to scientifically measure educational effectiveness. This pathway aims to provide practical guidance for the effective implementation of collaborative education in interdisciplinary programs integrating management and engineering, with the goal of cultivating high-quality, versatile talents equipped with professional skills, patriotic dedication, social responsibility, and a sound understanding of engineering ethics. It also offers valuable insights for other interdisciplinary fields.

KEYWORDS

Interdisciplinary of management and engineering; Emerging engineering education; Emerging liberal arts education; Collaborative education

CITE THIS PAPER

YiJia Wang, DongLing Liang, Jia Zhou, HuiCheng Hao, JiQuan Wang. Exploring the construction path of a collaborative education model for course clusters in interdisciplinary programs integrating management and engineering. Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities Research. 2025, 3(4): 51-55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/tsshr3163.

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