His proposal is included in Attachment 1. Table 1 provides a listing of courses at CMU that are models of this category. Problem-solving in a real situation automatically requires students to formulate questions, structure unstructured problems and draw on and integrate different disciplines. The PBL environment also lends itself well to students working in interdisciplinary teams, gaining group process and communication skills. Numerous courses at Carnegie Mellon are project courses.
Some courses incorporate projects, others are semester-long projects with real clients.
Researching and writing a case study and group projects are part of an English course taught by Kristina Straub. Group projects on a social problem in Stephen Lepore's first-year seminar course. Several of these are described in Attachment 1. Project courses can fulfil many of the cognitive and affective objectives of a broad education. Interdisciplinary project experience may be one of the required components of the broadening of the curriculum.