Curriculum planning in energy engineering education

Curriculum is a key factor in defining programme outcomes. It typically consists of modules and courses, which should be linked together to produce the desired learning outcomes for students. This work aims to explore the practical and theoretical principles of curriculum-centred strategic planning and to inspect how curriculum planning and its implementation are visible in the corresponding teaching structures and student experiences. The research approach used in this paper includes a student survey, teacher interviews and core content analysis. The paper demonstrates that when addressing only a cluster of courses, a relatively simplified approach provides sufficient information for identifying existing strengths and good practices that can be built upon as well as key areas that need further improvement. In addition, the key observations and best practices can also be utilised within any engineering education context.