Title Me4s: MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERING IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA. Authors

Statement of result The main objective of this presentation is to show a proposal to apply active learning methodologies in undergraduate courses taught at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). Such methodologies aim at adapting undergraduate courses taught at the UPC to the new educational model of the European Higher Education Area. In 2007, the new degree was approved in Spain, rebuilding the curricula and producing changes for teachers and for management. This situation led us to perform the teaching of mathematics in the field of engineering and a project was designed to adapt the learning of mathematics to this new scenario. This paper describes an applied project titled ”Me4s: Mathematics for engineering in the context of European Higher Education Area ”, which has been financially supported by the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) and the Technical School of Barcelona (CEIB). It presents teaching materials adapted to curricula of mathematics in engineering studies. Tutorials were designed to improve th e knowledge and understanding of mathematic, using the symbolic math program, Maple. Several laboratory sessions were designed, each of which are composed of