Sequential Teaching - Enhancing Resilience and Saving Time in an Engineering Degree Program

This paper considers sequential teaching, an accelerated academic model in which courses are taken one after another rather than in parallel throughout the semester. Sequential teaching can be viewed as a system of intensive, back-to-back courses that streamlines the traditional scheduling format. It is suggested here that this approach offers several advantages. One notable benefit is reducing the overall time to degree by up to 25%. Another is enhancing learning resilience, especially during prolonged emergencies. In this paper, we describe the concept of sequential teaching, analyze these potential benefits, report on a case study we conducted, and discuss some of the broader implications for engineering education.