AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO LABORATORIES AT THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

The interdisciplinary nature of several disciplines and the need to cooperate in an interdisciplinary way in the global work market is forcing education systems to evolve in this direction. In this paper the problem is considered of integrating several laboratory courses into an interdisciplinary one; as a matter of fact, several advanced application fields require this kind of interaction. For instance, the design and development of applications for mobile devices require both a strong preparation in Computer Science and important skills in Mobile Networks. The architecture of mobile applications is first described, then a specific app is considered, addressed to an interdisciplinary course for the School of Engineering.