Students in the class are divided into teams. At the beginning of the semester each team is given a large cardboard box and the theme is discussed. In the middle of the semester, professors in the department each instruct students in their specialty and the cardboard boxes are designed by the students into various types of machinery.
選修這門課的學生被分成幾隊，學期開始時每隊各分發一個大紙箱，說好競賽題目，學期中就由系上十幾個老師教他最拿手的部分，由同學將紙箱中的材料設計成各種機械，期末考就是一場勝負賽。