Why the traditional liberal arts are still relevant to engineering education
Durbin Paul T.
1997
Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference
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Traditional liberal arts, if taught rightly as a basis for lifelong learning, are still the best way to begin the education of creative young would-be engineers. The reason is that engineers, and all other creative problem solvers, need to know how to write, think, and speak clearly; how to use mathematics, including the old techniques of theorem proving as well as new computer techniques, how to influence others; how to get carried away by the passion and emotions that persuade others; and finally how to see the relationship between their studies and what traditional humanists have called `the order of the universe'.
IEEE
Conference paper
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