• DocumentCode
    1542810
  • Title

    Engineering concepts: Introductory engineering courses should teach more than just rules and formulae

  • Author

    Akai, Terrence J.

  • Author_Institution
    College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame; Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    5/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    15
  • Lastpage
    16
  • Abstract
    Most engineering colleges seek to orient their students to engineering by requiring them to take a college-wide introductory course. At the University of Notre Dame, this introductory course is titled Engineering Concepts, and is required of all freshmen intending to major in engineering. The content of and philosophy behind this course will be used as the basis for this discussion at engineering education.
  • Keywords
    Education courses; Engineering education;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Potentials, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-6648
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MP.1986.6500827
  • Filename
    6500827
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1542810