The Civil Engineering Degree: Education or Training?
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering
Volume 110, Issue 1
Abstract
The limitations of the current four‐year engineering curricula are examined, emphasizing the lack of liberal arts supplement to an undergraduate engineering education. While the importance of the engineering function in society is stressed, the increasing need for more policy conscious engineers is cited. In summary, it is suggested that the engineering degree be made a professional degree to be earned in graduate school after a liberal arts undergraduate education.
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering
Volume 110 • Issue 1 • January 1984
Pages: 25 - 30
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Copyright © 1984 ASCE.
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Published online: Jan 1, 1984
Published in print: Jan 1984
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