A glimpse of how senior engineering students understand engineering as a profession

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Codone, Susan ^a   Lackey, Laura ^a   Grady, Helen ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshmen engineering students; Professionalism; Professions; Trades

Indexed keywords

FRESHMAN ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONALISM; PROFESSIONS; TRADES;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21644445073     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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