Teaching civilization, communication skills and ethics through a course in electrical engineering history

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 13475-13481

  Spinelli, John M ^a,b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILLS; ETHICS; ORAL COMMUNICATION; TEACHING CIVILIZATION;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRICITY; INTERNET; TEACHING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

CURRICULA;

EID: 5444249870     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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