An Australian study of generic competencies required by engineers

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-163

  Male, S A ^a   Bush, M B ^a   Chapman, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competencies; Engineering education; Graduate attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958817013     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2011.569703     Document Type: Article

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