All this and engineering too: History of accreditation requirements for nontechnical curriculum content in U.S. Engineering Education 1933-2000

International Symposium on Technology and Society, Proceedings

Volumn 2001-January, Issue , 2001, Pages 155-161

  Stephan, K D ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABET; ECPD; engineering curriculum; humanistic social studies

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CURRICULA; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ABET; ACCREDITATION PROCESS; ECPD; ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS; SOCIAL STUDY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84952795986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISTAS.2001.937733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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