Engineering Curriculum review

Title: Engineering Curriculum review
Description: In 1945-46, President Hutchinson, in discussing the the planning for a new engineering building, expressed his concerns to the engineering curriculum committee that the engineering curriculum overloaded students with courses, that the courses required 'little or no scholarly study and preparation,' and that there was inadequate time for students to provide for 'the humanities and the broader cultural and professional training of engineers.' (p. 249) As a result, the freshman-sophomore engineering program was immediately revised with a new curriculum put into effect for fall 1946. The total number of credits required for graduation and weekly workload was reduced and about 20 percent of students' course work was made available
Identifier: MR59
Date: 1945-09-01
Subject: Engineering
Bibliographic Citation: Gendebien, 1986