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Humanities for Undergraduate Engineers: A Rich Paradox
Author(s) -
Andrews John K.,
McBride Guy T.,
Sloan E. Dendy
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1993.tb00099.x
Subject(s) - engineering ethics , engineering , mathematics education , sociology , psychology
We present a freshman seminar entitled “Paradoxes of the Human Condition,” aimed at the integration of humanistic concerns into the daily lives of engineers and scientists. The philosophy, pedagogical basis, and preliminary evaluation are given for this course, which examines four paradoxes: the heroic paradox, the paradox of freedom and necessity, the paradox of absolute and relative, and the paradox of life and death. The course is discussed in the context of an interdisciplinary program, the Honors Program in Public Affairs for Engineers.