Engineering Design for a Technological Dependent Society.

Parden, Robert J.

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ERIC Number: EJ091858

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Publication Date: 1974

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Engineering Design for a Technological Dependent Society

Parden, Robert J.

Engineering Education, 64, 5, 329-331, Feb 74

Discusses a Sloan Foundation undergraduate project conducted at the University of California at Santa Clara, with emphases upon interdisciplinary design. Indicates that engineering should be seen as a broad education for a technology dependent society, rather than education leading to a specialized, dead-end career. (CC)

Descriptors: Educational Programs, Engineering Education, Foundation Programs, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Social Characteristics, Student Needs, Systems Approach

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