A Case for the Doctor of Engineering as a First Professional Degree.

Friedland, Bernard; Dorato, Peter

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ERIC Number: EJ359953

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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A Case for the Doctor of Engineering as a First Professional Degree.

Friedland, Bernard; Dorato, Peter

Engineering Education, v77 n7-8 p707-13 Apr-May 1987

Argues that four years of undergraduate studies in engineering is inadequate. Proposes the replacement of the undergraduate degree with the establishment of the doctor of Engineering (Eng.D.). Distinguishes between the needs for the bachelor of engineering technology degree (B.E.T.), the Eng.D., and the doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. (TW)

Descriptors: College Science, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees, Engineering Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Legal Education (Professions), Science and Society, Science Careers, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Undergraduate Study

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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