Collection

2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Felicity Bilow, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters P.E., Clarkson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

that both male and female engineering studentspositively benefit from taking a sociotechnical course compared to a technical course across allthree categories, with a more pronounced influence on female students.1. Introduction and BackgroundEngineering education programs typically focus on developing students’ technical skills withless attention given to the societal, cultural, or political context in which complex engineeringproblem solving occurs [e.g., 1-5]. This is particularly prevalent during students’ second yearwhen coursework is mainly centered on decontextualized engineering science classes [6, 7]. Thislack of contextualization can make it difficult for students to connect what they are learning towhat they would do as a practicing