Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

published learning objectives of engineering departmentsdirect students to "develop a sense of responsibility and appreciation for the continuous wellbeing" of the student's program,15 and the role of enculturation in engineering education is ofcourse one of tremendous historical significance, especially regarding matters of equity in race,gender, sexual identity, physical ability and age.16, 17, 18 But more subtle, perhaps, are invocationsof "professional" attainment or conduct in descriptions of engineering coursework. These mayexert a fearful influence on students. Such invocations make existing curricula or coursematerials appear to students to be the only legitimate ones, and sweepingly associate existingcurricula with life goals such as