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A General Engineering Minor As A Means To Encourage Technological Literacy

Roy McGrann

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Technological literacy can be increased by offering a minor in general engineering.A Minor in General Engineering was developed at Binghamton University.This minor was first available in the 2008-09 academic year.The description of the minor states this minor "enables students who are majoring in non-engineering fields to gain an introduction to the engineering design and analysis process."An outline of the requirements for the minor is presented.The experiences of the first students who participated in the program are described.Also, the challenges encountered in the approval process for this minor are described.

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Technological literacy can be increased by offering a minor in general engineering.A Minor in General Engineering was developed at Binghamton University.This minor was first available in the 2008-09 academic year.The description of the minor states this minor "enables students who are majoring in non-engineering fields to gain an introduction to the engineering design and analysis process."An outline of the requirements for the minor is presented.The experiences of the first students who participated in the program are described.Also, the challenges encountered in the approval process for this minor are described.

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Technological literacy can be increased by offering a minor in general engineering.A Minor in General Engineering was developed at Binghamton University.This minor was first available in the 2008-09 academic year.The description of the minor states this minor "enables students who are majoring in non-engineering fields to gain an introduction to the engineering design and analysis process."An outline of the requirements for the minor is presented.The experiences of the first students who participated in the program are described.Also, the challenges encountered in the approval process for this minor are described.

Key concepts: Minor (academic), Engineering education, Process (computing), Literacy, Major and minor, Computer science, Engineering management, Engineering

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