Engineering Education and Practice: Embracing a Catholic Vision (Norte Dame Studies in Ethics and Culture) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 026803110X ISBN 13: 9780268031107

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 2011

Synopsis

Engineering Education and Practice: Embracing a Catholic Vision is a collection of essays exploring how major themes of Catholic social teaching―respect for the environment, sustainability, technological design, and service to the poor―all positively affect engineering curricula, students, and faculty. Many engineering programs at American universities focus solely on developing technological sophistication without promoting ethical and humanitarian priorities. The contributors to this collection argue, however, that undergraduate engineering education needs to be broadened beyond its current narrow restrictions.

The authors of this unique collection, nearly all of whom are engineers themselves, show how some Christian universities in the United States have found creative ways of opening up their engineering curricula. They demonstrate how the professional education of engineers can be enriched not only by ethical and religious themes, which are typically isolated in humanities curricula, but also by special fieldwork courses that offer hands-on service-learning opportunities and embody a rich educational synthesis.

About this title

About the Author

James L. Heft, S. M. is the Alton M. Brooks Professor of Religion and the president of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026803110X
• ISBN 13: 9780268031107
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268
• Editor: Heft James L.