Louis Bucciarelli, MIT
Sarah Kuhn, UMass Lowell
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The Liberal Studies in Engineering project aims to encourage the development of an undergraduate major that would serve students with broad interests. This Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies in Engineering would be especially well suited for those inclined to enroll in a program that keeps open the possibility that they might pursue a career in engineering. It would take exemplary, substantive content of the traditional undergraduate engineering program – the engineering sciences, the laboratory tests, the design projects – and infuse this content into courses in the liberal arts to be taught from the perspective of the latter.
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To illustrate “infusion of engineering content into courses in the liberal arts” we have developed, and posted online, two “modules”- Science and the Courts and Galileo and the Resistance of Beams. The modules are designed for “dual use” – in engineering as well as in the liberal arts.
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In this discussion session the leaders will explain their “meta engineering” approach to module design and development and the challenge of mixing engineering and the liberal arts in a harmonious, sympathetic, mutually respectful way. For those who intend to join the discussion, we ask that you view the modules prior to our meeting. For access to the modules online, email Louis Bucciarelli at llbjr@mit.edu or follow these instructions:
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First register for edX Edge (even if you already have registered with edX). To do so, go to https://edge.edx.org/register
Enter your Email, your Full Name, a Public username a Password and Country (the rest, gender etc., is not required). Scroll down, check “I agree to the edX Terms of Service…” then “Create your account”.
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Once registered for edX Edge and logged in you will land at a page which informs you that “Looks like you haven’t enrolled in any courses yet.” If you cut and paste (or write) into the browser address bar https://edge.edx.org/courses/MIT/0.123x/Sandbox/about This will take you to a page with a button “ENROLL IN 0.123X“. Select this, and this will take you to the page “MY COURSES” with Liberal Studies in Engineering listed
and the button “View Course“. Selecting this will launch the page “Welcome to MIT’s 0.123x!” Select
“Course” and this will take you to the modules which will be listed on the left.
ELE Presentation
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