Combining Two Cultures

McMaster University's Arts and Science Programme
Herausgeber: Ferrier, Barbara; Ross, Michael T.; Jenkins, Herb

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Produktbeschreibung

Research-intensive universities have long struggled to reconcile the imperative of specialized learning with the need for a broader, more liberal education. Combining Two Cultures provides a comprehensive account of a degree program at a distinguished Canadian university, McMaster, aimed at accomplishing this synthesis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 559g
• ISBN-13: 9780761829287
• ISBN-10: 0761829288
• Artikelnr.: 21527773

Autorenporträt

Edited by Herb Jenkins; Barbara Ferrier and Michael T. Ross - Contributions by Leslie J. King; Louis Greenspan; Sylvia Bowerbank; Mark Vorobej; Graham Knight; Jennifer Smith Maguire; P.K Rangachari; Bill Harris; Miroslav Lovric; Roman Viveros-Aguilera; Je

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Quest for Meaning in Undergraduate Education
Chapter 3 Planning and Approval of the Arts and Science Programme Chapter 4
The Programme in Practice Chapter 5 Western Civilization Courses Chapter 6
Writing and Informal Logic Chapter 7 Inquiry Courses Chapter 8 Mathematics
and Physics Courses Chapter 9 Literature, Technology, and Society Chapter
10 The Human Face of the Programme Chapter 11 What Have We Achieved?
Chapter 12 Future Directions Chapter 13 Reflections Chapter 14 Contributors