Combining Two Cultures
McMaster University's Arts and Science Programme
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. This innovative program has stood up well over more than two decades. It has a curriculum balanced between arts and sciences and is committed to developing broadly applicable intellectual skills, above all those that underlie scholarly inquiry into questions of importance to students and to the society they live in. It attempt…
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Weitere Autoren: Jenkins, Herb (Hrsg.) / Ross, Michael T (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7618-2928-7
- EAN: 9780761829287
- Produktnummer: 1751890
- Verlag: University Press Of America
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 300 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D2.1 cm 536 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 536
Über den Autor
Herb Jenkins was the founding Director of the Arts and Science Program and subsequently of the Engineering and Society Program at McMaster University. Now Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology, he holds a doctorate in Psychology from Harvard University. Barbara Ferrier was the second Director of the Arts and Science Program and for many years led the first-year inquiry course. Now Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry at McMaster University, she holds a doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Edinburgh. Michael Ross was the first instructor of the course, Literature, in the Arts and Science Program. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English, McMaster University, and holds a doctorate in English from Harvard University.
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