Integrating Communications into the Curriculum: A Pioneering Program at Georgia Tech

To improve the way engineers are taught to communicate, the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech developed a program that placed the instruction of communications skills in an engineering context. The goal of the program is to teach engineering students the written, visual, and oral communications skills they need to compete and succeed in the workplace. This article describes the program and its accomplishments over the past decade.

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/159119.aspx
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• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07386826
• Authors:
  • Rosenstein, Lisa
• Publication Date: 2007-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 20-21
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 251
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communications; Curricula; Engineers
• Identifier Terms: Georgia Institute of Technology
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01055763
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 27 2007 3:48PM