Combining Two Cultures: McMaster University's Arts and Science Programme - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761829288 ISBN 13: 9780761829287

Verlag: University Press of America, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0761829288
• ISBN 13: 9780761829287
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 300
• Herausgeber: Jenkins Herb, Ferrier Barbara, Ross Michael T.
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