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Virginia Tech

HIST-2054: Engineering Cultures

Description: Development of engineering and its cultural values in historical and transnational perspectives. Explores the varying knowledge, identities, and commitments of engineers and engineering across different countries. Examines values in emergent infrastructures of engineering education and work, and the participation of engineers and engineering in evolving forms of capitalism. Helps students learn to reflect critically on their knowledge, identities, and commitments in varying curricula and a globalizing world.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: STS-2054

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 241

Average GPA: 3.32 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 42.56%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.81%

Ke Hu202365.5%23.9%7.8%0.0%0.0%2.8%3.574
Jonathan D Grunert201350.0%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.451
Gregory D Nelson201554.0%29.3%7.7%2.0%0.0%6.9%3.377
Souza Charles R De201693.9%6.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.953
Kristen A Koopman201566.7%0.0%0.0%16.7%16.7%0.0%2.781
Gary L Downey202241.2%39.1%10.5%2.7%4.1%2.4%3.1755
Timothy M Miller201983.4%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.781
Damien P Williams202158.0%24.2%8.1%0.0%3.3%6.4%3.473
Kulash Zhumadilova202275.0%5.6%8.4%5.6%2.8%2.8%3.432
Timothy A Jennings201532.3%48.1%9.2%5.1%4.8%0.5%2.946
Po Jen Shih201675.4%16.1%1.2%0.0%6.0%1.2%3.523
Michael J Meindl201871.4%0.0%14.3%14.3%0.0%0.0%3.291
Hung Yin Tsai202179.8%15.1%1.2%0.0%3.9%0.0%3.605
Staff Ruff200680.3%14.3%3.1%1.2%1.2%0.0%3.657
Thomas J Faigle201290.2%8.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%0.8%3.845
Matthew Wisnioski201329.9%52.3%12.3%1.9%3.0%0.6%3.0230
Seungmi Chung201867.3%29.4%3.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.553
Ariel S Ludwig201970.4%14.4%2.8%1.8%4.9%5.7%3.476
Abdurahman A Ahmed201777.8%22.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.741
Trevor D Croker201864.4%22.9%2.9%3.9%2.9%2.9%3.414
Richard L Phillips201880.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%10.0%3.711
Kuan Hung Lo202033.3%55.5%0.0%0.0%11.1%0.0%3.001
Joshua G Earle202178.3%13.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.3%3.872
Francesca Battista202257.8%37.5%2.4%0.0%2.4%0.0%3.483
Savannah L Mandel202480.3%13.0%0.0%6.7%0.0%0.0%3.633
Thomas W Bigley200749.2%35.9%8.3%2.6%4.1%0.0%3.2319
Seohyun Park202049.4%30.0%15.4%0.0%0.0%5.3%3.373
Tsung Yen Tsou202367.9%17.5%2.8%9.1%0.0%2.8%3.452
Roan G Parrish202470.9%22.4%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.642
Hanna J Herdegen202488.0%7.9%4.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.853
Jonson W Miller200466.7%16.7%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.421
Jennifer A Carter201550.0%8.3%25.0%8.3%8.3%0.0%2.861
Seyed Mohammad Halimi201784.1%13.0%3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.822
Brent K Jesiek200654.6%28.2%13.3%3.9%0.0%0.0%3.322
Sharon M Elber200984.6%15.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.821
Taylor Loy202178.9%19.7%1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.763
Joshua Brinkman202332.4%27.1%15.5%0.0%13.2%11.8%2.673
Sarvnaz Lotfi201778.5%13.0%0.0%2.1%0.0%6.4%3.763
Marie M Kleine202055.7%33.2%6.1%2.5%0.0%2.5%3.512
Staff Pathak202293.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.7%4.001
Robert A Wallace201341.7%41.9%5.5%0.0%6.8%4.2%3.164
Jane L Lehr200761.0%27.4%9.6%0.4%1.5%0.0%3.428
Sumitra Nair201140.4%41.8%11.9%3.4%2.6%0.0%3.122
Tristan D Cloyd201430.1%51.8%8.8%3.2%3.0%3.2%3.033
Staff Whiteley201651.4%40.5%1.2%0.0%5.7%1.2%3.253
Alan S Abrahams201959.1%22.7%18.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.421
Jong Min Lee201044.5%41.5%7.3%2.1%4.3%0.0%3.212
Marcia S Davitt201669.2%28.6%0.0%0.0%2.1%0.0%3.642
Jin You201176.0%8.0%16.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.561
Monamie B Haines202388.0%12.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.861
Allison S Crandell201142.5%46.3%7.4%1.9%1.9%0.0%3.262
William A Davis201161.4%29.7%5.3%1.8%1.8%0.0%3.482
Mary R Mcguire201157.1%35.8%3.6%0.0%3.6%0.0%3.401
Robert Olivo200956.2%16.9%13.4%1.7%11.7%0.0%3.082
Sara G Hood200864.5%25.8%6.5%3.2%0.0%0.0%3.491

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