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Virginia Tech

STS-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: HIST-2054

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 168

Average GPA: 3.36 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 41.65%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.74%

Thomas W Bigley200760.0%30.0%0.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%3.242
Staff Ruff200681.3%13.7%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.765
Gary L Downey202231.0%50.3%9.6%3.8%4.7%0.6%3.0628
Robert Olivo200967.8%11.1%15.6%0.0%5.5%0.0%3.332
Jong Min Lee201045.5%33.4%5.5%15.6%0.0%0.0%3.082
Matthew Wisnioski201333.0%51.6%8.9%2.3%4.3%0.0%3.0511
Jonathan D Grunert201460.0%30.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.412
Timothy A Jennings201534.0%53.3%7.9%0.0%1.4%3.3%3.205
Tristan D Cloyd201646.8%35.2%8.2%2.4%0.0%7.4%3.307
Kristen A Koopman201580.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.861
Po Jen Shih201665.0%30.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%3.742
Marcia S Davitt201680.0%0.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.481
Seohyun Park202064.2%27.5%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.563
Hung Yin Tsai202086.1%4.2%0.0%0.0%9.7%0.0%3.483
Thomas W Staley202135.3%54.0%6.5%1.5%0.0%2.7%3.279
William J Davis201165.1%12.9%12.9%4.5%4.5%0.0%3.282
Thomas J Faigle201275.1%7.8%0.0%0.0%10.9%6.3%3.414
Adam B Smith201333.4%16.7%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.831
Souza Charles R De201690.5%9.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.883
Trevor D Croker201868.0%23.5%6.6%0.0%1.9%0.0%3.504
Abdurahman A Ahmed201771.5%28.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.681
Sarvnaz Lotfi201888.4%8.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.0%3.853
Ariel S Ludwig202075.2%11.5%7.0%1.6%3.7%1.0%3.517
Hanna J Herdegen202472.2%13.0%13.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%3.603
Savannah L Mandel202486.1%13.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.883
Justin D Shanks201371.4%28.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.541
David C Winyard201485.8%14.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.771
Seungmi Chung201860.0%30.4%6.9%0.0%2.8%0.0%3.343
Damien P Williams202151.7%33.5%7.2%0.0%0.0%7.7%3.532
Taylor Loy202180.2%19.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.802
Francesca Battista202271.2%14.4%3.0%3.0%4.2%4.2%3.393
Kulash Zhumadilova202266.7%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%22.2%3.861
Ke Hu202375.7%10.1%0.0%0.0%14.3%0.0%3.272
Roan G Parrish202456.1%35.7%4.1%0.0%0.0%4.2%3.563
Jane L Lehr200625.0%50.0%12.5%12.5%0.0%0.0%2.841
Allison S Crandell201150.0%25.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%2.961
Jin You201177.8%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%11.1%3.761
Seyed Mohammad Halimi201787.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.2%5.6%3.682
Marie M Kleine202075.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.742
Staff Pathak202288.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%11.1%4.001
Mary R Mcguire201133.3%44.4%0.0%0.0%22.2%0.0%2.631
Robert A Wallace201331.3%60.2%3.9%1.9%2.8%0.0%3.154
Staff Whiteley201668.2%25.6%2.4%0.0%3.7%0.0%3.483
Joshua Brinkman202348.4%32.9%12.4%1.3%5.0%0.0%3.185
Arun K Nair201170.0%30.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.701
Gregory D Nelson201563.1%25.4%2.7%4.5%0.0%4.3%3.515
Tsung Yen Tsou202358.2%13.6%9.5%0.0%14.1%4.5%3.022
Brent K Jesiek200636.4%45.5%18.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.151
Sara G Hood200881.8%18.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.791
Richard L Phillips201845.6%45.1%4.8%4.5%0.0%0.0%3.262
Monamie B Haines202383.3%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.881
Joshua G Earle202185.3%6.0%8.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.792

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