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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: 52

Average GPA: 3.46 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 55.24%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.02%

Marie M Kleine202075.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.742
Hung Yin Tsai202086.1%4.2%0.0%0.0%9.7%0.0%3.483
Gary L Downey202233.5%40.3%7.3%8.6%10.4%0.0%2.826
Francesca Battista202271.2%14.4%3.0%3.0%4.2%4.2%3.393
Staff Pathak202288.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%11.1%4.001
Taylor Loy202180.2%19.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.802
Joshua Brinkman202350.5%28.1%13.3%2.2%5.9%0.0%3.133
Hanna J Herdegen202472.2%13.0%13.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%3.603
Tsung Yen Tsou202358.2%13.6%9.5%0.0%14.1%4.5%3.022
Damien P Williams202151.7%33.5%7.2%0.0%0.0%7.7%3.532
Thomas W Staley202133.9%50.1%6.1%4.4%0.0%5.6%3.223
Seohyun Park202065.0%22.5%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.492
Monamie B Haines202479.2%20.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.832
Roan G Parrish202456.1%35.7%4.1%0.0%0.0%4.2%3.563
Savannah L Mandel202488.3%11.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.894
Joshua G Earle202185.3%6.0%8.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.792
Ke Hu202477.7%9.8%0.0%0.0%12.6%0.0%3.353
Ariel S Ludwig202078.6%10.7%4.2%0.0%6.5%0.0%3.544
Kulash Zhumadilova202266.7%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%22.2%3.861
Hesam Hosseinpour202483.3%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.881

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Summer II 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Summer I 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Summer I 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W