Princeton University Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Objective 3 is to prepare graduates who will become leaders shaping the social, intellectual, business and technical worlds.

Strategy and Action 1

Require courses in humanities and social sciences in four of the following basic areas:

• Epistemology and Cognition
• Ethics and Moral
• Social Analysis
• Historical Analysis
• Literature and Arts
• Foreign Language

Strategy and Action Outcomes:

• Place engineering in a broader context
• Develop leadership potential
• Create a base for life-long learning

Strategy and Action 2

• Encourage interdisciplinary thought and experience through certificate programs such as Engineering Physics, Engineering Biology, Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Material Science and Engineering, Engineering Management Systems, Applied and Computational Mathematics, and Program in Applications of Computing

Strategy and Action Outcomes:

• Place engineering in context
• Communicate effectively across discipline boundary

Strategy and Action 3

• Foster personal development by exposure to a broad cultural and intellectual undergraduate residential life

Strategy and Action Outcomes:

• Understanding diversity
• Personal integrity
• Place engineering in context

Strategy and Action 4

Provide opportunity to study abroad

Strategy and Action Outcomes:

• Understanding of global issues and interests