As government has turned ever more avidly to industry to help pay for expensive improvements in the science classroom, the need to emphasize the link between a well-rounded science education and tomorrow's techie work force has grown accordingly.
"We believe a well-rounded science and technology curriculum is based on a broad spectrum of study, including fields not traditionally linked with the military," Marks says.
If all you test is math and reading, then that's all that will be taught, but there's a lot of evidence that a well-rounded education, everything from science to art to recess, is helpful".
"And what really set her off was that she's so well-rounded in all areas of science — I was able to ask her very advanced math questions that she answers easily".
Health Informatics students will receive well-rounded training studying information sciences, data science and more broadly health policy, social and behavioral science, biostatistics and epidemiology.
B.A. degree program in Engineering Sciences (Mechanical) In a society with increasing levels of technical sophistication, a well-rounded individual must have some background in science and technology.
"A lot of folks with masters' in science do not have well-rounded educations," she said, "and it takes awhile for them to understand the business implications of what they do.
I still wonder why I and most of my science-oriented classmates took and enjoyed real humanities courses while our supposedly more well-rounded humanities-oriented classmates flocked to faux science courses (like "physics for poets" and "rocks for jocks") to fulfill their distribution requirements.
Accessible and entertaining, Physics and Technology for Future Presidents gives students the scientific fluency they need to become well-rounded leaders in a world driven by science and technology.
Reimer mimed handing her the framed award certificate, and she reached for it as if it would disassemble into the monitor and appear in her hands, the final piece necessary in making the science fiction atmosphere a fully-rounded reality.
