The Grinter Report

Summary of the Report on Evaluation of Engineering Education

This report, first published in 1955 by the ASEE Committee on Evaluation of Engineering Education, is considered a major work in the development of engineering curricula and formed the basis of early ABET accreditation. It outlines specific objectives for both the technical and humanities areas of study necessary for future engineers and was the first time in the development of engineering education that the curriculum was divided into four segments:

1) humanities and social sciences,
2) mathematics and basic sciences,
3) engineering science, and
4) engineering specialty subjects and electives.

It is named for the committee's chair, Linton E. Grinter.

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