Assigned Reading for Engineering?

Here's a bizarre twist. The Electrical Engineering department at a South African university has made The Da Vinci Code assigned reading for its students. The rationale? Engineering students need critical thinking skills.

Now, I really do think that very issue is at the heart of Dan Brown's project. But really—how about just having a professor demonstrate critical thinking skills in class? When I was an engineering student, I would have been insulted by such an assignment; and I was also a literature major, too!

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VuvzelaOnline, 20.03.06