北美理工科大学人文教育课程比较研究——以麻省理工学院和滑铁卢大学为例

Comparative Study of humanistic education Curricula in Science and Engineering Colleges in North America ——Base on the Case Study of Humanity Curricula in Institute of Technology and University of Waterloo

麻省理工学院与滑铁卢大学是北美两所著名的理工科大学，二者都非常重视人文教育课程在人才培养中的作用。两所大学在人文教育课程结构、课程选择、修读要求上呈现出差异性，但在重视人文教育课程对理工学生的培养、重视沟通课程在人文教育课程中的比重、重视专业实践与人文教育的结合等方面呈现出共性。

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University ofWaterloo are the two famous University of science and engineering in North American. It is great importance to emphasize humanistic education in cultivating talents. There are differences in humanities education curriculum structure, curriculum selection, studying requirements in two the university. But there are some common characters in the importance of the humanities education curriculum on Polytechnic students, attaching importance to communication programs in the humanities education curricula in the proportion of practice teaching, paying attention to integration of humanities education and professional practice.