>>12672350Probably for a few reasons:
1) learning about proofs allows you to more deeply understand the mathematics behind your engineering
2) learning proofs allows you to more readily manipulate math as a tool for your profession
3) learning proofs develops your critical thinking skills
4) I don't have experience with engineering, but may there are areas of your field where proofs are actually useful and you just arent aware of them yet
5) maybe your degree is more valuable if you have more general employable math skills
6) maybe the objective is to get students to work on things they don't want to work on to develop their capacity to work on things they dont want to work on within the safe environment of a university.
Do any of these answers appeal to you?
You know you could just ask your professor if you actually wanted the answer?
>Prof X, I hope this email finds you well.>I was discussing the syllabus with a friend, and he raised the question of what utility proofs have in the field of engineering. I wasn't able to think of a reason.> I was hoping you could answer this question for me,> thank you for your time,>anon 
