ENGRG 3600

Ethical Issues in Engineering Practice

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2022-2023 Catalog.

Studies ethical issues involved in engineering practice. Explores the engineer's role in technical decision-making in organizations. Considers the engineer's relationship to the uses of technology in society, especially emerging technologies. Codes of ethics in engineering, ethical theory, philosophical models of knowledge production, and sociological models of human and technological agency are introduced to analyze these issues.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: completion of one First-Year Writing Seminar (FWS).

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: sophomores, juniors and seniors.

Outcomes

• Understand current conceptions of engineering ethics.
• Have an appreciation for philosophical/sociological models underlying analyses of engineering practice.
• Understand the implications of (2) for considerations of engineering ethics.
• Be versed in the historical and technical details of particular episodes in engineering.
• Be able to communicate in writing effective, compelling arguments supported by evidence.

When Offered Spring.

Comments ENGRG 3600 cannot be used to satisfy ECE technical requirement.

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