BEE 5330 - Engineering Professionalism

Spring. (Eleven weeks) 1-2 credits*, variable.

Prerequisite: graduate student with accredited engineering degree or senior who will graduate with an accredited engineering degree. Students enrolling in FE 1-credit portion must register to take Fundamentals of Engineering Exam.

M. B. Timmons, J. R. Stedinger, other Engineering Faculty.

Presentations and work sessions will cover the engineering material that will be on the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering test held on April 14, 2012. Weeks 1, 2, and 11 are lecture based and the other weeks are working sessions on the weekly homework assignments. The ethics 1-credit course for Spring 2012 will work in group format to develop a new ethics course for future semesters that will be self-tutorial and/or web-based.

FE review homework addresses FE exam preparation only, and students complete the formal comprehensive review of engineering subjects associated with the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. The NY FE exam is valid in any state and does not expire.

*1-credit option: students may enroll in either the FE review or the ethics portion.

**Students enrolling for the FE review credit must file their N.Y. FE Exam application by either November 1 of the previous year or by May 1 of the spring semester to be enrolled in BEE 5330. The FE exam registration and sitting fees total $205 and are paid to the N.Y. State Education Department and the testing service, not to Cornell. The N.Y. FE Exam is offered in April and October; the April exam may be taken at Cornell and other N.Y. locations; the October exam is not offered at Cornell.

Outcome 1: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.

Outcome 2: An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.

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