BEE 6150 - Engineering Ethics and Professional Practice

Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Enrollment limited to: senior or graduate student standing and engineering. Co-meets with BEE 4150.

R. Evans, M. Timmons.

An in-depth treatment of the ethical issues facing an engineer practicing in today’s business and cultural environment. Course will present the engineering code of ethics and an engineer’s responsibility to guard the public’s health, welfare, and safety. In that context, competing ideologies will be identified that creates conflicts in choice. Several case histories will be explored to identify conflicting ideologies. Students are asked to develop their own personal statement of ethics and to construct personal professional An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.goals. Graduate students will take additional responsibility in class debates and organizational structure for discussions.

Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.

Outcome 2: Within the scope of the course, students will improve their capacity to predict and optimize the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.

Outcome 3: Students will demonstrate knowledge of contemporary environmental issues.