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Fall 2025 Recitation Lecture Distance Learning Lower DivisionScience
This course is designed to increase your understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities in national, international and cross-cultural environments, helping you to anticipate, understand, and navigate issues that will likely arise in your working life as an engineer or designer. The focus of the course is on developing the ability to apply a general ethical framework to new and unique situations, including those arising from the global cultural context of modern engineering. The course covers how this ethical framework should be constituted, and provides practice in applying this framework to specific, concrete cases. Together, these components work toward your development as a better engineer and more responsible global citizen. The readings, case studies and exercises are geared towards the development of a well-researched original case study that you will present to the class, which is informed by your past experiences and future aspirations related to engineering.
Learning Outcomes1Develop an understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities in technology, engineering, and design (TED).
2Understand and assess ethical problems in TED contexts.
3Analyze and assess the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
4Understand the effects of technological engineering and design solutions in different cultural environments.
5Apply abstract ethical frameworks to concrete situations.
6Develop critical thinking skills.
7Develop and deploy analytical skills in ethical contexts.
8Develop skills in analytical writing and in clear and precise oral communication.
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