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Undergraduate Record 2013-2014 
    
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Undergraduate Record 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

STS 4600 - The Engineer, Ethics, and Professional Responsibility

This course focuses on ethical issues in engineering. The key theme is that ethics is central to engineering practice. The professional responsibilities of engineers are examined. Students produce an STS Research paper linked to their technical thesis project and complete all of the requirements for the senior thesis. Students must be in residence to take this course. Students are not permitted to take STS 4500 and STS 4600 simultaneously. Prerequisites: STS 4500.



Credits: 3