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Graduate Courses
Engineering 601
Professional Development I
Topics covered include: health and safety, communication styles, supervisory relationships and respect in the lab, presentation skills including presentation planning and voice projection, reference gathering and management, awareness of plagiarism, and writing abstracts. Course Hours:1.5 units; (3S-0) NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
Explores the interaction between resources and the environment. Technical and environmental aspects within the energy and environment cycle for project evaluation and management. Course Hours:3 units; (3-0) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Engineering 682 and Civil Engineering 693 will not be allowed.
Definitions, contexts, language, dynamics, historical and contemporary examples of Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship; innovation process from a multidisciplinary perspective; Engineering inventive processes. Course Hours:3 units; (3-3)
Application of management principles to the project environment; planning, control, scope, time and cost processes; project organization and human resource issues. Students review aspects of a current major capital project and submit and defend a project report. Course Hours:3 units; (3-3)
The professional duties and responsibilities of the engineer as they relate to society. Ethics and the engineering profession. Public and worker safety and health. Design for safety. Sustainable development. The engineer and the environment. Environmental stewardship. Essentials of leadership. Gender issues. Employment equity. Fundamentals of Engineering Law. Professional organizations. The Engineering Profession’s Act. Course Hours:3 units; (3-0) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Engineering 687 and 513 will not be allowed.