DocumentCode :
2560590
Title :
Embedding ethics into an engineering curriculum
Author :
Fleischmann, Shirley
Author_Institution :
Seymour & Esther Padnos Sch. of Eng., Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Volume :
3
fYear :
2003
fDate :
5-8 Nov. 2003
Abstract :
Ethics has long been a required topic in an ABET approved engineering curriculum, but the list of 11 requirements - known by most engineering educators as the "a-k criteria" of ABET 2000 makes it clear that ethics must be far more than simply a topic to be covered somewhere in the curriculum. Teaching ethics is an essential part of teaching professionalism and must be a foundational strand that runs throughout the entire curriculum. In this paper the approach that is under development at the Padnos School of Engineering (PSE) at Grand Valley State University will be described. Students are introduced to the "Honor Concept" (which includes an Honor Code) as freshmen. The PSE program requires 1500 hours of coop experience which is normally divided into three semesters of full-time work alternated with academic semesters during the last two years of the program. This offers the faculty an opportunity to teach ethics as a natural aspect of professionalism through the academic requirements for coop. These elements and other parts of the approach under development will be described as well as observations about the success of this approach to date.
Keywords :
accreditation; engineering education; ethical aspects; teaching; Grand Valley State University; Honor Code; Honor Concept; Padnos School of Engineering; academic semesters; accreditation board for engineering and technology; embedding ethics; engineering curriculum; engineering educators; teaching ethics; teaching professional; Acoustical engineering; Design engineering; Education; Engineering students; Ethics; Power engineering and energy; Statistics; Watches;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education, 2003. FIE 2003 33rd Annual
ISSN :
0190-5848
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7961-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2003.1265935
Filename :
1265935
Link To Document :
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