EENG409 :  Professional Engineering Practice

 

Office Hours :         At any time, please use Microsoft Teams Chat, call me as below, or an e-mail to : ebmattar@uob.edu.bh to confirm my availability at office. 

Office No:                College of Engineering,  Office - 1114.

Office Location:      Office - 1114, Building S40

Office Telephone:   ++ 973 17876286  /   ++ 973 17876606

 

Course Textbook(s):

Martin M.W., Schinzinger R., Ethics in Engineering, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill, NY,

References: Contribution of Course to Meeting the Professional Component

College-level mathematics and basic science: 0 credits
Engineering topics:  3 credits
General education:   0 credits
 

Course Description:

Scope of engineering ethics,

Moral reasoning and resolving ethical dilemmas,

Codes of ethics,

Engineering as experimentation,

Engineers as responsible experimenters. Commitment to safety:

Safety and risk,

Teamwork: Definition, types of teams and groups,

Confidentiality and conflict interest,

Conflict management,

Honesty,

Environmental ethics,

Global issues,

Engineering and technological progress:

Optimism, pessimism and realism, shared responsibility, moral leadership.

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Course Description (UOB Catalog):

The course is intended to enhance student’s capability to use available resources, like library and internet, to prepare seminars on selected topics in order to develop skills and apprise them of lifelong learning and contemporary issues. In addition, the course will teach the students the scope of engineering ethics. Moral reasoning and resolving ethical dilemmas. Codes of ethics. Environmental ethics.

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Assessment Types:

EENG 409 - Course Assessment Policy:

Assessment Type           Means     Details/ Explanation of Assessment in relation to CILOs       Number      Weight    Date(s)

Random Assignment    Take-Home          1,2,3,4,5,6                     Depends on lectures    20%    
Midterm                          in lecture             1,2,3                             1                                      30%    Refer to course weekly breakdown below
Projects/Case Studies  Take Home          5,6                                 1                                      10%    Refer to course weekly breakdown below
Final Examination                                      1,2,3,4,5,6                     1                                      40%    
Total                                                                                                                                         100%    
 

DOWNLOADING LINKS:

Complete  Class Lectures, and Notes:        Lectures Notes: Access via UoB Blackboard link: https://blackboard.uob.edu.bh/ultra/course

EENG400, Course Syllabus Sheet:              EENG409 -QAAC Form (Course Quality Sheet SII_2025_2026)

Samples of Midterms, and Finals:              SAMPLES OF MIDTERMS, FINALS, TUTORIALS

Samples of Ethical Dilemmas:                    DILEMMAS & CASE STUDIES

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