STS 4600
The Engineer, Ethics, and Professional Responsibility
Course Description
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 undergraduate thesis. Students must be in residence to take this course. Students are not permitted to take STS 4500 and STS 4600 simultaneously.
Instructors
William Davis
Summer 2026Peter Norton
Fall 2026
mowe 2:00pm - 3:15pm
mowe 3:30pm - 4:45pm