Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D Carroll P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Bob P. Weems, University of Texas, Arlington; Bahram Khalili, University of Texas, Arlington

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

PRACTICES COURSE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING1. AbstractThe coverage of ethics and professionalism in engineering and computer science programs hasbecome standard since ABET incorporated these and other “soft skills” as student outcomes inEngineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) and Computing Accreditation Commission(CAC) accreditation criteria. Many programs have chosen to incorporate these topics in variouscourses across the curriculum while others have developed standalone courses. The Universityof Texas at Arlington (UTA) Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department offersABET accredited programs in computer engineering, computer science, and softwareengineering. Initially, the department chose to cover