PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Course Description

The course provides awareness of the legal, social, ethical, professional and contemporary issues commensurate with the practice of a computer engineering career.

Course Objectives

The Course aims to provide students with understanding and skills on:

(i) Standards and professionalism in a Computer engineering career;

(ii) Legal environment within which a computer engineering professional operates;

(iii) The professional societies that govern the behavior of computer engineering professionals;

(iv) Professional responsibilities to client, employer and public.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, the student should be able to:

(i) Appreciate the role of standards for a practicing computer engineering professional;

(ii) Practice a computer engineering career with due regard to legal, ethical and social issues.