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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / IMU 419 - CIVIL ENGINEERING

Code: IMU 419 Course Title: ENGINEERING ETHICS Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department CIVIL ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ZAHİDE BAYER ÖZTÜRK (z.ozturk@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To educate graduates who are aware of and are able to evaluate professional and ethical responsibility, social, economic, political and legal context in the occupational activities undertaken.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility PO-6 Ability of working within single-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams effectively and skill of individual work.
PO-8 Awareness of the life-long learning, the skills to access to the information, to follow the improvements in science and technology and continuous self-development
PO-9 Awareness of professional and ethical responsibilities.
Examination
LO-2 An ability to communicate written and verbal effectively PO-6 Ability of working within single-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams effectively and skill of individual work.
PO-8 Awareness of the life-long learning, the skills to access to the information, to follow the improvements in science and technology and continuous self-development
PO-9 Awareness of professional and ethical responsibilities.
Examination
LO-3 A recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in life-long learning PO-6 Ability of working within single-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams effectively and skill of individual work.
PO-8 Awareness of the life-long learning, the skills to access to the information, to follow the improvements in science and technology and continuous self-development
PO-9 Awareness of professional and ethical responsibilities.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The universal and individual freedom dimension of ethics, universal ethic codes and values, engineering ethics, professional responsibility of civil engineers, query and evaluation of professional ethical dilemmas.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction of the course with its content, requirements about professional ethics Description Method
2 Concept of profession, engineering profession, technology-science-engineering, engineering disciplines, classifications, production and services of civil engineering. Description Method
3 Concepts of ethics and morality, basic ethical theories, models of ethics, professional and business ethics, social and juridical dimension of ethics Description Method
4 The legal infrastructure of engineering, the law of engineering and architecture, the law of TMMOB, other laws according to engineering, the law of business, the law of tender, copyright and intellectual property, international treaties Description Method
5 Chambers of Unions, international organizations, licensed engineering Description Method
6 Relationships between public health, security and environment in engineering applications Description Method
7 The effects and social dimension of the engineering and technology to the society, ethics in project management, standards on public health and security, total quality management Description Method
8 mid-term exam
9 Historical background of engineering ethics, ethical values Description Method
10 Codes of engineering ethics Description Method
11 Ethic codes of TMMOB, ethic codes preferred to the Chamber of Survey Engineers Description Method
12 Analysis of some ethical problems in engineering Description Method
13 Evaluation of case studies Description Method
14 Presentation of Term-Projects and in-class discussions. Description Method
15 Presentation of Term-Projects and in-class discussions. Description Method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Mühendislik Etiği Ders notları
Required Course instruments and materials
Mühendislik Etigi Ders notlari

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 14 56
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 1 2
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 1 2
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 90