FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Department of Food Engineering

IE 444 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Ethics in Engineering and Computer Sciences
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
IE 444
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
4

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course -
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives By emphasizing the causal role of ICT (information and communication technologies) on social change and transformation, to create awareness about the positive and negative impacts of ICT, to improve the reasoning and decision ability as identifying the fact, evaluate from different perspectives and make sound judgments, to gain an understanding to use the ICT in a socially responsible manner for the goodness, benefit, welfare and development of the society.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to comprehend basic issues in engineering and computer ethics
  • Will be able to analyze the impacts of information and communication technologies
  • Will be able to look at the connection between ethics and technology, the ethical issues emerged in the information society
  • Will be able to gain an understanding about the ethical principles, professional responsibilites and codes of conduct via surveying the engineer’s obligations to society, employer and client
  • Will be able to comprehend the interrelationship between ethics, society and technology
Course Description This course will introduce basic issues in engineering and computer ethics. The course will analyze the impacts of information and communication technologies (ICT) and will look at the relation between ethics and technology and the ethical issues emerged in the ICT society. The students are encouraged and forwarded to find out the different perspectives of the issues and justify their opinions and judgements through the analysis reinforced with case studies. In coherent, ethical concepts, ethical theories and professional codes of conduct are viewed, special responsibility in engineering and computer science profession is emphasized.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction to IE444 Lecture
2 Definition of Ethical Terms Gail Dawn Baura. Engineering Ethics: An Industrial perspective (2006)
3 Definition of Ethics and Ethical Aspects in Engineering Gail Dawn Baura. Engineering Ethics: An Industrial perspective (2006)
4 Discussion – Case I
5 Discussion – Case II
6 Discussion – Case III
7 Discussion – Assignment I
8 Discussion – Assignment II
9 Review
10 Definition of Ethical Aspects in Information Ethics Luciano Floridi - The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics-Cambridge University Press (2010)
11 Discussion – Assignment III
12 Presentations I
13 Presentations II
14 Presentations III
15 Presentations IV
16 Final Exam

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

Computer Ethics; Deborah G. Johnson, Fourth Edition, 2009, Pearson Education, Inc.

Engineering Ethics : An Industrial Perspective; Gail D. Baura; 2006; Elsevier Secience & Technology

Suggested Readings/Materials

Management Information Systems – Organization and Technology;
Kenneth C. LaudonJane P. Laudon, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1996 Ethical Issues in Information Systems;
Roy DejoieGeorge FowlerDavid Paradice, Boyd and Fraser Publishing Company, 1991 Computers, Ethics and Society;
M. David ErmanMary B. WilliamsMichele S. Shauf, Oxford University Press, 1997 Computer and Ethics in The Cyberage;
D. Micah HesterPaul J. Ford, PrenticeHall Inc., New Jersey, 2001 Bilişim Toplumu ve Etik Sorunlar;
Gözde Dedeoğlu, Alfa Aktüel Yayınları, 2006 Etik ve Bilişim;
Gözde Dedeoğlu, Etki Yayınları, 2009 (2.baskı) Ethics and Technology – Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for Ethical Computing;
Herman T. Tavani, John Wiley Sons, Inc., Third Edition.
http://www.tbv.org.tr (Türkiye Bilişim Vakfı – Bilişim Mesleği Ahlak İlkeleri)
http://cyberethics.cbi.msstate.edu/biblio/#issues
http://www.cpsr.org (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility)
http://www4.uwm.edu/sois/cipr/inseit.html (International Society for Ethics and Information Technology)
http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk (Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility)
http://www.iacap.org/ (International Association for Computer & Philosophy)
http://www.naavi.org/pati/paticybercrimesdec03.htm (CYBER CRIME, Partasarathi Pati)
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnist/169 “RFID Chips Are Here”,
Scott Granneman http://www.bilgitoplumu.gov.tr/btstrateji/BilgiToplumuIstatistikleri.pdf
http://ooofline.blogspot.com/2009/08/turkiyededijitalucurum.html

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
30
Presentation / Jury
1
40
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
1
30
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
70
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
30
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
0
Study Hours Out of Class
15
1
15
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
1
0
Presentation / Jury
1
0
Project
0
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
0
Final Exam
1
0
    Total
63

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 Being able to transfer knowledge and skills acquired in mathematics and science into engineering,
2 Being able to identify and solve problem areas related to Food Engineering,
3 Being able to design projects and production systems related to Food Engineering, gather data, analyze them and utilize their outcomes in practice,
4

Having the necessary skills to develop and use novel technologies and equipment in the field of food engineering,

5

Being able to take part actively in team work, express his/her ideas freely, make efficient decisions as well as working individually,

6

Being able to follow universal developments and innovations, improve himself/herself continuously and have an awareness to enhance the quality,

7

Having professional and ethical awareness,

8 Being aware of universal issues such as environment, health, occupational safety in solving problems related to Food Engineering,
9

Being able to apply entrepreneurship, innovativeness and sustainability in the profession,

10

Being able to use software programs in Food Engineering and have the necessary knowledge and skills to use information and communication technologies that may be encountered in practice (European Computer Driving License, Advanced Level),

11

Being able to gather information about food engineering and communicate with colleagues using a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

12

Being able to speak a second foreign language at intermediate level.

13

Being able to relate the knowledge accumulated during the history of humanity to the field of expertise

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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