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Professor: |
Dr. Peggy Brouse |
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Work Phone: |
(703) 993-1502 (with voice mail) |
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FAX: |
(703) 993-1706 |
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E-mail: |
pbrouse@gmu.edu |
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Office: |
GMU: Science and Technology II - Room 317 |
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Office Hours: |
Mondays: 3:00 - 4:00 and by appointment |
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Course Description: |
This course is designed to introduce the students to several important topics in systems engineering, provide additional experience to the students in writing and giving presentations, and obtain feedback on the curriculum for the B.S. in Systems Engineering. Several lectures will be devoted to ethics in systems engineering. Writing and making presentations for systems engineering will also be covered early in the semester. Lecture series presenters will present material that is not part of the required course load to expand the horizons of the students. Each student will write a short paper on each of these presentations. In addition, students will work in teams to critique and redesign the curriculum in Systems Engineering. Each group will deliver a written product and provide at least one briefing to the class. The best critique and redesign will be presented to the faculty. |
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Course Hours: |
Monday and Wednesday 1:30PM to 2:45PM in Science and Technology 2 room 15 |
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Text: |
1. Social, Ethical and Policy Implications of Engineering: Selected Readings (2000) Joseph Herkert. IEEE Press ISBN 0-7803-4712-9 2. How to Give Effective Business Briefings(1999) Colin Clark. Stylus Publications. ISBN 0-7494-2513-X 3. Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors (1997) Gretchen Hargis (Editor). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-1379-0320-0 |
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Grades: |
On following page |
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Grading |
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Technical Writing |
From Hargis text 1 - Intro, Easy to Use 1 - 70 2 - Easy to Understand 73 - 137 3 Easy to Find 139 - 232 4 - Put it together 233 - 265 |
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Giving Presentations |
From Clark text 1 - Intro, Background, Preparation 1 - 22 2 - Structure, Delivery, Impact, Motivation,
Informal Feedback 23 - 66 3 - Formal Feedback, Routine, Variations, Evaluation
67 - 103 |
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Ethics |
From Herkert text |
Case write-ups (every case) Team presentation and discussion lead |
Individual: 10% Group: 4 students evaluation of others in group 20% |
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Curriculum Review |
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Determine subject of curriculum review Brief subject Interview professors, students Draft review Final review In-class brief Vote on best Brief faculty |
Group: 4 students evaluation of others in group 25% |
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Technology Review |
Attend speaker series lecture |
Short paper on lecture attended (3 pages) Long paper on bleeding edge technology (20 pages) |
Individual: 10% 25% |
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Professionalism |
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Evaluated by instructor |
Individual: 10% |
CLASS SCHEDULE
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Week 1> |
27/29 August |
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Background;
Introductions; Form groups |
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Week 2> |
3 September 5 September |
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DAY - no classes ¨ Lecture Hargis 1 |
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Week 3> |
10/12 September |
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Week 4> |
17 September 19 September |
¨ Lecture Hargis 3 ¨ Group: 5 min presentation of
curriculum review subject |
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Week 5> |
24/26 September |
¨ Lecture Hargis 4 |
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Week 6> |
1 October 3 October |
¨ Lecture Clark 1, 2 ¨ Individual: Write up (annotated
outline) on long paper due |
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Week 7> |
8 October 10 October |
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Columbus Day Recess (no classes) ·
Lecture
Clark 3 |
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Week 8> |
15/17 October |
¨ Individual: 5 min presentations on
major paper to date |
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Week 9> |
22 October 24 October |
¨ Lecture: Herkert ¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 1 ¨ Individual: Write up (draft paper)
on major paper due |
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Week 10> |
29 October 31 October |
¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 2 ¨ Group: Write up (draft) on curriculum
review due ¨ Group: 5 min presentation of
curriculum review to date |
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Week 11> |
5 November 7 November |
¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 3 ¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 4 |
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Week 12> |
12 November 14 November |
¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 5 ¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 6 ¨ Individual Ethics Case Write-ups due |
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Week 13> |
19 November 19/21 November |
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Final paper due ¨
Individual:
Presentations of final paper |
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Week 14> |
26 November 26/28 November 28 November |
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Group: Final
curriculum review due ¨
Group: Presentations
of final curriculum review ¨
Individual: Vote on
best curriculum review team |
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Week 15> |
3/5 December |
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Individual: short
paper on lecture attended due ¨
Individual: Evaluation of Others in Group due ¨
Group: Presentation to
faculty on best curriculum review (everyone attends) |
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